The sprinting example is very true, I remember on my track team one day my coach told us to give it out 100 percent in sprints and the next practice he said just give 80 percent and we ended up all just feeling more comfortable and more efficient and overall faster bc we were relaxed and not forcing our muscles
Same thing for your vertical jump, if you force it you don’t jump as high, you have to go 80 percent. You can jump higher and you only use the fraction of your energy if you go 80 compared too a 100, but when your training power you have to go 100 percent.
you don't wanna red line your muscles every work out because u can't work out the next day if u destroy ur body. u wanna give 70% to 80% and save your energy for the event. if u trained every day at 75% u don't destroy ur body and u can get more in every workout
@@mjh5437The chin and lower half of the skull in general have more muscle covering the bones, whereas the upper half (any part above the cheekbones in particular) are just pure bone - muscles are much softer than bone, so it’s still much less likely to get injuries hitting the chin than when hitting the forehead
based on the insane quality of the video i was expecting you to have atleast 100k subs, but no, hopefully you have a quick growth because this video is of very high quality
Please continue to make awesome content like this! I love videos that go into detail and breakdown combat sports techniques and the science behind the art form in motion. I just found your channel and just subscribed. I really enjoyed this. It helps people realize "how can someone like this skinny dude like O'malley KO dude's flat?" it's because he really understands how to put velocity on his shots mixed with relaxed fast twitched movement. There's so much more to his game and Nayoa Inoue is also a great example of another smaller guy who's fully capable of beating most people in the world. Mixing fun with the learning process and the dedicated hard work really is such a underrated aspect that a lot of people don't seem to allow themselves to do.. Great channel dude. I love this kind of stuff 🤘🏻
Awesome! We got lots of ideas in the works and it’s really hard to make content interesting, unique and research-backed so we’re very happy it resonated with you as it did with us!
@@NansendSports I bet it's hard. *can I toss out a concept before I forget it? I was thinking the other day about the Conor era but we learned he didn't have the cardio to utilize his style 5 rnds. So it's really impressed me to see how Sean O'malley has shown us he's capable of being a high output, fast, diverse striker who has proven to also have cardio to keep up his high striking output across 5 rnds. That high output is also mixed in with some of the most effective crafty juking feints, off beat timing, used with effective aggressive offense that keeps his opponents reacting and not knowing how and when he is going to attack them. It's honestly crazy. I really enjoy watching his evolution because he really is showing an evolution of so many aspects of MMA as a whole. Saying that, O'malley is still young and focused so it's just cool to see even small bits of evolution in the world of MMA. There's lots of upcoming talent. It's just crazy to see such a unique array of talents combined into one athlete when it used to be commonly agreed upon that people with O'malley's fighting style could no way also have good cardio and keep up their speed and output across 5 5min rounds.. I think fight IQ is a very underrated aspect to it. It takes a unique ability to understand how to manage your energy, when to relax, when to explode with fast twitch muscle movements, etc. Etc.
The best way to train a proper punching technique is to do it VERY FUCKING SLOWLY!!! Sounds counterintuitive but stick with me here. Execute a punch slowly with perfect form. Start from the foot to the leg to the waist to the torso to the shoulder to the elbow to the fist. At the fist keep it loose until an inch before it contacts the target and then tighten it. If you hit a target with a loose fist you'll break your hand, it has to be hard when you hit. If you keep your fist hard the whole time you block the flow of kinetic energy derived from the whip. You should also be aiming about three inches or more behind the front of the target to maximize energy delivery. This is the, "punch through the target" paradigm. EG if you punch an opponent in the face aim for the back of his head from the front. Practice this slowly, very slowly, repeatedly to train your muscles and nervous system to the movement. Gradually increase the speed over time and don't rush the process, you're training your nervous system, not your mind so it takes more time. Things to understand. - Carera's punch is not perfect form. The reason is that he loads his shoulder before the strike (this is telegraphing, small movements that will alert the opponent that the strike is coming). That being said it is still effective because the rest of the strike is still highly disciplined and yes, locking the elbow on a hook is SUPER IMPORTANT (that doesn't require the amount of muscle tension that would drain energy). He's still moving energy from the leg through the torso into the arm. A perfect strike is actual combat is near impossible. Slow, disciplined training moving to fast movement so that when you are in an imperfect stance you can still deliver a devastating strike is important. - Just because you can deliver a proper whip strike doesn't mean that you should always do it. It helps to go back to slow strike training to keep the nervous system accommodated to the form. Do this several times before training a whip strike.
I was a bouncer in Chicago. I never had to even punch anybody. Grappling typically works better, and I don't have trouble explaining "reasonable" use of force to po-po or judges.
The fluid in the inner ear which is your level is key. If the fluid gets knocked over to one side and your body thinks you're lying down, then that's what your body will do.
@@NansendSports the brain prioritizes life over function. Passing out is your brain's way of making it easier for blood to go to it. Knocked out produces the same result and that is to have the body flat, that way the brain can focus on the organs keeping itself alive.
@@NansendSports correct, but everything is working properly when you're conscious so as long as the brain doesn't have a reason, it keeps us up. Human biology is fascinating.
Thats one component. A knockout is a combination of many things happening all at the same time. Sometimes only one component attributes to the KO, most of the time its a few different things like: brain matter stretching, brain stem twisting, brain hitting the inside wall of the skull, theres also a lot of sensitive nerves behind the hinges of your jaw and yes you can throw off a fighters equilibrium by hitting them right behind the ear. While that doesn’t usually knock someone completely out, most of the time it results in a tko anyways as a fighter without balance is extremely vulnerable
Video is a little convoluted though interesting. Like showing a chart on cross KOs over Poatan’s left hook. And the emphasizing how Poatan rigidly held a 90 degree angle for his hook then moving on to staying relaxed lol Also the topic of relaxation feels a bit incomplete to me. And I do see the same issue everywhere. Hopefully this makes sense. Yes, relaxing is key to allow the force from your legs to travel to your punching limb. But you must be rigid for maximum transfer of force into your target. Like for ex. w/ a cross; once at/near full extension of leg, hip rotation, trunk rotation, and arm extension, each part of the chain needs to be rigidly locked sequentially. Firmly connecting the ground to your target. Like, with the proper structure, you could still do good damage by stiff arming someone providing the velocity themselves and running at you lol.
