I'll be watching a lot of him tomorrow then. Thanks Sinister.... Also I seen your posts here but what do you personally think about this punch? Do you teach your guys this?
Why do I feel this is a hard punch to generate power from? Or is it not a power punch? From the posts given thus far id be afraid to injure hand or wrist...but I will be looking into this more. 👍 for the bump
My question is does anyone have examples of this used at a higher level?! Can't seem to think of one but I'm sure some of the boxing wizards in here could think of a fight or fighter that used this punch.
Why do I feel this is a hard punch to generate power from? Or is it not a power punch? From the posts given thus far id be afraid to injure hand or wrist...but I will be looking into this more. �� for the bump
Why do I feel this is a hard punch to generate power from? Or is it not a power punch? From the posts given thus far id be afraid to injure hand or wrist...but I will be looking into this more. �� for the bump
Yeah, if you closely watch any of the sparring videos I've posted of my guys, they use this punch a lot. It just looks very like a jab. It's my preferred hook method for when a guy is far away. Though we don't throw it quite a vertically as the Cuban Nationals get with it.
awesome, thanks. is this a punch (lead arm) that you throw solo with or end a combination with?
and you are right about needing a trainer that knows this stuff to fully understand the mechanics of it because there really is almost virtually no knowledge of this punch on the internet. atleast by the name "cuban hook"
you had to pull the thumb on the punching hand back down towards the opposite knee when turning the punch over vs. out and away from the body or horizontally (how you destroy your wrist),even pulling the thumb back down slightly outside of the opposite knee makes the impact much harder on the wrist.....if anything you'd pull it back closer to the inside of the opposite knee, but that slight variation between the inside vs outside of opposite knee makes a really big difference on the impact and the strain put on the wrist.
The impact should feel more straight, but coming from low to high..... So imagine hitting the chin and driving it down into the base of the neck or collarbone with that pointer knuckle....... Or if opponent were to pull his head/upperbody back and you missed the chin, that pointer knuckle would hit him in the middle of the chest at a downward angle and press him straight back (theoretically)......
is this a good example of that
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or am i just confusing a cuban throwing a hook for a cuban hook