Whenever I’m at the gym I throw a jab and after a while the inside of my elbow starts to kinda hurt any idea what that is I’m going to go get check out in a bout a week 😊
Dude making fun of ppl when they say have pillows on your hands but you make a video blaming genetics for technique sucking? Doesn’t make sense it’s very obvious to me you have Thai style that’s why your jab sucks. You are frontal, tall and standing in one spot of course your jab is gonna blow. In Muay Thai you have boxing gloves on so the emphasis is on all the other strikes that don’t have padding which you know I’m sure so that’s the reality of pillows on your hands. There is also weight class it’s easy to fight someone your size and play rock em sock em which obviously less emphasis will be on jab because just bombing on each other. Making excuses to why jab sucks because of genetics is ridiculous and ppl accepting that is pathetic. Only reason I’m even saying anything is because I know inexperienced ppl are gonna make excuses too and maybe my comment will make them realize that’s crap, and someone who has spent countless hours for the last 10-15 years studying online videos will appreciate someone who doesn’t make stupid statements.
@@hard2hurt I once saw someone say that this was why Kali made sense to them because it starts with weapon training and then moves to bare handed and most other arts work the other way.
@@deedumeday518 well actually are hands were designed for climbing hence while we are able to grasps things. So technically our hands were not built originally to hold spears and defend ourselves with them, they were built for us to grasp tree branches as we ran away from lions and other such predators
When I was 17 and street fighting, my jab was basically the only punch I threw, but I threw it a LOT. I had index cards taped to my wall I used to practice jabbing because I couldn't afford a bag. I threw almost no power into it, but it got people to blink. It got people to lift their arms so I could kick them in the body. It got people to try to close distance and let me use my youtube BJJ and Wrestling to tap out people who were really strikers but didn't like standing where I could jab them or kick them. My jab never did anything on it's own. Jabs are like hot sauce. They go on everything. They make everything better. They are not a complete meal. Don't try to make them a complete meal. ~ Keyboard Warrior
@@Eric3Frog Some of them arnet like marvin hagler and tripple ggg they LITERALLY have very strong knecks and good brain cousins to prevent from getting knocked out but YEAH the majority of like 99.999 percent of the human race isnt meant to fight with one another
@@jessekaiman5182 Where in the above video did Icy Mike say any of the words you typed? It has nothing to do with 64 other accounts. I think you heard your AntiFa soundtrack playing in the background instead of listening to the lesson. It's cool though you could just go back and watch it again rather than argue with me
"occupy the space in between your face and your opponents face with a straight arm multiple times over and over right now!" If only boxing coaches were eloquent enough to be able to express themselves like this...
Stop licking his arse. He has no boxing fights, he's a balding ginger little man who posts videos on RUclips. Plenty of boxing coaches will have much better advices
And forthwith extend your arm with brevity and concise. The length between your opponent and yourself is a brief yet frequent lodging for thine arm, as the wind you will strike fast and with the touch of an angry hornet Godspeed you magnificient boxer
@@fuckingkimura I mean, for boxing, that kinda is the name of the game. Whoever lands most or lands best wins. Granted not always to the face, body shots are a thing, but generally dodge and counter or sheer offense are the best options.
Great advice. I'd always been frustrated by the lack of 'power' in my jab until I realized it was far from a 'me' problem. The only thing I'd add about the utility of 'working the jab' is to keep your opponent uncomfortable. Just as we aren't designed to punch someone in the face, we weren't really designed to be punched in the face either. Whether it's a hard jab, or a soft jab, they don't look all that different when they're coming at you regularly.
Exactly, jabs aren’t a power strike naturally and not meant to do significant damage on your opponent, like he said in the video theyre used to expose the reactions of the opponent and get him to show openings so you can’t further build into combinations
I'm a tall guy and was always told to "work the jab" and all I would do I throw them harder. Took me a long time to learn to use it to keep my opponent in my range and prevent them from closing the distance by throwing frequent jabs.
I'm tall too... About 6,3 and I got annoyed with outboxing despite the reach advantage and always went in. Anyone else ever get that urge to just throw outboxing out the window from time to time?
Even when i'm not jabbing i like to sometimes stretch out my hand every now and then to get a gauge of distance, seriously the jab is so good for distance and distraction
Looking back at last year, when sparring still exists around here, I could really have done with this advice. Because I was a total beginner and trying to develop some technique without hitting anyone really hard, I developed this stupid habit of trying to land really clever jabs that landed clean, like that would indicate that I'd learned something. I wish someone had just told me 'relax and just throw more', even if it was just to get the other guys guard up. This is my longwinded way of saying I liked this video. So cheers Mike.
Totally alot of times i throw a jab to move my opponents hands for an uppercut or just to screw up thier line of sight etc etc aside from the obvious point of throwing of people's rythm, establishing your own rythm, and guaging distance
Nice insight! In my limited sparring experience, I found myself THINKING about how to execute clean jabs when I should have been THROWING and seeing what sticks.