"Yes, relaxing is key to allow the force from your legs to travel to your punching limb. But you must be rigid for maximum transfer of force into your target." Not completely. The only "rigidity" that matters is the rigidity that WILL lead to force transfer into your opponent. For example keeping your bicep rigid when throwing a straight right 100% WILL make your punch weaker. Not only that but you'd actually want to be actively contracting each muscle that would lead to force transfer, aside from maybe the wrist any muscle you can keep stiff to transfer power you can contract at a better time with better technique for more power. "each part of the chain needs to be rigidly locked sequentially." You do it in sequence simply because of the way your body is structured, perfect technique would have you actively contracting each muscle in the chain at the same time, this allows for maximum acceleration AND maximum mass in the force of the punch. "Firmly connecting the ground to your target. " What about a superman punch or any flying kick? This is where the mistake in your ideology of striking becomes shown, acceleration is much easier to increase than mass, and much more meaningful to work on if you already have half decent technique, the ground just allows you to leverage your body into a strike more efficiently in most positions, it's by no means a requirement for a powerful shot. "you could still do good damage by stiff arming someone providing the velocity themselves and running at you lol." This is mostly in counterstrikes as it's almost impossible to time a full power shot as a counter, but because of newton's 3rd law your opponent's force makes up for the lack of yours.
Long ass comment ahead. While everything you said about body mechanincs and relaxation is completely true, it is completely wrong to say that rate of force development and strength are less important or don't correlate to punching power, both technique and raw power are necessary for truly devastating power, lacking strength and rate of force development is why O'malley despite having absolutely flawless technique couldn't really put out Aljo. Strength increases the ceiling of how much power you can potentially produce, you don't need to be a powerlifter but the physically stronger you are the harder you will hit once you train your rate of force development and stretch shorthening cylce. RFD is the body ability to produce force at faster rates, this doesn't refer to the speed of the move itself, is how much force you can produce during the movement itself, this is trained with resistance training at high velocities like oly lifts, kettlebell swings, med ball slams and throws, weighted plyometrics, resisted sprints and generic plyometrics like box jumps and jump squats but how much force you can produce depends on your base of strength, if you squat 100lbs your punches won't be as strong as they would be if you squatted 150lbs, some people might avoid strength training to not gain muscle but you can get stronger without gaining mass but like i said earlier, you don't need to be a powerlifter, just getting stronger is enough. The stretch shorthening cycle is the muscles and tendons ability to stretch and contract under load, the load being momentum forces created during high intensity sport activities such as sprinting, jumping or punching and kicking. To train this you need plyometrics, specifically short and fast stretch plyometrics. An example of a short stretch plyo is a depth jump where you jump off a box, land in a half squat and immediately jump as high as you can, a fast stretch is the same exercise but instead of landing in a half squat, you land in a quarter squat. Earlier i mentioned generic plyos wich are good for muscle elasticity but those train rfd more than ssc and ssc really gives your strinking that spring feeling where you load your punch and shoot hard, if you don't train this no amount of technique and relaxation will make up for it. To summarize you need technique, body mechanics and physicality. Technique is the set up, presicion, landing as a counter and things like that. Body mechanics is the way you move your body for power production like weight shifting, leg drive, elastic recoil. Physicality is your strength, rfd and ssc. All of them are necessary for truly devastating power that sleeps your opponents.
You’re absolutely correct that both power and technique are required for devastating power! We were just emphasizing the point that if your have massive power but horrible technique, you’re less likely to knock someone out than if you had perfect technique and low power, as illustrated by our 2 example breakdowns. I do appreciate your in depth comment shedding light on some of the more specific aspects of power, SSC, and RFS, I applied many of these concepts back when I ran track! Perhaps we’ll make a video on it 🤔
@@editor7354 Conventional strength training, most popular strength training method is 5 sets of 5 reps, you can do calisthenics or weights, i personally preffer weights as is easier to add small amounts of weights but with calisthenics you can either add more reps or do a harder variation. For ssc you can do a depth jump routine, i recommend this routine for this specific exercise. If you do both start with the depth jumps and then do your strength training. th-cam.com/video/6Wta09AjgeU/w-d-xo.htmlsi=3DV8aKtGiO4tqXBj
@@editor7354 to train pure strength you should train your muscles at high intensity, low reps. To train SSC I won’t give you specific advice as I’m honestly not sure and would have to do additional research.
@@editor7354 I wrote this comment earlier but for some reason it seems it didn't got posted so here goes again. Conventional strength training works, for weigths you can simply do 5 sets of 5 reps, you can start with less volume if necessary like 3x3 and increase it to 5x5 over time, i personally like weight training more but calisthenics also work. With calisthenics you can do the same but you can simply add more reps or stay at a 5x5 range and do progressively harder variations as needed. For your ssc i highly reccomend this routine for depth jumps, for the upperbody there's no real ssc exercise but clapping push ups, benching and med ball slams will give your upper body all they need. If you do this i reccomend starting with depth jumps/plyometrics and then do your strength training because if you do strength first you'll be fatigued and won't be able to fully utilize plyos to their full potential th-cam.com/video/6Wta09AjgeU/w-d-xo.htmlsi=3DV8aKtGiO4tqXBj
To light someone out you need a very sharp, quick and precise hit best landed either on the chin or temple. You don’t need a huge wind up or anything fancy you need accurate, sharp snappy shot. If you’re like a fast twitch type of athlete those will be a lot more common and you will often find yourself dropping people. Example of explosive snappy fighters would be Connor, Deontay wilder, Gokhan Saki, Mike Tyson, Chuck Liddel these are just some examples of people that are very sharp and deliver very whip like snaps. On the other hand there’s fighters that still knock people out with just bare power the likes of Anthony Joshua, George Foreman, Shane Carwin, Klitchko brothers etc the difference is these fighters do possess a level of sharpness and snap but mostly their knockouts are due to sheer power they are like sledgehammers
@ Body shot KO mostly happens due to unbearable pain or stoppage of oxygen trough the solar plexus I've never seen someone go lights out but I've seen them gasping for breath or on their knees from agonizing pain. I guess they are still considered knockouts and you are right about piercing the shots deep as if you're trying to go through the flesh into the organ and make it burst especially the spleen with a left hook for example these are some very vicious examples of bad intentions 😂
Finally a video that deserves a like. This is why I pay for the internet. The most productive and useful video I've seen in the last month. Keep making videos like this, brother.
