Guide: Boxing rules/How to Punch correctly.

Welcome to my Boxing Guide.​

First we will begin with the rules to Boxing.

1.You cannot hit below the belt, hold, trip, kick, headbutt, wrestle, bite, spit on, or push your opponent.

2.You cannot hit with your head, shoulder, forearm, or elbow.

3.You cannot punch your opponent's back, or the back of his head or neck (rabbit punch), or on the kidneys (kidney punch).

4.You cannot throw a punch while holding on to the ropes to gain leverage.

5.You can't hold your opponent and hit him at the same time, or duck so low that your head is below your opponent's belt line.

6.When the referee breaks you from a clinch, you have to take a full step back; you cannot immediately hit your opponent--that's called "hitting on the break" and is illegal.

7.You cannot spit out your mouthpiece on purpose to get a rest.

8.If you score a knockdown of your opponent, you must go to the farthest neutral corner while the referee makes the count.

9.If you "floor" your opponent, you cannot hit him when he's on the canvas.

10.A floored boxer has up to ten seconds to get back up on his feet before losing the bout by knockout.

11.A boxer who is knocked down cannot be saved by the bell in any round, depending upon the local jurisdiction's rules.

12.A boxer who is hit with an accidental low blow has up to five minutes to recover. If s/he cannot continue after five minutes, s/he is considered knocked out.

13.If the foul results in an injury that causes the fight to end immediately, the boxer who committed the foul is disqualified.

14.If the foul causes an injury but the bout continues, the referee orders the judges to deduct two points from the boxer who caused the injury.

15.If an unintentional foul causes the bout to be stopped immediately, the bout is ruled a "no contest" if four rounds have not been fully completed. (If the bout was scheduled for four rounds, then three rounds must have been completed.) If four rounds have been completed, the judges' scorecards are tallied and the fighter who is ahead on points is awarded a technical decision. If the scores are even, it will be called a "technical draw."

16.If a boxer is knocked out of the ring, he gets a count of 20 to get back in and on his feet. He cannot be assisted.

17.In some jurisdictions the standing eight-count or the three knockdown rule also may be in effect.

18.In other jurisdictions, only the referee can stop the bout.


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How to throw a knock out punch correctly.

Using Your Weight
First, to better understand the idea of using your body weight, try this: Find a heavy object (like a TV cabinet, something that you can move but is heavy). You’re going to push the object, but you’re going to do so while standing completely straight, about 11-12 inches from it, using only your hands to push it.

You’re going to feel two things:

The weight of the object is going to put you off-balance when you push on it. That is, your body will start moving backwards
Your instinct will be to correct the balance by leaning forward, to avoid falling
Okay. Fine, this part’s over. Now, push the object like you would normally. Unless you’re trained in some unknown Navy Seal supernatural method of pushing things, this’ll involve taking a step back to arm’s reach, pushing the object with your hands and leaning into the push at the same time. That’s putting your body into it, and that’s the kind of weight you want to channel into your punch.



The first push you did, when standing straight and close to the object, was the equivalent of punching using only the muscles in your arm: your body-weight and posture won’t support the impact. While a punch like that is admittedly heavier than a poke, it’s nowhere near as heavy as it could be. If the right posture and shift of weight can move a cabinet, imagine what happens when you apply the same method to throwing a punch.
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Actually Throwing the Punch​

The way to do that involves some training. And it’s is not like riding a bicycle where you get it right once and you’re all set. It requires synchronization of various body-parts, which takes time to get right.

So, first off, the difference between pushing something and throwing a punch is that when you punch you ’swivel’ your body. Stand straight, one foot a bit in front of you, the other a bit behind (boxing stance, basically). Now imagine that a spear is running right through the top of your skull, through your body and into the ground, holding you straight. That’s the pole you need swivel your body on, and you want to keep that pole as stationary as possible.

Assume you are going to throw a punch with your rear arm (the one that’s further from the punching bag). When you swivel, keep your feet where they are, turn your upper body and allow your rear leg to twist with it. If you’re doing this right, your weight should shift onto your lead leg somewhat. (The spear-through-head is a good helping tool to get the form right, but leaning a bit forward when you do this is acceptable and later on you’ll discover it’s better). Imagine that your arm is just a stick attached to your torso, and the torso is the only thing driving the arm into the target.

Another way to practice this is by getting yourself a stick, like a broomstick, and holding it behind your head with your arms resting on it (like a scarecrow). Try that while doing the swivel. You’ll notice that a large part of your body is moving in sync. That’s the desired effect: You’re turning your body (and its weight) at the same time, swiveling it in the direction in which you’re going to throw the punch. It’s important that the torso, shoulders and rear leg move in sync to channel the weight correctly.
If you find this is still hard to grasp, try imagining that there’s a large bag of cheese (heavy cheese, massive, macho cheese) right behind you on your right, and you’re going to pick it up (keeping your feet in boxing stance), bring it around your front and put it back down on your left side. The weight of the bag would force you to sync your movements in order to maintain balance.
When you feel you’ve got a grip on the motion itself, move onto a punching bag. When you do the swiveling movement to throw the punch, start by pushing with your rear leg. Kind of thrusting with it to jump start the swiveling motion of your body.​

More to come: Teh exorcist.

 

I would add pics because just reading it is kind of confusing good guide though.

 

Thank you I'm working on guides at the moment. I'm sorry i'm new to sythe i'll add pictures shortly.