Why I love this video so much is just that simple dictum of listening to your coach and doing what they say as they say it with aggression. Newbs and baddies (like me) are always hesitating, and it’s better to just learn to keep pushing forward. Love your videos, man.
That's actually a good point. Doing *something* is often better than doing nothing, because at least then your opponent will have to consider that it might not be their turn yet or they'll hesitate because they're trying to figure out your game plan (even if you don't really have one).
Yes, my jab sucks when I was just starting my self-defense and MMA training; but through constant practice and training, I managed to drastically improve my jab.
This reminds me of when I knew how to jab but I would jab differently depending on if I was hitting a person, bag, or shadow boxing. I eventually worked it out, but it was a learning experience.
I can tell this guy knows his shit. I'm not a boxing coach or trainer, but the way he lays down his knowledge with confidence in that he goes beyond the "boxing lingo" and can illustrate WHY is very relatable. You know he can train anyone.
Honestly those videos are in a way, more useful to me, than years of training. For like 10 minutes,( 7 of which was watching the video), I fixed a problem that I had for years.
Now you need to work it out, it's probably ingrained into your autonomous nervous system. This is the part of us that doesn't think, it only reacts according how it's teached to react
Weird thing I noticed with myself: sport fencing is a really good way to train your body to let out fast, light, and frequent jabs. We are meant to use tools, and when we do, we feel our force get multiplied, so there's no need to always go for the stiff strike. In fencing, you should be taught to always be threatening your opponent, keeping them at the distance you want with your feints and thrusts. Taking that mentality into boxing made it easy for me to pick up "working the jab."
Hell yeah. If I'm remembering correctly Sugar Ray Robinson used to feint jabs at a mirror to perfect it. I recommend checking out Jack Slack. He has bunch of articles and videos on striking, talking about feinting, ringcraft ect.
I laughed so hard when you made the example of a coach yelling work the jab and then trying to make hard contact or being like wtf does that even mean. Great videos Mike!
This is why I always liked it way better when a coach would use a phrase like “Establish your jab” or “Make him respect your jab”, for whatever reason those two ways of saying it just seemed more clear and told me exactly what I needed to do and how. Or at least, with how my brain works.
30 seconds in and you've been discussing that thi isn't going to be about technical details like most jab videos, but something more. I'm thinking to myself "This is gonna be good!"
I was taught don't try to finish the fight with your first punch. It could be punch number 5 or 6 or 20 that ends the fight. The real goal is to last until that 20th punch.
Felt like you were talking about 3 connected but divergent topics without chaining your thought process together in a way that was linear and made sense of everything you brought up. That said, what you did say about how to think about your jab was profoundly insightful. Super helpful to me as a absolute beginner boxer. Thank you!
Great advice. He should have told u to work the jab lol. Everyone naturally sucks at first but some definitely naturally suck more than others and there's nothing to be done about that.
Technique is not overrated. Technique is everything. It's what separates yourself from the competitors. Techniques are developed for survival. How you apply the technique will differ from one person to another.
I don’t remember study but they found our fist are relatively good at throwing a punch. The problem comes in our hand are a compromise of grip strength and striking.
@@tanzeemali6450 I found the article again and basically as our hands became more dexterous, a fist was the best way to reduce chance of injury. And certain aspects of those changes added to the effectiveness of fist. Such as shorter fingers, shorter palm and longer thumb.
The jab has several functions. One is just to get up towards the opponents eyes to obscure vision and give him something to react to. Two is as a rangefinder, if the jab doesn’t land your cross won’t. Three is to check defense, if the jab doesn’t get through the cross probably won’t. Four is to move the defense, if you throw jabs to the body and land them the defense may drop and expose the head. Five is to move the opponent, aggressive jabs can help move an opponent to the ropes, cage, or into a corner. Lastly you can throw jabs danger close to the side of an opponents head and they may reflexively move their head out of the way into your hook from the other side, boom. Good times. Noticeably missing on the list is damage, yeah you can hurt someone with one but that’s just a bonus.
To be fair though, being good at striking also hugely depends on hand-eye-coordination. Some people's brains can just process movement better, making them naturally (way) better at hitting moving targets. People who excel in basketball, soccer or baseball for example, would - from a technical perspective and all other things aside - make extremely accurate strikers.
That's very true, many people get obsessed with power and speed like if it was everything in a fight, while in reality it is just like Connor McGregor described it: precision beats power, timing beats speed. If you know how to punch and where to punch someone, you can do a lot of damage rather easily.
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The heaviest punches i throw are when im just feeling the movement and relaxed..."trying too hard" just makes you tense up and ruins the power you can create.
well... my jab sucks because i have a TFCC tear and a complete Scapholunate Ligament tear and am waiting on surgery so I can have any strength or integrity in my wrist again. (btw I never hit without wrapped hands/wrists as my wrists have always been hypermobile - I did this damage to my wrist outside of a combat sport)
Litteraly the 1st lesson about jabbing in Hajime no ippo(great boxing Anime btw) is to be a bit loose with your jab and not so stiff, as stiffness makes you slower. Great video!