okay, im not encouraging violence here, but the trick in KO is : human brain and your "balance" sensor glands in your ears are sensitive to TORQUE shock. and NOT laterals. TORQUE. but that can be reduced significantly if you have a very strong neck. your neck could dampen that torque energy. it will require more energy put, but its still possible.
💯 you could theoretically get knockout out by enough force in any direction, but like you said, torque is key, and a strong neck is a strong way to prevent a KO
This is something that's often happening accidentally during light sparing in my gym, you just throw a quick relaxed punch and it turns out to hurt your partner cuz' you don't even control the damage behind it
they just showed you the tips on how to perfectly throw a KO punch and some additional information. of course you still need to practice. now stop being a puss and start doing something..
Also I want to clarify if you intend to do this in a bare knuckle fight disregard the staying loose part. If you aren’t tense you’re more likely to hurt yourself while hitting. If you’re confident only tense up just before impact.
Solid video Been fighting & coaching for 20yrs and have no clue what the specific sweet spot is Some guys cant take it on the chin but other guys are like iron. Yet if you clip them behind the ear lights out. Ive seen guys go out cold from just a proper cross right about their eyes Its a strange thing how. All the science aside everybody is really unique. Being that this is anonymous im the middle example No problems with getting caught flush on the jaw but catch me behind the ear and i wake up on the canvas. The reason why i like wearing headgear Word of advice for newer guys. Always keep your teeth locked together on that mouthpiece. There is no worse feeling than having your lower jaw rip off your face and theres no reason for it to happen Good cardio, nasal spray, breath through your nose controled
Punch the key (hinge where the jaw locks) and punching the golden triangle (bridge of nose, to either side of the mouth and drawing the line under the chin forming a triangle). Of course, any power punch comes from the glutes, through the hips, shoulders, through the forearm to the 2" area of the #2 & #4 knuckles, like a powerful whip.
No hate. I appreciate the effort you put into making this video, showing visual examples of your points, etc. However... To essentially parrot the fundamentals that have been pretty much universally known by anyone who has ever taken a single boxing lesson (or even walked into a boxing gym, to be honest) such as "generate the power from your legs and hips" - "accurately place the shot" - "the shot that knocks them out is the one they don't see coming" - "Stay loose, think about a whip" - etc, then titling the video "The _SECRET_ Science behind perfect KOs" is a whole different level of clickbait.
The secret science was more eluding to the often misunderstood mechanism of how a knockout actually occurs, AKA mechanoporation (little pores opening up as a result of the impact, resulting in lack of consciousness). And if the rest of the video offered you no new information then I apologize for misleading you, not my intention!
I think you could have justifiably titled the video "The Science Behind Perfect KOs". You covered the science, and again, everything else is great. Your Strickland video was awesome, too. But, while the Strickland video had "TRUTH" added to the title, which is typically just a clickbait thing, I think it was justifiable as you did demonstrate a direct, no BS take on the facts related to Strickland. I don't see any justification for adding "Secret" to this videos title, though. There was no new, revolutionary information. There were no "secrets" being exposed. Even the bit about mechanoporation isn't a "secret", it's simply the "science". I understand how frustrating it can be to get critical comments on a video and then have to make an attempt to respond in a diplomatic, respectful way. So, I also commend you for your consistency in that regard. But... I have a feeling the motivation behind the title was "clicks" more than anything.
@SkylerKing I appreciate and seriously respect your honest critique, we’ll take it into consideration to avoid any potential disingenuous-ness in the future!
BRAVO i really enjoy this vid you said straight on point facts without wasting anyone time it was well presentated i give you 10/10 and i am very critical so 10/10 is huge given from me keep doing vids like this u will become huge
the boxing ark with Retsu is just like this video, also the cockroach speed move from baki himself is the implification of perfect relaxed muscle movement.
@@krovibodlak4385 The whip emphasis made me remember also of the Kastumi Orochi arc in the Pickle season, where he gets a punch that breaks the sound barrier
I played basketball for number of years and as I was explaining it to my cousin, not too long ago I was trying to tell him how when you dunk and when you jump very very high it’s not the amount of force you use. It’s almost like the technique in the form Almost how you were explaining how you get the power with the relaxed muscles and it fits perfectly into what you’re saying because when you jump the highest it’s almost when you were the most relaxed, kind of like when you see people doing the high jump in track and field or thepolevault
THANK you for showing the pic and xray of some of the POTENTIAL DAMAGE (And there is potential for MUCH worse). THAT is LOVING OF THIS CHANNEL CREATOR. Though i had no choice, i always felt worst about defense situations I won hardest.
My HS boxing coach, when I was 16 about 37 years ago! He had this middle age ladies come to the gym one day and we wondering what the hell they were doing, we figured they were coming to watch us spar? Instead they were ballroom dancing teachers. He paired us with a lady and played ballroom music, we thought WTF! after about 30 minutes and being lose, the training started making since and to this day it stays in my head when training, I here the music in my head still and it loosens me up along with making my feet glide! Most guys want to start throwing punches and don't like footwork because it's boring, but ignore footwork at your own peril!
Once knocked out my buddy by punching him right on the chin during sparring. Exactly like shown in the video, luckily he was pretty chill about it and didn't seem to get any lasting damage.
