There were two new punches today, or rather a left and right hook. I actually thought these were easier than the jabs because in the jabs I seem to have a tendency to let my elbows out by accident anyway.
The left hook involved stepping and turning my left foot. The punch then was with a strong rotation of the shoulders and a level, elbow out arm. This felt awkward at first, and in fact the punch felt somewhat ineffective until later.
the right hook, felt good actually. I felt like I got it pretty well. The step and turn felt more natural with my dominant hand. To emphasize the idea, Graham had me rotate with a weight and then we did a drill.
I would square up with the bag and swing my arms level like a hook and hit the bag from that position. Then the turn was added for each punch, and then finally a step turn punch and then return to original position was the final phase of the drill.
It felt really good. The drill helped a lot, and hopefully the muscle memory with carry through to the damn jabs.
Really, really should wash the wraps.