Guys that MASTERED “Working the Jab” if you want examples: Larry Holmes - The Easton Assassin Tommy Hearns - Hitman Kell brook - Special K Really anyone from the legendary KRONK Gym, Hearns, Tony Harrison, Lenox Lewis, Klitschko, Tyson’s fury anyone who’s worked w. KRONK coaches knows how to work the jab. Fighters are Not ranked in order or anything just guys off the top of my head that work their jab very well. Many other fighters who had a beautiful lead hand.
That actually did help because as you put it i always felt that my jab should be a little hard, not as hard as an over hand or hook but hard. Hearing this blows my mind and helps a bunch thank you
Yes. Swinging strikes in general are what you see from untrained people, or people in the heat of the moment. There's pottery of greek boxers, and tbey basically held one hand out, open and had the rear hand cocked back to swing. I've also seen a gorilla throw a left hook at the zoo before, but I never see them jabbing. The jab is probably the least instinctive hand strike , if you read old bareknuckle books that definitely seems to be the case. It was considered scientific, refined and the old manuals mentioned how much more natural it was for people to want to throw powerful swings. One source compared the jab to the use of a rapier, and other punches like clubs. The club was more powerful, but the rapier was fast and direct.
The way I see it, hammer fist are more "safer" punches than the straight ones. You don't risk all the bones of the hand and wrist that much when striking.
@@MrTigracho That is for the most part true, they're a viscous strike. The only real danger is that you can land on the pinky knuckle if you're not careful. My solution to that, is to focus on hitting further back. Everything behind that, including most of the forearm can hit and it has the potential to do serious damage.
I'm new to boxing, but my buddy and I were light sparring and I naturally never felt like driving the jab that much. Just tapping and keeping him at a distance. Great vid.
Broken hands will keep you from shooting a gun, turning keys on ; etc. That's why the palm strike and elbows work well for the head,focusing punches on the body and uppercuts.
i worked many material arts and also seen a lot of people in youtube pretending they know wtf they are doing or talking about but i can say this man really knows something
I think that this is valuable for people. I think the thing I most value is that you addressed the crowd that has done conditioning. I'm in a weird limbo, I have done a significant amount of conditioning to where I never use any padding when I work the bag but I've never actually had any training. I'm just like probably most people here. Saps that are self trained off the internet.
Excellent stuff, and so well-explained! I knew I was going to love the video as soon as you stressed that you weren't focusing on technique because that's not the problem. Regarding MMA fighters, I am enjoying how their boxing is coming along, particularly with the jab. I see a lot more fighters just sticking it out to measure distance, get reactions, make reads, and touch their opponents to set up more powerful techniques these days. Not just everyone trying to rifle jabs into their opponents' faces because they saw GSP bust up Josh Koscheck with stiff jabs for 25 minutes. The concept of the jab as a utility weapon has definitely been spreading, and you covered it beautifully. Also loved that you pointed out we're not naturally built for punching each other in the face. Because we definitely aren't haha.
I'M NOT AN EXPERT, but think about how someone who has NEVER seen another human fights how would he do it by istinct: He would grab a stick or something, but apart from this, i think punching is not that "natural". I think grappling and wrestling would come with more ease: we would use our hands to grip stuff, and our legs too
I boxed for a few months even sparred a few times when I got good. I learned quickly that the biggest part of a meaningful jab wasn’t the weight behind it but the timing. I had a quick, snappy jab that could stun my spar partner when he wasn’t expecting.
Good video man! "Work youre jab" means "jab more" . Totally agree. And that's because jab it's a tactical weapon that dosn't make sense to use, if its not to develop a striking strategy.
I have practiced martial arts (as a hobby) for almost 20 years and I kind of figure out this at some point, but for some reason hear you say it make me to really unsderstand the "work more your jab" thing, great video and specially the "Everybody sucks, everybody's tired, everybody's scared" it is one of the great truths of life.
I thought that by DNA you were going to refer as humans born with different nerves, muscles and body morphology, as some people are good jabers and can even break bricks with their knuckles, and some dont.
This is exactly what my boxing coach used to preach to everyone at the our gym. Kids would always come in throwing jabs with all their power on the bag , but in a real match that'll wear you out incredibly fast.
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Nah my jabs always been good man you just a rookie😉
What kind of coaches did you have? Mustn't have listened carefully enough.
