Ive been told to twist my foot like squashing a bug and NOTHING!
My leg kinda spins, and theres no power, my hips dont rotate, and theres no transfer of weight from one foot to another.
Its like the only instruction you get is twist the foot and then somehow you are magically expected to be able to throw a boxing punch!
Well I cant and it sucks!
sit down a little bit in your stance before you twist your foot. as your foot twists, your knee should twist, your hip should follow, then your shoulders in a chain of twists. your hand should shoot straight out.
it's not so much the twist of the foot that gives you power, it's that you can't really twist very far (range of motion is limited) in your hips and shoulders if your foot isn't twisted.
Not that what I described has anything to do with how he teaches it, but look up Jack Dempsey's "championship fighting" book. It's free to download all over the internet and is a great read on punching technique.
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