Nice training idea. Gonna work it out on my heavybag/BOB in garage. Question- have you ever seen the infamous ww2 chinjab actually being utilized in a streetfight/self-defense scenario.. not a boxers uppercut but the vertical palm strike chinjab ?
I like this set up for the vertical palm because it has taken account of structure - the crosses may well make the chin come forward and the upward palm makes sense here as an idea.
Talking of the BOB - this kind of highlights the need for the hinge at the hips to bring the head forward, as if your BOB dummy hinges, there's a big problem with BOB haha! The BOB has a large chest and the vertical palm needs to angled more to being a thrusting palm to clear the chest and make contact effectively.
I think that the strict straight vertical palm really needs some kind of set up to work : they're hinged forwards / or leaning over you and in your face.
It's interesting that it gets so much airtime as a tactic isn't it? It's the WW2 sales angle and systems trying to work it in, I think, rather than it being some sort of uber technique to use.
If you're closed down and your hand is on their chest, it has a good straight line from there though and is a nice lead in to grappling ideas as I think this article hints at. Opportunism rules the day, as it always should.
Have I ever seen the strict vertical strike used? Never ouside of combatives dvds and I think that is something to consider, despite the selling of it by many systems.
Nice training idea. Gonna work it out on my heavybag/BOB in garage. Question- have you ever seen the infamous ww2 chinjab actually being utilized in a streetfight/self-defense scenario.. not a boxers uppercut but the vertical palm strike chinjab ?
Thanks J.
I like this set up for the vertical palm because it has taken account of structure - the crosses may well make the chin come forward and the upward palm makes sense here as an idea.
Talking of the BOB - this kind of highlights the need for the hinge at the hips to bring the head forward, as if your BOB dummy hinges, there's a big problem with BOB haha! The BOB has a large chest and the vertical palm needs to angled more to being a thrusting palm to clear the chest and make contact effectively.
I think that the strict straight vertical palm really needs some kind of set up to work : they're hinged forwards / or leaning over you and in your face.
It's interesting that it gets so much airtime as a tactic isn't it? It's the WW2 sales angle and systems trying to work it in, I think, rather than it being some sort of uber technique to use.
If you're closed down and your hand is on their chest, it has a good straight line from there though and is a nice lead in to grappling ideas as I think this article hints at. Opportunism rules the day, as it always should.
Have I ever seen the strict vertical strike used? Never ouside of combatives dvds and I think that is something to consider, despite the selling of it by many systems.
Thanks for your comment. J
Great response 👍 I've always seen it the same way