How to Punch Harder: A Complete Guide

1. How To Punch Harder

3. This is the ultimate punching guide for boxers, fighters, and just about anyone who wants to learn how to punch correctly and punch hard! Learn how to throw knockout punches now! Before we even talk about power punching, you have to learn some basic theories about how power is generated from the body. 

4. Next you’ll learn about how to position your body so that all your power and body weight is being channeled efficiently into your punches. After this, you’ll learn the proper punching technique in full detail to learn how to throw a harder punch. Lastly, I’ll leave you with some final tips on how to maximize the damage dealt on the other boxer.

5. Basic theories you must understand to punch hard: • Speed is not Power – Power is acceleration times mass. Power is not only speed, you must have a force (or a weight) behind that speed. A fast punch will not hit hard unless you put some body weight behind it. • Move Your Body – Like Bruce Lee’s theory behind his famous one-inch punch: moving your whole body one inch hits much harder than moving your arm one foot. You must move your entire body to get the maximum force (weight) behind that punch. The trick is not to focus on moving your body a great distance but rather to move it all at the same time.

6. Use Your Legs – The biggest muscles in your body will generate the most power. People who punch only with their arms will never punch with real power. • Stay Inside Your Range – Your strongest punch doesn’t land when your arms are fully out-stretched. Your punch hits harder when it lands a bit shorter than your full range of motion. Don’t reach! • Use Angles – Punching from different angles will give your punches more power, more punching opportunities, and more damage on your opponent.

7. Flow Of Energy FEET • They are spread on the ground a little wider than shoulder width. • The back foot always starts with the heel lifted. • When punching, the feet will pivot in the direction of the punch. • As you throw multiple punches, your feet will pivot back and forth pushing in different directions as you throw different punches.

8. LEGS • Knees are always slightly bent. • As you punch, you drop your bodyweight into your legs bending the knees slightly.

9. UPPER BODY • Your torso should rotate as much as possible and spin the punch out from your shoulders. • A full rotation with short arm extension hits harder than a small rotation with full arm extension. • Don’t lean forward. Don’t try to reach forward, rotate instead!

10. ARMS • Your arms start relaxed. • As the punch is thrown, your arms spring out towards your opponent extending just enough to hit your opponent. • Don’t let your punches over-extend or else you’ll get countered. • Do not pull your fist back right before a punch. This is called, “telegraphing” and allows experienced fighters see the punch coming, minimizing its impact.

11. HANDS • Your hands are relaxed when you are not punching. You can make a loose fist but don’t clench it. • When you punch, that fist transforms into a brick as your deliver it to your opponent. • Your glove starts at your face and ends at your face. • Your turn your fist over (horizontal) for straight punches, but your fist can stay vertical when you swing a left hook to the body or throwing pivot left hooks.

12. Everything I just described is called the flow of energy. You want to feel the energy traveling through your entire body from the feet to the fist. If one part of the body is lazy or feels uninvolved, you need to train harder to make that part of your body an active participant in the punch.

13. Aiming • Learn the distance of all your punches. Do it again with a quick front foot step. Try to keep your punches WITHIN this range. • Punching too close or too far of a distance diminishes your power. • Jab

14. Stepping forward quickly will make this punch much stronger. • Extend your fist all the way and lift that front shoulder a little to really stab your opponent with this jab punch. • Don’t lean forward when you throw this punch, save that momentum for your right cross.

15. Right Hook • When you throw a right hook, swing your body weight from your back foot to your front foot and make sure you push your head into the punch and look at where it’s hitting. • Also, don’t throw your head to the side when you throw the right hook, instead bring it forward but try to keep it in front of your target. (This hits harder but in some cases, you’ll have to move that head more to stay out of harm’s way.)