Here in Finland i have been training different kinds of martial arts (Karate, Taekwondo, Muay Thai, Submission Fighting, and "Shoot Fighting" which is basically MMA but there is only one weight class = +100kg/220.5lbs and as a 6'3" i managed to fit in the category fine). Anyway all my KOs that were delivered by a punch landed every single time into the temple area and i could say that 80% of those went down in the same way: There is this saying that you punch with your feet (packing the rotation force into the punch) a double hook with my right - if landed perfectly made some opponents snore while falling down. The chin, nose etc. are the most well protected areas since many think that "let them punch your forehead there is nothing they can break there".....well the gloves matter. In the MMA they are ment to protect your fists. But those days are history for me after all; it's not worth all the injuries etc. so i just lift weights nowadays. It just does not look good to walk in a store with your three kids while your face looks like you got hit by a truck twice in the same day 😂
I have 1 punch KO power, but I also took a few years of karate and I have big and wide shoulders and I'm 6'2 and about 270bs. The problem is that when I hit someone flush in the head or face, my hand can't take such an impact and my hand breaks. Tank Abbott(I don't hit like that monster.) had the same problem and he was the 1st one to come into the UFC wearing the current mma glove type, when you could fight bare knuckle. Fortunately I don't fight anymore, but its good to know I can end it instantly if I had to, to protect my loved ones. It's weird but the punch starts in your feet if you throw a proper punch.
It would seem being able to see the shot plays a huge role. Fighters with the best vision seem to have the best chins unless they’ve taken to much damage
And one very important thing is the «snap» at the end of the punch. The snap is not an intellectual thing, it's something that you feel. Fortunately, I got it the first time I tried it. At the very end of the punch, at the moment of impact, you bring a high level of tension in the muscles involved in the punch - this is the snap. When I realized that I possessed instinctively the snap, I was so happy, I paid myself a good snack. The snack? We'll talk about that next time....
another point when punching someone make sure you close your hand tightlly i meant not only justt make a fist but tightly so its as hard as a rock and doesnt absorb any damage👍
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Notes: we had to trim out the Pereira KO because our video got claimed by “UFC UGC”, we tried to appeal but it got rejected :(
Ofcourse sir 🔥
Didn't ask+I make better content
Nuh uh
Where's your science? I don't see
I don't watch UFC any more.
The sprinting example is very true, I remember on my track team one day my coach told us to give it out 100 percent in sprints and the next practice he said just give 80 percent and we ended up all just feeling more comfortable and more efficient and overall faster bc we were relaxed and not forcing our muscles
“Fast and relaxed, fast and relaxed” was like 90% of what our coaches drilled into us 😭
Same thing for your vertical jump, if you force it you don’t jump as high, you have to go 80 percent. You can jump higher and you only use the fraction of your energy if you go 80 compared too a 100, but when your training power you have to go 100 percent.
I notice this when I run long distances when I’m not trying I always run faster when I am.
Bud Winter pioneered this approach.
you don't wanna red line your muscles every work out because u can't work out the next day if u destroy ur body. u wanna give 70% to 80% and save your energy for the event. if u trained every day at 75% u don't destroy ur body and u can get more in every workout
I shall use this knowledge I have learned today in the next friendly game of Monopoly.
😈 no bankruptcy for you
Run the bank😂
no trash talking :)
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Thank you, my grandma wont stand a chance after this
try using the stairs
Go kick her ass now champ 💪
Slippery bathroom floor will do the work🙏
You win😅
What the fuck does that mean all nock you out 😂
My grandpa always said when I was a kid "aim for the chin, if you aim higher you will injure your hand"
Smart man
Punching on the chin can break your hand just as much as punching the head.
Boxing gloves protects that@@mjh5437
@@mjh5437The chin and lower half of the skull in general have more muscle covering the bones, whereas the upper half (any part above the cheekbones in particular) are just pure bone - muscles are much softer than bone, so it’s still much less likely to get injuries hitting the chin than when hitting the forehead
@@an18yearoldmongolianguy The Forehead has muscles on it too,we wouldn’t be able to frown and move our eyebrows without them.
My wife stands no chance😤
Da Oohman beatta
your so clapped bro no chance you'll even talk to a girl without getting called a creep
We know it is you Jon Jones
We know you don't have KO power Jones
@@_Greasyzoku_ your wife would KO your ass
Thanks!!! This was so helpful!! The orphans stand no chance whatsoever!!
based on the insane quality of the video i was expecting you to have atleast 100k subs, but no, hopefully you have a quick growth because this video is of very high quality
We really appreciate it man! Thank you so much
Frrr only having 1k with this amount of quality is crazy
😂😂WTF. GO away
Please continue to make awesome content like this! I love videos that go into detail and breakdown combat sports techniques and the science behind the art form in motion. I just found your channel and just subscribed. I really enjoyed this. It helps people realize "how can someone like this skinny dude like O'malley KO dude's flat?" it's because he really understands how to put velocity on his shots mixed with relaxed fast twitched movement. There's so much more to his game and Nayoa Inoue is also a great example of another smaller guy who's fully capable of beating most people in the world. Mixing fun with the learning process and the dedicated hard work really is such a underrated aspect that a lot of people don't seem to allow themselves to do.. Great channel dude. I love this kind of stuff 🤘🏻
Awesome! We got lots of ideas in the works and it’s really hard to make content interesting, unique and research-backed so we’re very happy it resonated with you as it did with us!