Whenever I’m at the gym I throw a jab and after a while the inside of my elbow starts to kinda hurt any idea what that is I’m going to go get check out in a bout a week 😊
@@bubbles2980 ~ You're probably over extending your arm. Use the curling bar to build up your inner arm muscles. This is a common problem
Dude making fun of ppl when they say have pillows on your hands but you make a video blaming genetics for technique sucking? Doesn’t make sense it’s very obvious to me you have Thai style that’s why your jab sucks. You are frontal, tall and standing in one spot of course your jab is gonna blow. In Muay Thai you have boxing gloves on so the emphasis is on all the other strikes that don’t have padding which you know I’m sure so that’s the reality of pillows on your hands. There is also weight class it’s easy to fight someone your size and play rock em sock em which obviously less emphasis will be on jab because just bombing on each other. Making excuses to why jab sucks because of genetics is ridiculous and ppl accepting that is pathetic. Only reason I’m even saying anything is because I know inexperienced ppl are gonna make excuses too and maybe my comment will make them realize that’s crap, and someone who has spent countless hours for the last 10-15 years studying online videos will appreciate someone who doesn’t make stupid statements.
"Your jab sucks because your hand wasn't designed to punch. It was designed to hold a self-defence flashlight."
This is my favorite comment today. Thank you! 😂
You're not wrong
@@hard2hurt I once saw someone say that this was why Kali made sense to them because it starts with weapon training and then moves to bare handed and most other arts work the other way.
Yea, we were never supposed to punch those scary wolves and lions. Rather, hold a big stick our hands and use that to whack and poke instead.
@@deedumeday518 well actually are hands were designed for climbing hence while we are able to grasps things. So technically our hands were not built originally to hold spears and defend ourselves with them, they were built for us to grasp tree branches as we ran away from lions and other such predators
"It's okay that your jab sucks, it was always gona suck." That was deep.
"its not in our nature...to box"
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Like fr that shit is in our soul
LMFAOOOOOO
Yeah and so Pacquiao beats all your heroes whahahaha
@@rodsan10 think he can beat canelo??
@@rodsan10 the thing is he got knocked out by juan Manuel marquez
When I was 17 and street fighting, my jab was basically the only punch I threw, but I threw it a LOT. I had index cards taped to my wall I used to practice jabbing because I couldn't afford a bag. I threw almost no power into it, but it got people to blink. It got people to lift their arms so I could kick them in the body. It got people to try to close distance and let me use my youtube BJJ and Wrestling to tap out people who were really strikers but didn't like standing where I could jab them or kick them.
My jab never did anything on it's own. Jabs are like hot sauce. They go on everything. They make everything better. They are not a complete meal. Don't try to make them a complete meal.
~ Keyboard Warrior
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Nice
Im so impressed with the level of jiu jitsu I got from just watching ufc, my step brother really cant mess with me and hes like 20 pounds heavier 😂
In the meantime, Usyk put down Dubois with a hard jab and Bivol or Beterbiev can hurt people with them almost as much as with a backhand
hard2hunt: Technique is way to overrated
KSI: Thank you! someone had to say it
Tyson even mentioned how fragile we really are and he’s a monster.
Humans are poorly built for fighting.
We are fragile meat bags
@@Eric3Frog Some of them arnet like marvin hagler and tripple ggg they LITERALLY have very strong knecks and good brain cousins to prevent from getting knocked out but YEAH the majority of like 99.999 percent of the human race isnt meant to fight with one another
Yea he found out holyfield wasnt so fragile
Well his ears were atleast
“In my DNA, eh?”
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@@Sinnernine so he's novak
"Everybody sucks, everybody's tired, everybody's scared" - 2020 in a nutshell
Its a good lesson for life in general honestly😂
I didn't hear him say any of this? Don't be so soft
@@jeremyoakman8189 yes I made this up entirely on my own. Then I liked my own comment with 64 other accounts.
You're a quick one.
@@jessekaiman5182 Where in the above video did Icy Mike say any of the words you typed? It has nothing to do with 64 other accounts. I think you heard your AntiFa soundtrack playing in the background instead of listening to the lesson. It's cool though you could just go back and watch it again rather than argue with me
@@jeremyoakman8189 he says it a 5:48. It really wasn’t that hard to find.
"occupy the space in between your face and your opponents face with a straight arm multiple times over and over right now!"
If only boxing coaches were eloquent enough to be able to express themselves like this...
Stop licking his arse. He has no boxing fights, he's a balding ginger little man who posts videos on RUclips. Plenty of boxing coaches will have much better advices
@@fuckingkimura 😄
And forthwith extend your arm with brevity and concise. The length between your opponent and yourself is a brief yet frequent lodging for thine arm, as the wind you will strike fast and with the touch of an angry hornet
Godspeed you magnificient boxer
@@fuckingkimura I mean, for boxing, that kinda is the name of the game. Whoever lands most or lands best wins.
Granted not always to the face, body shots are a thing, but generally dodge and counter or sheer offense are the best options.
@@fuckingkimura pretty sure he’s an ex cop and has 2 amateur mma fights.
Great advice. I'd always been frustrated by the lack of 'power' in my jab until I realized it was far from a 'me' problem.
