bare knuckle training/conditioning clip

Here's a recent clip of me, practising power and form bare knuckle on a 30lb sand bag,using mainly strong knuckle focused punches but there's also a few focused chops in there as well.

 

Here's another older clip of me practising my focused impact(the end of the strike) its a hanging laminated picture,against a judo mat then wall, so your not training the deep plunge that gives much more bodyweight, because its a picture you can visually target as well. this is the same thing as learning the snap in boxing,I also think this sort of thing would very much benefit a boxers/MMA training.

 

Here's one point you might find interesting,After a brief few months punching in JKD in 2003 I decided to focus on the open hand, I've only been training to punching seriously since October 2009 when I decided to see how well I could train myself, after I started teaching a few boxers to improve there form.but I had a head start Because the body mechanics were the same as the open-hand I already trained in, So that's a big Thanks to Dennis Jones!

Instinctive Combatives self defence

I've been teaching for the last four years,here's a little clip to give you an idea what we get upto,I teach in Hawarden,its everything you need the ultimate in self defence systems.

but will travel if needed,Self defence is available,in Queensferry, Shotton, Connahs Quay, Mold, Wrexham, Chester any where in North Wales or the north west travelling any further out can be arranged you can contact me here instinctivecombatiives@hotmail.co.uk

proper punching form for maximum power and speed

I decided to start a blog to talk about punching form to me it's not about style v style,but there are much better ways of delivering maximum power and speed in a punch than others.I've taken good points from both karate and boxing,k1 and even traditional arts, but i don't agree that any style is better than the other it really comes down to the individual and the time you put in,the best style for you can only really be found by many hours of training

Here's some examples of what IMO is very good punching form,Dennis is the hardest bare knuckle puncher I've ever seen,and Manny has top boxing technique.

Dennis Jones

Manny Pacquiao

One is koshinkai /doorman, one is a boxer there both using solid kinetic chain,good wrist position and the right part of the knuckles landing to maximise effect,they've both had many years experience perfecting what there doing in there own field of expertise.they both use forms of focused striking,trained in different ways.
as a side note,the style of punching Dennis learnt in karate was different to the freestyle/unrestricted method he used on the street.