Ya this is probably my favorite thing to do on the bag. Use the teep to start the swing and as it comes back drive the knee in and fold the bag in half. The step, hips, and posture are where the power comes fromPractice timing the knee on the heavy bag for when the bag swings towards you then step in and knee (no clinch) while driving your hips forward. The weight of the heavybag will be heavy enough that you will really feel the knee drive into the target and will give you a feel for driving the hips into it.
Ya this is probably my favorite thing to do on the bag. Use the teep to start the swing and as it comes back drive the knee in and fold the bag in half. The step, hips, and posture are where the power comes from
you have to really step into it off your base foot and use your body weight. also, never throw it with your front leg, because it's very weak and then you also can't step in with it
Being defended against, but good form.
hey guys
Was wondering what kind of training or methods you use for developing power and speed for knee strikes done out of clinch, in jabbing distance??
Thanks guys, need the help.
What helped me is to think of the knee strike in 2 steps, but with no break. First bring the knee up, and while it's coming up, get onto the ball of your opposite foot and thrust the hips forward. This makes it into more of a forward motion as opposed to upward, and it has def helped me get more power into my knees.
It also helps to swing your opposite hand across your face, for defense & balance purposes.
As for exercises to make this more powerful, aside from just working your technique and making sure you're really exploding through the knee and thrusting your hips, there are a variety of lifts and ply exercises you can do; working your core will help, use compound core exercises like reverse crunches & hanging leg lifts, squats/ box jumps, sprints, mountain climbers, etc.
Technique is paramount.
Best advice here as well as best description as to how to do it. Only thing I can add is you can use your same side hand to either grab their neck and pull them into the knee or come across with an elbow after you knee.
Most important steps:
1) position
2) technique/execute
3) defense- protect your face cause your opponent with usually try to counter with a jab or a cross
4) counter- be ready to counter their counter with either a transition to a clinch or come across with a elbow or a hook and back out
Look at picture above for reason to protect your face haha