Cross Jab in Kickboxing

Video Transcript

"Hi, I'm Katie Bowers with Expert Village and we are doing some Kick Boxing moves for you. This next one I am going to be doing is crosses; it is also part of the warm up. You are reaching across; it is that same punch as when you do the jab forward. The only thing we are doing is taking that jab and we are crossing. Now again, just like I did when I was doing the shoulder rolls, you have got to make sure you pick that heel up off of the ground. See that, that heel as to pick up off of the ground otherwise your knees are going to get tweaked. So in that cross, stretch, to the rib cage and I'm reaching in these crosses to the corners. So to the corners of your room, or the corners of your house; just reaching it long. And each time I punch, each time that I jab, that's my opportunity to exhale out. Exhale out (breaths). Now not only am I remembering to squeeze my abs, but squeeze your glutes to. Right there, they should be nice and tight each time I turn. Abs are tight, your glutes are tight. Reach long, reach long, abs, glutes are tight. Thirty-two counts. So remember as you are reaching into these corners, I'm not trying to throw my shoulder out of socket, okay, you're not reaching so far or punching with so much force that you feel like you are going to injure yourself. These punches are almost restricted in a small confined space. So although I am reaching far, but I know that I have a stopping point. So it's just like in baseball, when you throw that baseball you're not going to throw it, you are going to throw and stop right about here, right? You just have to throw and stop. That is the same thing that you are doing with your crosses. I am punching into the corners, punching into the corners, punching into the corners then pulling it right back in."