@@NansendSports I bet it's hard. *can I toss out a concept before I forget it? I was thinking the other day about the Conor era but we learned he didn't have the cardio to utilize his style 5 rnds. So it's really impressed me to see how Sean O'malley has shown us he's capable of being a high output, fast, diverse striker who has proven to also have cardio to keep up his high striking output across 5 rnds. That high output is also mixed in with some of the most effective crafty juking feints, off beat timing, used with effective aggressive offense that keeps his opponents reacting and not knowing how and when he is going to attack them. It's honestly crazy. I really enjoy watching his evolution because he really is showing an evolution of so many aspects of MMA as a whole. Saying that, O'malley is still young and focused so it's just cool to see even small bits of evolution in the world of MMA. There's lots of upcoming talent. It's just crazy to see such a unique array of talents combined into one athlete when it used to be commonly agreed upon that people with O'malley's fighting style could no way also have good cardio and keep up their speed and output across 5 5min rounds.. I think fight IQ is a very underrated aspect to it. It takes a unique ability to understand how to manage your energy, when to relax, when to explode with fast twitch muscle movements, etc. Etc.
Great video! 👍🥋🔥
Thank you! 🙏
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The best way to train a proper punching technique is to do it VERY FUCKING SLOWLY!!! Sounds counterintuitive but stick with me here. Execute a punch slowly with perfect form. Start from the foot to the leg to the waist to the torso to the shoulder to the elbow to the fist. At the fist keep it loose until an inch before it contacts the target and then tighten it. If you hit a target with a loose fist you'll break your hand, it has to be hard when you hit. If you keep your fist hard the whole time you block the flow of kinetic energy derived from the whip. You should also be aiming about three inches or more behind the front of the target to maximize energy delivery. This is the, "punch through the target" paradigm. EG if you punch an opponent in the face aim for the back of his head from the front.
Practice this slowly, very slowly, repeatedly to train your muscles and nervous system to the movement. Gradually increase the speed over time and don't rush the process, you're training your nervous system, not your mind so it takes more time.
Things to understand.
- Carera's punch is not perfect form. The reason is that he loads his shoulder before the strike (this is telegraphing, small movements that will alert the opponent that the strike is coming). That being said it is still effective because the rest of the strike is still highly disciplined and yes, locking the elbow on a hook is SUPER IMPORTANT (that doesn't require the amount of muscle tension that would drain energy). He's still moving energy from the leg through the torso into the arm. A perfect strike is actual combat is near impossible. Slow, disciplined training moving to fast movement so that when you are in an imperfect stance you can still deliver a devastating strike is important.
- Just because you can deliver a proper whip strike doesn't mean that you should always do it. It helps to go back to slow strike training to keep the nervous system accommodated to the form. Do this several times before training a whip strike.
Have you read/listened to The Talent Code by Daniele Coyle? It's about ultra slow practice. Fascinating.
First comes form, then speed, then power.
Slow practice.. very good.
GSP?? that you?
I was a bouncer in Chicago. I never had to even punch anybody. Grappling typically works better, and I don't have trouble explaining "reasonable" use of force to po-po or judges.
I’m definitely more of a grappler myself (not the guy who voiced the video, he’s a Muay Thai fighter)
I uses to be the same way until people started reaching in their pockets
Who asked?
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Clearly bouncing the joints that only brought the mutts then.
The fluid in the inner ear which is your level is key. If the fluid gets knocked over to one side and your body thinks you're lying down, then that's what your body will do.
While this may explain the loss of balance, it doesn’t account for loss of consciousness. Still an interesting component nonetheless!
@@NansendSports the brain prioritizes life over function. Passing out is your brain's way of making it easier for blood to go to it. Knocked out produces the same result and that is to have the body flat, that way the brain can focus on the organs keeping itself alive.
@@theguywithone this would suggest that being unconscious and getting more blood flow would be beneficial when it’s often the opposite.
@@NansendSports correct, but everything is working properly when you're conscious so as long as the brain doesn't have a reason, it keeps us up. Human biology is fascinating.
Thats one component. A knockout is a combination of many things happening all at the same time. Sometimes only one component attributes to the KO, most of the time its a few different things like: brain matter stretching, brain stem twisting, brain hitting the inside wall of the skull, theres also a lot of sensitive nerves behind the hinges of your jaw and yes you can throw off a fighters equilibrium by hitting them right behind the ear. While that doesn’t usually knock someone completely out, most of the time it results in a tko anyways as a fighter without balance is extremely vulnerable
Hell yeah, now im going to try this
Well put video with solid explanations, i hope you get the recognition you deserve from it :)
Thank you! 😁
Insane how you only have under a thousand subs, this video was amazing man. Keep up the good work!!
Thanks! It’s surreal to almost be hitting it though
@@NansendSports you hit the 1k, congrats!🍾
Video is a little convoluted though interesting. Like showing a chart on cross KOs over Poatan’s left hook. And the emphasizing how Poatan rigidly held a 90 degree angle for his hook then moving on to staying relaxed lol
Also the topic of relaxation feels a bit incomplete to me. And I do see the same issue everywhere.
Hopefully this makes sense. Yes, relaxing is key to allow the force from your legs to travel to your punching limb. But you must be rigid for maximum transfer of force into your target. Like for ex. w/ a cross; once at/near full extension of leg, hip rotation, trunk rotation, and arm extension, each part of the chain needs to be rigidly locked sequentially. Firmly connecting the ground to your target.
Like, with the proper structure, you could still do good damage by stiff arming someone providing the velocity themselves and running at you lol.
Thank you for the feedback
Dang dude maybe you should make a video then
Most if not all fighters tense their muscles at the point of impact. Also turning over your punches engages the deltoid muscles
"Yes, relaxing is key to allow the force from your legs to travel to your punching limb. But you must be rigid for maximum transfer of force into your target."
Not completely. The only "rigidity" that matters is the rigidity that WILL lead to force transfer into your opponent.
For example keeping your bicep rigid when throwing a straight right 100% WILL make your punch weaker.
Not only that but you'd actually want to be actively contracting each muscle that would lead to force transfer, aside from maybe the wrist any muscle you can keep stiff to transfer power you can contract at a better time with better technique for more power.
"each part of the chain needs to be rigidly locked sequentially."
You do it in sequence simply because of the way your body is structured, perfect technique would have you actively contracting each muscle in the chain at the same time, this allows for maximum acceleration AND maximum mass in the force of the punch.