The only thing I'd add about the utility of 'working the jab' is to keep your opponent uncomfortable. Just as we aren't designed to punch someone in the face, we weren't really designed to be punched in the face either. Whether it's a hard jab, or a soft jab, they don't look all that different when they're coming at you regularly.
"Everybody sucks. Everybody's tired. Everybody's scared." This.
Coach "give me more jabs!" Me "bro i already throw over a thousand a night!" Coach "give me more jabs!" *Right shoulder ceases to exit*
Southpaw c:
Okay southpaw
ok bro ur a southpaw 😒
@@ivzr4308 southpaws cute
The southpaw wants attention huh
Muhammad Ali described jabbing as swatting a fly. That always made the most sense.
He got long arms. His jabs are pretty much whips. For mike tyson his jab is probably shoving in someone’s face
@@kevinc.cucumber3697 For Tyson, it probably felt like when you see a baker punching a big blob of dough
@@miltonvermeer237 nice analogy
I always say it’s like trying to catch a fly.
Exactly, jabs aren’t a power strike naturally and not meant to do significant damage on your opponent, like he said in the video theyre used to expose the reactions of the opponent and get him to show openings so you can’t further build into combinations
Summery: use the jab as a tool not a weapon
5:03
that look on his face when he realized he has trained his whole life for something that wasnt supposed to be.
Mood
I'm a tall guy and was always told to "work the jab" and all I would do I throw them harder. Took me a long time to learn to use it to keep my opponent in my range and prevent them from closing the distance by throwing frequent jabs.
Yeah it took me a bit to figure out how to use my height to my advantage, but really zippy short guys still annoy me
I'm tall too... About 6,3 and I got annoyed with outboxing despite the reach advantage and always went in.
Anyone else ever get that urge to just throw outboxing out the window from time to time?
Let them close and then make them pay with an uppercut and / or hook combo.
@@TreDay777 I’m 6’1 and I naturally fight in the pocket way better than I do on the outside. That’s what tricks people when they spar me lol.
I'm 6'3ft and do Muay thai.
Luckily we get to use the clinch for dealing with zippy short guys :p
So true! 💪💪💪
Thank you sensei
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@@hard2hurt don't make sensei Seth jealous now you hear
@@mr28086 Seth doesn't get jealous, he gets even! 😁
@@hard2hurt what knuckle pads are those?
This year, we don't need a stiff jab, just a stiff drink.
Keep working the jab
Keep working that mug.
@Big steppa 4747 why not bof
Could use that drink right about now.
Even when i'm not jabbing i like to sometimes stretch out my hand every now and then to get a gauge of distance, seriously the jab is so good for distance and distraction
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"its 0K that your jab sucks, it was allways gonna suck." -Micke, Icy.
New social movement "Jab Positivity"
Looking back at last year, when sparring still exists around here, I could really have done with this advice. Because I was a total beginner and trying to develop some technique without hitting anyone really hard, I developed this stupid habit of trying to land really clever jabs that landed clean, like that would indicate that I'd learned something.
I wish someone had just told me 'relax and just throw more', even if it was just to get the other guys guard up.
This is my longwinded way of saying I liked this video. So cheers Mike.
Totally alot of times i throw a jab to move my opponents hands for an uppercut or just to screw up thier line of sight etc etc aside from the obvious point of throwing of people's rythm, establishing your own rythm, and guaging distance
Nice insight!
In my limited sparring experience, I found myself THINKING about how to execute clean jabs when I should have been THROWING and seeing what sticks.
Why I love this video so much is just that simple dictum of listening to your coach and doing what they say as they say it with aggression. Newbs and baddies (like me) are always hesitating, and it’s better to just learn to keep pushing forward. Love your videos, man.
That's actually a good point.
Doing *something* is often better than doing nothing, because at least then your opponent will have to consider that it might not be their turn yet or they'll hesitate because they're trying to figure out your game plan (even if you don't really have one).
Actually wasn't looking for an answer to this...but I'm glad I cane across it.
Yes, my jab sucks when I was just starting my self-defense and MMA training; but through constant practice and training, I managed to drastically improve my jab.
Oh wow how cool you improved it
@@theredninja2817 that was corny
@@MichaelH__J so salty
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Naw those Aikido and Kung Fu dorks are still lurking waiting for Steven Segal and Ip Man to show them how to meet girls and get laid.
I mean this really didn’t teach anything new ?
@@billp.7208 so boxing is supposed to get you laid instead?
@@supertrollfaxnoprinter3329 👆 perfect reply coming from a Fortnite incel.
@@dayroyal7740 I did
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This reminds me of when I knew how to jab but I would jab differently depending on if I was hitting a person, bag, or shadow boxing. I eventually worked it out, but it was a learning experience.
I can tell this guy knows his shit. I'm not a boxing coach or trainer, but the way he lays down his knowledge with confidence in that he goes beyond the "boxing lingo" and can illustrate WHY is very relatable. You know he can train anyone.
