Should You Jab With Your Strong Hand. Be sure to keep shoulders pressed down away from ears and elbows tucked in at sides of ribcage. A common saying in boxing is speed kills and it s absolutely true.
While the advantage of a jab as a weapon is that it s close it doesn t have the power of our dominant right hand. Your strong hand wasted in the first shot. 2 lean forward with your elbows in and your right hand a little higher than your left.
When used defensively a jab can make space keep your opponents away and distract your opponent while you slide off the ropes.
It s the faster jab that sets up the big punches not hooks or upppercuts or crosses. When used defensively a jab can make space keep your opponents away and distract your opponent while you slide off the ropes. Your strong hand is always throwing the first shot which is then most likely followed by a cross from your weaker hand. No more no less.
