LONG hooks/uppercuts

[2xRoundhouse]

short hooks/uppercuts are easy, but how do you master the long hook/uppercut? Kinda hard to generate power from your hip because the arm is so far out there.

 

[RedNeckJiuJitsu]

Go to youtube. Search for Chuck Liddell and power. There's a good vid with him showin' how he does a power right hand, which he loops around in basically a low hook.

 

[Marvin Covar]

lots of practice.

 

[KangBang]

uh you need a lot of practice and wings to do this....

 

[krellik]

Agreed it is a tricky punch I have a hard time getting my head around. I always feels that I am throwing borderline haymakers, propably because I am, when I try the long hooks.
That im a short stocky fuck propably adds to my problems with it. But its something that I want to get better at.

 

[SnowBlynd]

Go to youtube. Search for Chuck Liddell and power. There's a good vid with him showin' how he does a power right hand, which he loops around in basically a low hook.

On that video he talks about not extending the arm 'past your power'.

 

[2xRoundhouse]

damn that liddell video really helped

 

[NoPain]

I like to throw a left hook while making a step backwards , works pretty good

 

[letsgotribe9]

I like to throw a left hook while making a step backwards , works pretty good

Not pretty good, pretty well... and yes, it's usually my go-to punch when someone is coming in swinging and I don't want to be close. It's the best way to avoid the clinch if you ask me.

The reason being you could step back on a left hook is because your left foot is the anchor as you pivot the punch, so your right foot (hind foot) can begin that step back.

 

[Tim Chan]

some cma styles specialize in long hooks/uppercuts. they are somewhat similar to the chuck liddel video.