Honestly those videos are in a way, more useful to me, than years of training. For like 10 minutes,( 7 of which was watching the video), I fixed a problem that I had for years.
Now you need to work it out, it's probably ingrained into your autonomous nervous system. This is the part of us that doesn't think, it only reacts according how it's teached to react
Weird thing I noticed with myself: sport fencing is a really good way to train your body to let out fast, light, and frequent jabs. We are meant to use tools, and when we do, we feel our force get multiplied, so there's no need to always go for the stiff strike.
In fencing, you should be taught to always be threatening your opponent, keeping them at the distance you want with your feints and thrusts. Taking that mentality into boxing made it easy for me to pick up "working the jab."
Hell yeah. If I'm remembering correctly Sugar Ray Robinson used to feint jabs at a mirror to perfect it.
I recommend checking out Jack Slack. He has bunch of articles and videos on striking, talking about feinting, ringcraft ect.
I love when Mike gets into the metaphysics of combat technics and how to train.
With pillows on my hands I naturally want to find someone else with pillows on their hands and have a pillow fight.
My arm is double-jointed, so a lot of people say my jabs are really fast, I guess it really is in some people's DNA
Double jointed isn’t areal thing It’s just that some peoples joints are a little bit more flexible than others
Im not double jointed and my jab is a pretty fast
@@untamedadhd8306 its also not a thing that even if it existed would improve jabbing speed
Im sure your mum and grandma never see it coming
@@pringles3254 same I suck at boxing but my jab is lightning fast but does zero damage
I laughed so hard when you made the example of a coach yelling work the jab and then trying to make hard contact or being like wtf does that even mean. Great videos Mike!
This is why I always liked it way better when a coach would use a phrase like “Establish your jab” or “Make him respect your jab”, for whatever reason those two ways of saying it just seemed more clear and told me exactly what I needed to do and how. Or at least, with how my brain works.
30 seconds in and you've been discussing that thi isn't going to be about technical details like most jab videos, but something more. I'm thinking to myself "This is gonna be good!"
Exactly
By far the best and most practical video on jabbing I've ever seen... He's absolutely right about not being designed to use hands for combat.
i guess that bone conditioning in karate makes more sense now, they make something that is rather impractical into a viable weapon.
I was taught don't try to finish the fight with your first punch. It could be punch number 5 or 6 or 20 that ends the fight. The real goal is to last until that 20th punch.
Just like it’s in our nature to fine coverage when shots are fired. In the Secret service they have to learn to get big
I loved the way u explained things. Plain n simple. Just jab.
Felt like you were talking about 3 connected but divergent topics without chaining your thought process together in a way that was linear and made sense of everything you brought up. That said, what you did say about how to think about your jab was profoundly insightful. Super helpful to me as a absolute beginner boxer. Thank you!
Another point: If you don’t know what your coach means by something then ask. If they can’t answer or scold you for asking - get a new coach.
That's 100% accurate...
But also, train that jab, in that exact way... And one day that jab will rock 💪
My coach once told me "son you need to run away faster" because I was getting f**king thumped in the ring. Maybe I should have 'worked the jab' ;)
Great advice. He should have told u to work the jab lol. Everyone naturally sucks at first but some definitely naturally suck more than others and there's nothing to be done about that.
goes into sparring thinking: “I am going to work on my jab more and stay on the outside.”
(gets blasted in the face once)
*brawler mode activated
😂😂😂
jab is Easy Basic for boxing to learn even a deadly weapon in real fight itself.
"Everyone has a plan. Until they get punched in the face."
Probably the most spot on analysis of sparring I've seen , watch the power guys ... BANG .... Ring becomes Verdun hahaha 🤣
Yeah, famous last words: "Let's go light today."
At first i was like what and then watch the entire video, I think this could really help people who don't get it
Defenitly helps me, I am already doing it but I never explained this part to others because I wasn't aware enough of it.
Great lesson, thank you!
Technique is not overrated. Technique is everything. It's what separates yourself from the competitors. Techniques are developed for survival. How you apply the technique will differ from one person to another.
Delicate instruments. We should just hug until the person with the most fragile masculinity breaks off.
Get over here brother!
Bro I just want a hug i ain’t letting go
haha, I love it. A most interesting game of chicken
Logan Paul is that you?
*Smirks in wrestler*
I don’t remember study but they found our fist are relatively good at throwing a punch. The problem comes in our hand are a compromise of grip strength and striking.
Could please elaborate on the compromise?
@@tanzeemali6450 I found the article again and basically as our hands became more dexterous, a fist was the best way to reduce chance of injury. And certain aspects of those changes added to the effectiveness of fist. Such as shorter fingers, shorter palm and longer thumb.
@@tanzeemali6450 I think I read that study too. Google ''can gorillas make a fist'', that's how I found it.
@@daniel-zh9nj6yn6y thanks
Human hands evolved to throw spears?
