mixjourneyman wrote:Doesn't that kind of negate the idea of the jab (quick punch that can go rapid fire and come back to guard before you get hit)?
Interloper wrote:I'm telling you man, IMA changes whatever "art" you're working with and from. Since I started training it, my boxing has changed. I don't jab anymore. Except to feint, that is. If the guy tries to knock your arm away or punch past the jab, you connect and stick to him with your jab... so it goes from being a jab to being an entry point into your opponent's center. Then you stuff his ass into the ground.
Hell, come to think of it, maybe I'm not even really boxing anymore.
H2O_Dragon wrote:Yeah, but that doesn't negate the benefit of the jab from a boxing viewpoint. You can snap the job to gauge distance peck at him. You can throw it as a power shot to knock him of balance (think lead hand beng) And yup, you can use it to stick and enter. Seems to work best for me when I mix it up so the guy doesn't know what's coming.
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