"Firmly connecting the ground to your target. "
What about a superman punch or any flying kick? This is where the mistake in your ideology of striking becomes shown, acceleration is much easier to increase than mass, and much more meaningful to work on if you already have half decent technique, the ground just allows you to leverage your body into a strike more efficiently in most positions, it's by no means a requirement for a powerful shot.
"you could still do good damage by stiff arming someone providing the velocity themselves and running at you lol."
This is mostly in counterstrikes as it's almost impossible to time a full power shot as a counter, but because of newton's 3rd law your opponent's force makes up for the lack of yours.
I will now obliterate my imaginary opponents in every match!
“Your greatest opponent is yourself” 🔥
Baki type shit
Long ass comment ahead.
While everything you said about body mechanincs and relaxation is completely true, it is completely wrong to say that rate of force development and strength are less important or don't correlate to punching power, both technique and raw power are necessary for truly devastating power, lacking strength and rate of force development is why O'malley despite having absolutely flawless technique couldn't really put out Aljo.
Strength increases the ceiling of how much power you can potentially produce, you don't need to be a powerlifter but the physically stronger you are the harder you will hit once you train your rate of force development and stretch shorthening cylce.
RFD is the body ability to produce force at faster rates, this doesn't refer to the speed of the move itself, is how much force you can produce during the movement itself, this is trained with resistance training at high velocities like oly lifts, kettlebell swings, med ball slams and throws, weighted plyometrics, resisted sprints and generic plyometrics like box jumps and jump squats but how much force you can produce depends on your base of strength, if you squat 100lbs your punches won't be as strong as they would be if you squatted 150lbs, some people might avoid strength training to not gain muscle but you can get stronger without gaining mass but like i said earlier, you don't need to be a powerlifter, just getting stronger is enough.
The stretch shorthening cycle is the muscles and tendons ability to stretch and contract under load, the load being momentum forces created during high intensity sport activities such as sprinting, jumping or punching and kicking.
To train this you need plyometrics, specifically short and fast stretch plyometrics.
An example of a short stretch plyo is a depth jump where you jump off a box, land in a half squat and immediately jump as high as you can, a fast stretch is the same exercise but instead of landing in a half squat, you land in a quarter squat.
Earlier i mentioned generic plyos wich are good for muscle elasticity but those train rfd more than ssc and ssc really gives your strinking that spring feeling where you load your punch and shoot hard, if you don't train this no amount of technique and relaxation will make up for it.
To summarize you need technique, body mechanics and physicality.
Technique is the set up, presicion, landing as a counter and things like that.
Body mechanics is the way you move your body for power production like weight shifting, leg drive, elastic recoil.
Physicality is your strength, rfd and ssc.
All of them are necessary for truly devastating power that sleeps your opponents.
You’re absolutely correct that both power and technique are required for devastating power! We were just emphasizing the point that if your have massive power but horrible technique, you’re less likely to knock someone out than if you had perfect technique and low power, as illustrated by our 2 example breakdowns.
I do appreciate your in depth comment shedding light on some of the more specific aspects of power, SSC, and RFS, I applied many of these concepts back when I ran track! Perhaps we’ll make a video on it 🤔
Right so how do I train for strength alone?
And how do I train my stretch shortening cycle?
@@editor7354 Conventional strength training, most popular strength training method is 5 sets of 5 reps, you can do calisthenics or weights, i personally preffer weights as is easier to add small amounts of weights but with calisthenics you can either add more reps or do a harder variation.
For ssc you can do a depth jump routine, i recommend this routine for this specific exercise.
If you do both start with the depth jumps and then do your strength training.
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@@editor7354 to train pure strength you should train your muscles at high intensity, low reps. To train SSC I won’t give you specific advice as I’m honestly not sure and would have to do additional research.
@@editor7354 I wrote this comment earlier but for some reason it seems it didn't got posted so here goes again.
Conventional strength training works, for weigths you can simply do 5 sets of 5 reps, you can start with less volume if necessary like 3x3 and increase it to 5x5 over time, i personally like weight training more but calisthenics also work.
With calisthenics you can do the same but you can simply add more reps or stay at a 5x5 range and do progressively harder variations as needed.
For your ssc i highly reccomend this routine for depth jumps, for the upperbody there's no real ssc exercise but clapping push ups, benching and med ball slams will give your upper body all they need.
If you do this i reccomend starting with depth jumps/plyometrics and then do your strength training because if you do strength first you'll be fatigued and won't be able to fully utilize plyos to their full potential
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Explained exactly how it is in the books and in practice! Good video, bro!😊
Thank you! 🙏
To light someone out you need a very sharp, quick and precise hit best landed either on the chin or temple. You don’t need a huge wind up or anything fancy you need accurate, sharp snappy shot. If you’re like a fast twitch type of athlete those will be a lot more common and you will often find yourself dropping people. Example of explosive snappy fighters would be Connor, Deontay wilder, Gokhan Saki, Mike Tyson, Chuck Liddel these are just some examples of people that are very sharp and deliver very whip like snaps. On the other hand there’s fighters that still knock people out with just bare power the likes of Anthony Joshua, George Foreman, Shane Carwin, Klitchko brothers etc the difference is these fighters do possess a level of sharpness and snap but mostly their knockouts are due to sheer power they are like sledgehammers
Except for body KO's, you need to accelerate into and through your opponent as much as possible to generate a more powerful shockwave.
@ Body shot KO mostly happens due to unbearable pain or stoppage of oxygen trough the solar plexus I've never seen someone go lights out but I've seen them gasping for breath or on their knees from agonizing pain. I guess they are still considered knockouts and you are right about piercing the shots deep as if you're trying to go through the flesh into the organ and make it burst especially the spleen with a left hook for example these are some very vicious examples of bad intentions 😂
Out of nowhere this guy starts talking about whips and how whip science leads to perfect KOs
This feels like baki and I love it
Great video with incredible indepth and intelligent points!
definitly a sub!
I am training since I was a Kid and I am really good in knocking people out and this is the first "How to Box" Video which is telling that right.