*googles spear self defense
I thought the title was 'The Reason Your JOB Sucks is In Your DNA', and I felt that in my soul
Make a change.
Keep the change
The cold start of your videos where you just get right into it is very unique to your channel I love it
The jab has several functions. One is just to get up towards the opponents eyes to obscure vision and give him something to react to. Two is as a rangefinder, if the jab doesn’t land your cross won’t. Three is to check defense, if the jab doesn’t get through the cross probably won’t. Four is to move the defense, if you throw jabs to the body and land them the defense may drop and expose the head. Five is to move the opponent, aggressive jabs can help move an opponent to the ropes, cage, or into a corner. Lastly you can throw jabs danger close to the side of an opponents head and they may reflexively move their head out of the way into your hook from the other side, boom. Good times. Noticeably missing on the list is damage, yeah you can hurt someone with one but that’s just a bonus.
The jab can be used to keep an opponent on their toes and to gage and measure distance for accurate power shots
we can do DNA splicing with the true boxer stance jab2hurt
To be fair though, being good at striking also hugely depends on hand-eye-coordination. Some people's brains can just process movement better, making them naturally (way) better at hitting moving targets.
People who excel in basketball, soccer or baseball for example, would - from a technical perspective and all other things aside - make extremely accurate strikers.
That's very true, many people get obsessed with power and speed like if it was everything in a fight, while in reality it is just like Connor McGregor described it: precision beats power, timing beats speed. If you know how to punch and where to punch someone, you can do a lot of damage rather easily.
@@DavidHernandez-dk1zs 100%. Accuracy (or the talent for it) is by far the most valuable thing you can have in striking, if you ask me.
Eh soccer players can’t beat anyone up.
Hard2hurt....
The first video of yours that I saw was the one where you were cutting up Jesse Encamp. LoL.
I was furious ..... BUT....
I must say that very quickly I came to genuinely appreciate your content. You say it like it is. We need more of that. You have directly affected the way I see things and how I train my students. You gave me a fresh lense to look through. You're the kind of person that I can relate to.
Thank you.
Your friend
Stu
This helped, I look back at my past spars and realize that I didn't use the jab efficiently like you explained. Thank you! 🤙🏾
I'm so proud of myself for nodding with everything you're saying🤭
Entertaining, honest, informative, and inspiring
My kick boxing coach taught me to let my opponent run into my punches instead of trying to hit them with every shots.
The heaviest punches i throw are when im just feeling the movement and relaxed..."trying too hard" just makes you tense up and ruins the power you can create.
Where were you the whole of my martial art training in life. Love this man because it took me years to learn this on my own.
well...
my jab sucks because i have a TFCC tear and a complete Scapholunate Ligament tear and am waiting on surgery so I can have any strength or integrity in my wrist again.
(btw I never hit without wrapped hands/wrists as my wrists have always been hypermobile - I did this damage to my wrist outside of a combat sport)
Yooo this helped me alot I was throwing my all with every jab, thanks alot
Litteraly the 1st lesson about jabbing in Hajime no ippo(great boxing Anime btw) is to be a bit loose with your jab and not so stiff, as stiffness makes you slower. Great video!
The classic rule of boxing is there is no force used until the split second before the punch land
Guys that MASTERED “Working the Jab” if you want examples:
Larry Holmes - The Easton Assassin
Tommy Hearns - Hitman
Kell brook - Special K
Really anyone from the legendary KRONK Gym, Hearns, Tony Harrison, Lenox Lewis, Klitschko, Tyson’s fury anyone who’s worked w. KRONK coaches knows how to work the jab.
Fighters are Not ranked in order or anything just guys off the top of my head that work their jab very well. Many other fighters who had a beautiful lead hand.
Lenox lewis had a damn good jab the first time I saw him shoot from the hip I knew he could stop Mike.
That actually did help because as you put it i always felt that my jab should be a little hard, not as hard as an over hand or hook but hard. Hearing this blows my mind and helps a bunch thank you
Recently heard that gotillas fight by grappling and throwing hammer fists... wonder if that's more "in our DNA" than punching with knuckles
Yes. Swinging strikes in general are what you see from untrained people, or people in the heat of the moment. There's pottery of greek boxers, and tbey basically held one hand out, open and had the rear hand cocked back to swing. I've also seen a gorilla throw a left hook at the zoo before, but I never see them jabbing. The jab is probably the least instinctive hand strike , if you read old bareknuckle books that definitely seems to be the case. It was considered scientific, refined and the old manuals mentioned how much more natural it was for people to want to throw powerful swings. One source compared the jab to the use of a rapier, and other punches like clubs. The club was more powerful, but the rapier was fast and direct.
@@Almosteasyese you might be seeing images of pankration. open hand slaps.
The way I see it, hammer fist are more "safer" punches than the straight ones. You don't risk all the bones of the hand and wrist that much when striking.
