I.P.Freely

I have to respectfully disagree. It is my belief and experience that in almost all kinds of physical activities, you have to be very careful in applying full speed exercises. Although they are useful for developing physical condition, you cannot learn or maintain good technique. To learn to do something well you have to do it at a slower pace, and then speed up as you improve.

Even when you get very good at it, you should go back and check that you can still do it when you do it slowly. Bad habits creep in from laziness, bad teachingm conflicts in teaching and the fact that the biomechanics of your body changes as you age and the levels of your conditioning change. So, IMO, you should never stop doing things slowly, even if you only do that every now and then.

I.P.Freely

Glad you linked to that- I was just thinking I would have to do it myself.

A-5best

Like many others have said it has a lot to do with technique. Technique is the most important of course. Remember to keep your hand loose up until right before the point of impact, this greatly helps the speed of your punch, and thus power.

Here is a really good core exercise that should help with hooks and punching.
Bodybuilding.com - Muscle Media - Full Contact Abs With Pavel Tsatsouline.

courtney

i agree with wat you were saying it doesnt have anything to do with power its all to do with skill, iv herd that the stomach is like the temple of the body so if you have a strong stomach you can turn into your punches faster and get a lot more speed

EC_Raider_07

You want powerful punches? Technique. Landing a punch right where it needs to be will KO someone before throwing a very hard punch to the wrong part of the body.

IronMan

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americanfighter

Practice Form thats the way

as bruce lee said power comes not from strength but by the way you throw your blows.

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