Boxing: Right Cross

Video Transcript

"In our next scene we're going to be trying the left jab with a right cross. Unlike the right hook, the right cross is going to be only a semi-turn of the wrist. It's not going to be the same as a right jab, which is a complete 45-degree turn of the wrist. What we're going to do is we're going to actually aim right for the seam on the bag. The way this bag was developed, it's almost as if they were doing us a favor because this is considered the ear of the person. This would be considered the face of the person, and this seam acts like a nice place to put the cross, because it's going to be right between the ear and the eye. Right on the very part of the forehead where the cross is going to land. And it's going to land in a semi-, not quite the same as a standard jab, and not quite the same as a hook, but rather a little bit of a cross. A beautiful place to knock somebody out right there. So what we're going to do is we're going to step-in. Again, we'll be a half a step back, slide them with the jab, faint the jab, and then as we throw the right cross, boom we're going to twist our body. Raise up on that back foot, just like a regular right jab, but it's going to be right to the seam of the bag, the hook and uppercut bag. And we're going to follow through with that cross. Smash it. And then step back. Faint them with the jab, smash the right cross, faint them with the jab, smash the right cross, step back. Always step-in, deliver your punches, step back out again."