punching differences

[gottibme]

I have always wanted to know how to throw a overhand right,I got a good jab,good right hook,cant say so much for the left hook lol,and left right combinations kinda good,but I see it in boxing and ufc,how do you throw a over hand right I want to get that down anyway let me know

[zimmy]

overhand right is not a punch you want to try for a lot. It isn't an efficient punch because you are left open and off balance in comparison to safer boxing techniques. That is why you see it in UFC alot because those fighters aren't known for there boxing. Also why they usually don't exchange much before some one gets knocked out :P. If you are having success with the right hook, and over hand,... and you feel your left right combo's are good... sounds to me like you are ar ight handed person who probably doens't use the left for more than just set up. The jab should do more than just set up for the cross or the hook... should back the guy up a lil or stop him from comign foward.


anyway...sorry to answer your question... the overhand right has different setups for boxing and mma. I don't know much bout pure boxing so i can't really give an educated set up. But in mma... If you time your body movement (side to side) so that you slide over a couple of times (circling your oponnant a bit)... if youa re moving right your head is moving from side to side a lil. So time bob left... bob right... repeat ...then come back w/ over hand right... they think you are just moving around em. My fav set up. I personally rather a nice solid cross then a hay maker overhand right.


P.S. Work on that left hook... it KILLS against right handed people trying for the power punches.

[1819]

assuming you are a right handed fighter...an overhand right is a counter punch used against a lazy jab. you want to throw it as he is starting to throw his jab, slipping the punch to your left, coming over the top of his jab. p.s. if you are a right handed fighter there really is no such thing as a right hook. a left hook should be your bread and butter. it can be thrown off the jab, or by itself, quick and compact to the target. a right "hook" is a punch that cant be thrown effectively since you are wide open when bringing the punch from so far back. it can be thrown, at times. in close quarters or in defense. it should not be an offensive weapon. the gigantic, looping combinations you see in the rocky movies will get you killed real quick.

[Schwarzenegger]

I trained with chuck liddell in january of 2006. WHile i was training he tought us his specialty punch - the overhand right. He was like doesnt matter if you hit the guy with your fist or forearm. If you get enough velocity the forearm will knock the guy out. Picture it as a baseball pitch or better yet as a cricket pitch lol. Big follow through. But,,, if you miss ur liable for a right cross. Zimmy has some good advice in terms of setting up the overhand right. Hope that helped, but it seems everyone has covered the finer points of it already. The thing about the overhand right is, most of the time u cannot see it coming. I say this from experience, hah. I got clocked with an overhand right while sparring in practise and all i remember is being in one spot then being in a different spot 2 feet back from where i was. It is quite the effective punch if executed properly.

[1819]

I trained with chuck liddell in january of 2006. WHile i was training he tought us his specialty punch - the overhand right. He was like doesnt matter if you hit the guy with your fist or forearm. If you get enough velocity the forearm will knock the guy out. Picture it as a baseball pitch or better yet as a cricket pitch lol. Big follow through. But,,, if you miss ur liable for a right cross. Zimmy has some good advice in terms of setting up the overhand right. Hope that helped, but it seems everyone has covered the finer points of it already. The thing about the overhand right is, most of the time u cannot see it coming. I say this from experience, hah. I got clocked with an overhand right while sparring in practise and all i remember is being in one spot then being in a different spot 2 feet back from where i was. It is quite the effective punch if executed properly.

good point about connecting with the forearm but if you miss with the hard overhand right you dont have to worry about the right cross. you'll be below the punch. you are wide open for a short left hook to the body, head or definitely the right uppercut.

[gottibme]

yeah im a conventional fighter,im gonna really practice on that overhand right,i need to alot on my left hook too,i dont really have much power on my left hook either,I guess I need to throw it alot huh,anyweb pages that show what punch is effective to counter the other,like in mma and boxing,i might try and go in with this

[Schwarzenegger]

yeah im a conventional fighter,im gonna really practice on that overhand right,i need to alot on my left hook too,i dont really have much power on my left hook either,I guess I need to throw it alot huh,anyweb pages that show what punch is effective to counter the other,like in mma and boxing,i might try and go in with this

everybody is diff. What works for one peron may not necessarily work for another. My recommendation would be to continue sparring and work on counterpunching to get the timing down and definitely study mma/boxing matches over and over. If you find a combination that you like, replay it over and over. The combination i particularly like is a total GSP move. As the opponent is throwing a left jab, step forward and to the side and connect with a left hook. It'll work almost every time.

if you miss with the hard overhand right you dont have to worry about the right cross. you'll be below the punch. you are wide open for a short left hook to the body, head or definitely the right uppercut.

Good point, i didnt think about that. Now that i do, makes more sense.