Video: Boxing stance

Tips for how to stand in the ring. Learn about the correct boxing stance for punching and defensive moves.

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williamhack Sep 27, 2008

great ! this video is very helpful

williamhack Sep 27, 2008

great ! this video is very helpful

joesteph Aug 02, 2008

The "she" I referred to is my instructor. She's fourth dan, and moves as fast as she strikes.

joesteph Aug 02, 2008

I study karate, specifically Soo Bahk Do. There is a solid emphasis on using the hands as well as the feet, so punching is just as important as kicking. In sparring, even if it's non-contact, we aren't permitted to use open hand strikes; those are for self-defense techniques that are practiced separately. This means using punches as a boxer does. Those "karate positions" that people see when a karate practitioner is performing forms (in Korean, hyungs, in Japanese, kata), aren't fully used in sparring. She has us move like boxers do. Kicking is encouraged, but I've found that those who rely solely on kicking are at a disadvantage; there are four sparring weapons, not two, and defensive movement is just as important as offensive.

joesteph Aug 02, 2008

The "she" I referred to is my instructor. She's fourth dan, and moves as fast as she strikes.

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The stance is the foundation of boxing – it keeps you braced at all times but at the same time it keeps you comfortable enough to defend, counter and attack. The proper way to stand is you want to distribute your weight, fifty percent on one leg fifty percent on the other foot. You want you’re left leg, or not only your left like it depends on whether you’re right handed or left handed, I’m right handed so my strong punch is in the back, and my right foot is going to be toward the back, my left foot is going to be leaning forward, my knee is going to be a little bent and my back foot is going to be a little bit out but this is going to be my pivot foot, and you want to give me an angle, you want to give me a side as much as possible. Because you don’t want to be like this because you’re going to be a big target, you want to have your hands nicely cover your chin, cover your side at all times from right here. And you don’t want to be too straight up and you don’t want to be too down you just want to be where nobody can push you. You just want to brace yourself. You have to brace yourself and from here you can just release and throw punches from every angle. And this is your comfort zone and this is your safe zone because right here nobody can hurt you, you can protect yourself and you can attack at the same time.

Boxing stance

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