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Lesson 3 of 11 · 7 min

The jab

After this lesson: Throw a fast, straight jab that snaps back to your guard.

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The jab is thrown with your lead hand, straight down the middle. It isn't your hardest punch, but it's the most important: it measures the distance, sets up everything else, and keeps your opponent busy and off you.

Watch it in slow motion, then turn the camera

Animation: red glove is the lead hand, blue glove is the rear hand.

The jab, step by step

  • Throw it from where the glove already is: no pulling back first.
  • Extend straight out from your chin. As the arm straightens, turn the fist over so your palm faces down when it lands.
  • Your lead shoulder rises to cover your chin. Keep the chin tucked behind it.
  • Your rear glove stays glued to your cheek.
  • Snap it back along the same line, as fast as it went out, straight back into guard.
  • Stepping in? Move the lead foot forward as the jab goes out: it covers distance and adds weight.

Rear hand stays home

✓ Do this

Animation: red glove is the lead hand, blue glove is the rear hand.

The double jab: the first finds the range, the second lands

Animation: red glove is the lead hand, blue glove is the rear hand.

Try it

Jab rounds

  1. Round 1: single jabs. Focus on snapping back to the guard.
  2. Round 2: double jabs. Two quick jabs, the second landing.
  3. Round 3: jab while stepping forward and back. Lead foot moves with the jab.
  4. Rear glove on your cheek the whole time. Breathe out on every punch.

3 rounds · 2 min work · 60 s rest. Clear some space and turn the sound on.

Get ready

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Combinations will be called here

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Quick quiz

What does your rear glove do while you jab?

1. What does your rear glove do while you jab?

Which way does the fist face when the jab lands?

2. Which way does the fist face when the jab lands?

What does the lead shoulder do on the jab?

3. What does the lead shoulder do on the jab?

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