I appreciate that!
Würde ich gern mal testen 1 vs 1
Finally a video that deserves a like. This is why I pay for the internet. The most productive and useful video I've seen in the last month. Keep making videos like this, brother.
Connor's left was so smooth I actually didn't realize it was even a punch
Very insightful video bro I love it subscriber gained
My new born brother better starts praying now
can you do more videos on things that will help in all martial arts? This was very helpful. Subscribed.
Will do ✅
okay, im not encouraging violence here, but the trick in KO is : human brain and your "balance" sensor glands in your ears are sensitive to TORQUE shock. and NOT laterals. TORQUE. but that can be reduced significantly if you have a very strong neck. your neck could dampen that torque energy. it will require more energy put, but its still possible.
💯 you could theoretically get knockout out by enough force in any direction, but like you said, torque is key, and a strong neck is a strong way to prevent a KO
What a great video🔥
9:01 you got something you wanna get off your chest? 👀
LMAO I just thought the clip was funny
bro i would have thought u had atleast 100k subs.Mad quality
Thank you! We’re extremely grateful to have just hit 1k! We owe it to all of yall.
Great video!
Learned some new things, thanks :)
Love to hear it :)
This channel is amazing .Keep coming with more videos like this
Wow, this vid actually explain the effects of a perfect KO from the cell to the macroscopic, impressive.
This is something that's often happening accidentally during light sparing in my gym, you just throw a quick relaxed punch and it turns out to hurt your partner cuz' you don't even control the damage behind it
Cool assessment my dude 👍
fantastic video 🥊🥊 now I will think about a whip every time I throw a punch
🤺 (pretend he’s holding a whip)
A dude teaching how to knock someone out solely off watching videos of knockouts.would call it a scam but at least the video is free
Technically it’s “2 dudes teaching how to KO from video analysis, modern research, and personal experience” but the video is indeed free 😅
they just showed you the tips on how to perfectly throw a KO punch and some additional information. of course you still need to practice. now stop being a puss and start doing something..
Thanks bro...my neighbor's 2-year-old didn't stand a chance
I haven't seen him for 13 days now...
😀🙂🙃
Also I want to clarify if you intend to do this in a bare knuckle fight disregard the staying loose part. If you aren’t tense you’re more likely to hurt yourself while hitting.
If you’re confident only tense up just before impact.
Solid video
Been fighting & coaching for 20yrs and have no clue what the specific sweet spot is
Some guys cant take it on the chin but other guys are like iron. Yet if you clip them behind the ear lights out. Ive seen guys go out cold from just a proper cross right about their eyes
Its a strange thing how. All the science aside everybody is really unique. Being that this is anonymous im the middle example
No problems with getting caught flush on the jaw but catch me behind the ear and i wake up on the canvas. The reason why i like wearing headgear
Word of advice for newer guys. Always keep your teeth locked together on that mouthpiece. There is no worse feeling than having your lower jaw rip off your face and theres no reason for it to happen
Good cardio, nasal spray, breath through your nose controled
Good advice! Glad to see a pro here 💪
Great video man 👍🏼
Punch the key (hinge where the jaw locks) and punching the golden triangle (bridge of nose, to either side of the mouth and drawing the line under the chin forming a triangle).
Of course, any power punch comes from the glutes, through the hips, shoulders, through the forearm to the 2" area of the #2 & #4 knuckles, like a powerful whip.
"I didn't knock him out, but his lights flickered."
-My Brother
Cool vid, lots of info. Whats the bacjground song at 4:00?
Thanks sir, on my way to try on my cousin.
Cousins and brothers, the only valid "test dummies" to try new fighting tips we learn on videos
The video was great
The only time my mind went out of context was the whip
"Kid stand on that rock close to this whip ....I don't want it going over your head."
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great video man
Glad you enjoyed it!
No hate. I appreciate the effort you put into making this video, showing visual examples of your points, etc.
However...
To essentially parrot the fundamentals that have been pretty much universally known by anyone who has ever taken a single boxing lesson (or even walked into a boxing gym, to be honest) such as "generate the power from your legs and hips" - "accurately place the shot" - "the shot that knocks them out is the one they don't see coming" - "Stay loose, think about a whip" - etc, then titling the video "The _SECRET_ Science behind perfect KOs" is a whole different level of clickbait.
The secret science was more eluding to the often misunderstood mechanism of how a knockout actually occurs, AKA mechanoporation (little pores opening up as a result of the impact, resulting in lack of consciousness).
And if the rest of the video offered you no new information then I apologize for misleading you, not my intention!
I think you could have justifiably titled the video "The Science Behind Perfect KOs". You covered the science, and again, everything else is great. Your Strickland video was awesome, too. But, while the Strickland video had "TRUTH" added to the title, which is typically just a clickbait thing, I think it was justifiable as you did demonstrate a direct, no BS take on the facts related to Strickland. I don't see any justification for adding "Secret" to this videos title, though. There was no new, revolutionary information. There were no "secrets" being exposed. Even the bit about mechanoporation isn't a "secret", it's simply the "science". I understand how frustrating it can be to get critical comments on a video and then have to make an attempt to respond in a diplomatic, respectful way. So, I also commend you for your consistency in that regard. But... I have a feeling the motivation behind the title was "clicks" more than anything.
@SkylerKing I appreciate and seriously respect your honest critique, we’ll take it into consideration to avoid any potential disingenuous-ness in the future!
BRAVO i really enjoy this vid you said straight on point facts without wasting anyone time it was well presentated i give you 10/10 and i am very critical so 10/10 is huge given from me keep doing vids like this u will become huge
This might be if not for sure the best guide I've seen on explaining the matter the video contains,you just gained yourself a new subscriber my man🔥🤝
Thanks man! We’re really glad you got value from it.
