Unequal jabs

[aku aku]

Hello,

I like to train both sides of the body for balanced development and I found that my R jab is much stronger that my L jab while the R and L cross are much closer in power. Unlike the R jab, the L doesn't feel snappy. It feels more like a push and like I'm forcing it. I think it's a coordination problem with transferring power from the feet to the hands and I've been working with that in mind. There's been some improvement but I'd welcome any suggestion.

Thanks.

[koto_ryu]

Hello,

I like to train both sides of the body for balanced development and I found that my R jab is much stronger that my L jab while the R and L cross are much closer in power. Unlike the R jab, the L doesn't feel snappy. It feels more like a push and like I'm forcing it. I think it's a coordination problem with transferring power from the feet to the hands and I've been working with that in mind. There's been some improvement but I'd welcome any suggestion.

Thanks.

Fight as a southpaw

[doubleouch]

Fight as a southpaw

I'm with koto. It's a nice idea to train both sides, but you will never make them equal. At some point you have to decide if your goal is to have both sides equal or to be a better boxer. I don't worry so much about having one side stronger than the other. I don't see where it could possibly make a difference.

[aku aku]

If I fought it would make sense to do it as a southpaw. I don't really fight or compete though, I train more for fun and fitness. In self-defense I feel you should be able to use both sides because you could be attacked from either side and I just like to have both sides equal.

[doubleouch]

If I fought it would make sense to do it as a southpaw. I don't really fight or compete though, I train more for fun and fitness. In self-defense I feel you should be able to use both sides because you could be attacked from either side and I just like to have both sides equal.

Well, being attacked from either side really doesn't make a difference in which lead you use. If you train in a more all range mma environment then you see quickly that there really is no lead side. Only when you are at rest and nto attacking and defending do you have a lead. Otherwise if you are in motion kicking, punching, sprawling, shooting etc. your lead changes every minute and you hardly notice it at all. If you are really interested in balanced leads you should try thai boxing where they really de-emphasize a lead side. In fact they train as if both sides were lead sides at the same time.