@@MrTigracho That is for the most part true, they're a viscous strike. The only real danger is that you can land on the pinky knuckle if you're not careful. My solution to that, is to focus on hitting further back. Everything behind that, including most of the forearm can hit and it has the potential to do serious damage.
@@fordguyfordguy ya that's pankration. you can find some traditional pankration fights on youtube and that's a very characteristic stance for them
The welterweight champion in ufc seems to have a great jab. His coach said he has a great jab.
Our hands weren’t meant to punch. They were meant to grab things to beat predators and prey with
I'm new to boxing, but my buddy and I were light sparring and I naturally never felt like driving the jab that much. Just tapping and keeping him at a distance. Great vid.
"It was always going to suck..."
Broken hands will keep you from shooting a gun, turning keys on ; etc. That's why the palm strike and elbows work well for the head,focusing punches on the body and uppercuts.
Otoh my buddy palm struck me and sprained his wrist, got a cast the next day.
Turns out you can do lots of things wrong
@@kanucks9 ...perhaps he has weak wrists...? Ergonomically, palm strikes are more " natural " with less small bones impacted...
hard2hurt: ufc fighters jabs suck
Kamaru Usman: So you have chosen death?
Facts. Kamaru Usman’s jab is literal technique before anything else. Crisp as fuck.
i worked many material arts and also seen a lot of people in youtube pretending they know wtf they are doing or talking about but i can say this man really knows something
I think that this is valuable for people. I think the thing I most value is that you addressed the crowd that has done conditioning. I'm in a weird limbo, I have done a significant amount of conditioning to where I never use any padding when I work the bag but I've never actually had any training.
I'm just like probably most people here. Saps that are self trained off the internet.
This is probably one of the most beneficial videos i have seen! Lol
I feel my elbow almost dislocate when I jab. Therefor I reach for the ground behind me and throw haymakers
Dangerous.
I don’t even box, but this is still pretty interesting lmao
Same
Excellent stuff, and so well-explained! I knew I was going to love the video as soon as you stressed that you weren't focusing on technique because that's not the problem.
Regarding MMA fighters, I am enjoying how their boxing is coming along, particularly with the jab. I see a lot more fighters just sticking it out to measure distance, get reactions, make reads, and touch their opponents to set up more powerful techniques these days. Not just everyone trying to rifle jabs into their opponents' faces because they saw GSP bust up Josh Koscheck with stiff jabs for 25 minutes. The concept of the jab as a utility weapon has definitely been spreading, and you covered it beautifully.
Also loved that you pointed out we're not naturally built for punching each other in the face. Because we definitely aren't haha.
"WORK THE JAB!" You helped me understand this in my development as a boxer. Now I have a better idea and understanding of working my jab.
The title sounds like the most personal insult out there
Is grappling our natural form of combat in our DNA?
I think yes honestly. Also wrestling
I'M NOT AN EXPERT, but think about how someone who has NEVER seen another human fights how would he do it by istinct:
He would grab a stick or something, but apart from this, i think punching is not that "natural". I think grappling and wrestling would come with more ease: we would use our hands to grip stuff, and our legs too
Fighting isnt about knowing how to do everything well, its about knowing how to use what you do well against someone else.
What
Lol 😂😂😂
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@@1xBossup He makes sense though
I boxed for a few months even sparred a few times when I got good. I learned quickly that the biggest part of a meaningful jab wasn’t the weight behind it but the timing. I had a quick, snappy jab that could stun my spar partner when he wasn’t expecting.
Good video man! "Work youre jab" means "jab more" . Totally agree. And that's because jab it's a tactical weapon that dosn't make sense to use, if its not to develop a striking strategy.
Mike must be getting pretty famous now that bots come and comment. I guess that's kind of an achievement haha
What bots? You're not talking about all our new girlfriends are you?
YOU GOT OWNED
The bullies growing up would tell you my DNA was made to be punched
yikes
I read this and all I could hear was the Kwon kicker impersonation. "The REASON you're jab sucks
Nice reference lol
just gained a sub, i am an amateur right now and this has to be the best explanation on how to “work the jab”
I have practiced martial arts (as a hobby) for almost 20 years and I kind of figure out this at some point, but for some reason hear you say it make me to really unsderstand the "work more your jab" thing, great video and specially the "Everybody sucks, everybody's tired, everybody's scared" it is one of the great truths of life.
“Maby you know all these jabs, cool, not talking to you!”
Me - 😢 but...........
I thought that by DNA you were going to refer as humans born with different nerves, muscles and body morphology, as some people are good jabers and can even break bricks with their knuckles, and some dont.
“Technique is wildly overrated” oh yea u weren’t meant to box for sure
This is exactly what my boxing coach used to preach to everyone at the our gym. Kids would always come in throwing jabs with all their power on the bag , but in a real match that'll wear you out incredibly fast.
I watch you practically all day. Enjoyed the ones with your wife and son. Awesome advice