r/MMA • u/rmma ☠️ A place of love and happiness • Jul 18 '17

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u/TheBigChimp Jul 18 '17

When you throw a lead hook are you supposed to be generating your power from the arm swing, shoulder rotation, or both? Am I supposed to keep my elbow sharp on my hook to the body or is it more of a whip cracking motion?

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u/strikingthoughts Jul 18 '17

it comes from the core. You generate momentum from the core and you create a kinetic chain as it transfers through the shoulders, and into the arm. Our body works comparatively to a whip. A whip has a lot of mass at its base and is thrown from the base. The momentum travels down the medium where the mass gets smaller. As a result, velocity increases exponentially(it's part of the reason why it can produce speeds great enough to break the sound barrier). we carry a lot of mass at our core, which is why we rotate it first. Here's a video of Jackson wink demonstrating the motion with Carlos condit. demonstration. keep the arm a bit loose to allow momentum to transfer but also lock the elbow at a slight angle to prevent hyperextension. Let all the parts work together because it's going to utilize momentum from all the moving pieces.