This channel is underrated as hell
awesome video m8! keep it up
It only takes pounds of pressure to effect a knockout. That's why Coordinaton and technique are essential!
dude your videos are actully so good, you explain everything so clearly keep it up bro dont stop bro :)
That’s so good to hear! This is our first attempt at an informational video so we still have a few kinks to work out but it was a blast to make :D
Excellent information, very well presented in an engaging, easy to understand way. Many thanks. Keep up the great work. Osu.
feel like this video is a summary of the Baki series
the boxing ark with Retsu is just like this video, also the cockroach speed move from baki himself is the implification of perfect relaxed muscle movement.
@@krovibodlak4385 The whip emphasis made me remember also of the Kastumi Orochi arc in the Pickle season, where he gets a punch that breaks the sound barrier
I played basketball for number of years and as I was explaining it to my cousin, not too long ago I was trying to tell him how when you dunk and when you jump very very high it’s not the amount of force you use. It’s almost like the technique in the form Almost how you were explaining how you get the power with the relaxed muscles and it fits perfectly into what you’re saying because when you jump the highest it’s almost when you were the most relaxed, kind of like when you see people doing the high jump in track and field or thepolevault
This was one of the most interesting and educating videos i have seen you are very are very underrated
Thank you very much! Despite our lack of uploads due to moving and logistical difficulties, we should have a pretty interesting video up next week!
@@NansendSports No problem! Ill make sure to sub and see the next one!
THANK you for showing the pic and xray of some of the POTENTIAL DAMAGE (And there is potential for MUCH worse). THAT is LOVING OF THIS CHANNEL CREATOR.
Though i had no choice, i always felt worst about defense situations I won hardest.
wing chun teaches exactly that - relaxation and for many ppl its a bullshido. Thanks for this video.
So interesting, thank you!
this vid made me sub, first one I've seen from you
Thank you, glad you enjoyed! More coming
0:34 how my hit my grandma when she says my music is not good enough 😢 rip
Looks like an edgy rebelled teen talking
Thanks coach 🤝
I cant believe you dont have 100k subs.
You deserve them
We try to improve every video, we have a long way to go until we are satisfied, but thank you for the kind words 🙏
My HS boxing coach, when I was 16 about 37 years ago! He had this middle age ladies come to the gym one day and we wondering what the hell they were doing, we figured they were coming to watch us spar? Instead they were ballroom dancing teachers. He paired us with a lady and played ballroom music, we thought WTF! after about 30 minutes and being lose, the training started making since and to this day it stays in my head when training, I here the music in my head still and it loosens me up along with making my feet glide! Most guys want to start throwing punches and don't like footwork because it's boring, but ignore footwork at your own peril!
oooh so that's why counters are so effective.
Once knocked out my buddy by punching him right on the chin during sparring. Exactly like shown in the video, luckily he was pretty chill about it and didn't seem to get any lasting damage.
Aye accidents happen 🤷♂️
Thank you, lot of useful information here.
Here in Finland i have been training different kinds of martial arts (Karate, Taekwondo, Muay Thai, Submission Fighting, and "Shoot Fighting" which is basically MMA but there is only one weight class = +100kg/220.5lbs and as a 6'3" i managed to fit in the category fine). Anyway all my KOs that were delivered by a punch landed every single time into the temple area and i could say that 80% of those went down in the same way: There is this saying that you punch with your feet (packing the rotation force into the punch) a double hook with my right - if landed perfectly made some opponents snore while falling down. The chin, nose etc. are the most well protected areas since many think that "let them punch your forehead there is nothing they can break there".....well the gloves matter. In the MMA they are ment to protect your fists. But those days are history for me after all; it's not worth all the injuries etc. so i just lift weights nowadays. It just does not look good to walk in a store with your three kids while your face looks like you got hit by a truck twice in the same day 😂
Interesting video, thanks for posting.👍🏽
Great video! I learned so much! Thank you!!
it actually happened at school after 2 punches but he got up pretty fast
It's a shame this is the stuff we gotta watch to go to school safely 😭🙏
Great and high quality effort ❤
Can't believe you only have 1.4k subscriber just subscribed
Thank you! 🙏
What an excellent video!
4:57 he's just reminicing on the past
Didn't even watch the video yet just scrolled to the comments to see how ppl will use this
Hope you enjoyed if you did watch!
7:38 is crazy💀
I have 1 punch KO power, but I also took a few years of karate and I have big and wide shoulders and I'm 6'2 and about 270bs. The problem is that when I hit someone flush in the head or face, my hand can't take such an impact and my hand breaks. Tank Abbott(I don't hit like that monster.) had the same problem and he was the 1st one to come into the UFC wearing the current mma glove type, when you could fight bare knuckle. Fortunately I don't fight anymore, but its good to know I can end it instantly if I had to, to protect my loved ones. It's weird but the punch starts in your feet if you throw a proper punch.
It would seem being able to see the shot plays a huge role. Fighters with the best vision seem to have the best chins unless they’ve taken to much damage
Definitely
Mcgregor should bring back ido to his camp, Karate stance fluid mcgregor is still undefeated
Incredible video, thanks for making this.
That AI video of Francis Ngannou getting KOed almost looked real wow
And one very important thing is the «snap» at the end of the punch. The snap is not an intellectual thing, it's something that you feel. Fortunately, I got it the first time I tried it. At the very end of the punch, at the moment of impact, you bring a high level of tension in the muscles involved in the punch - this is the snap. When I realized that I possessed instinctively the snap, I was so happy, I paid myself a good snack.
The snack?
We'll talk about that next time....
We need to know now… WHAT WAS THE SNACK?!
Well put togeother vid earned a sub
Thank you!
Amazing video! Thanks 🫵🏻
Our pleasure!
All right, time to test it out now.
Having two or three demons could help
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1:42
That’s not a knockout, that’s a black out 😂😂😂
secret to a powerful punch is in the waist and the toes there you go fuo practice and you can knock out people a bit bigger than you
Thanks for sharing 🙏🏾
1:01 GYAT
🤤😮💨
i like that last piece of information
another point when punching someone make sure you close your hand tightlly i meant not only justt make a fist but tightly so its as hard as a rock and doesnt absorb any damage👍
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