Have you ever been punched in the face?

[Scousefella]

Grew up on a council estate in Liverpool in the 70's and 80's - physical development was par for the course.

Live in Essex now, proper southern softy.

[FrankAbagnale]

TheJimi said:

Yes, a few times, and each time the puncher has either been a total wimp or hadn't known how to properly punch, so happily no damage done.

If one of 'em HAD known how to punch, I suspect I'd have been in a pickle because that incident was a sucker punch that I didn't see coming.

I hope that i'll never need to know, but can anyone explain how to throw a proper punch?

[Matt_N]

Only been punched in the face properly once and that was by a girl.

I was having a fight in the bike shed at school with her brother as he had got me in trouble in class and got us both a detention, as we were scrabbling around she straight up punched me right in the side of my jaw!

[tuscaneer]

FrankAbagnale said:

TheJimi said:

Yes, a few times, and each time the puncher has either been a total wimp or hadn't known how to properly punch, so happily no damage done.

If one of 'em HAD known how to punch, I suspect I'd have been in a pickle because that incident was a sucker punch that I didn't see coming.

I hope that i'll never need to know, but can anyone explain how to throw a proper punch?

it's quite a hard thing to master really but it's all about engaging the kinetic chain. a jab (the lead hand ) starts at the feet. a slight twist of the lead foot starts the motion and engages the leg, this in turn starts a slight hip rotation. at this point the lead hand should be up around your chin ...(there is another way of doing it by hanging it low and hunching up the lead shoulder but we'll ignore that for now).....the hip rotation should now engage the core and the fist should be pushed outward and as it approaches full extention the thumb should move from a 12 o clock position to a 9 o clock position. don't clench your fist until just before impact and always punch aiming at an imagined target 6 inches behind the actual target...

if this is done correctly at speed you'll be surprised how much weight you can get behind it.

when hitting punch bags i always concentrate on speed and snap....the noise of the punch should be more of a whip crack than a dull thud....

[TheJimi]

FrankAbagnale said:

TheJimi said:

Yes, a few times, and each time the puncher has either been a total wimp or hadn't known how to properly punch, so happily no damage done.

If one of 'em HAD known how to punch, I suspect I'd have been in a pickle because that incident was a sucker punch that I didn't see coming.

I hope that i'll never need to know, but can anyone explain how to throw a proper punch?

Have a read here - http://lifehacker.com/5829523/how-to-throw-a-punch...

[guitarcarfanatic]

I was walking home at 16 on a night out with my brother and a few of his mates (they were all mid twenties). Me and one of his mates were a bit further ahead and this mate starts giving a group of guys some aggro. Basically he was a prick and a bit unpredictable when drunk! These guys squared up to us and the mate legs it. I just said I had nothing to do with it trying to be the peacemaker and one of them blindsided me, punching me in the cheek. I thought oh st, there's 6 of them. Expecting a good hiding, my brother suddenly appears and puts one of them on his ass with his first punch, the second on his ass with the second punch and the other 4 ran off! I'm not a fighter in any way shape or form. Luckily, my bro is quite handy in a fight!

[Fartomatic5000]

I was punched several times in a frenzied attack. The worst I suffered was a bruise for a few days. The attacker had his broken wrist in plaster for 6 weeks.

[robinessex]

Slightly off subject, an old school friend of mine learnt boxing in the Navy, and was quite good at it. Not a big guy, but well built and wirey. To continue, he got into a scuffle outside a pub many years ago, and this great big hulk was going to kill him. Said big hulk then spent the next 5 minutes punching air, my mate dancing around all over the place. Hulk ended up a sweaty, puffing slob. Whereupon my mate then gave him a few slaps around the face, then planted a great big kiss on the top of his bald head. Priceless !!!

[StottyEvo]

FrankAbagnale said:

TheJimi said:

Yes, a few times, and each time the puncher has either been a total wimp or hadn't known how to properly punch, so happily no damage done.

If one of 'em HAD known how to punch, I suspect I'd have been in a pickle because that incident was a sucker punch that I didn't see coming.

I hope that i'll never need to know, but can anyone explain how to throw a proper punch?

This guy explains it pretty well
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4n-IQPNZbu0

Most people will thrown an arm punch. It looks impressive but only has the weight of the arm behind it. To punch properly the legs and the body work together in a twisting motion to brace the arm. Basically the weight of the entire body goes through your arm.

My business partner is 9st7 and 5ft8 but has boxes white collar, the power he can generate is pretty impressive.

[SpunkyGlory]

If you watch any slow motion videos of a knock out punch by a professional boxer, you can see how much energy goes through the entire body before contact is made. I can't put any examples up at work but it's very impressive to watch.

[tuscaneer]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqPaLQdZOos

^^^^this guy is pound for pound one of the hardest hitters in the game...

and i flew to hamburg to witness the below....one of the hardest punching heavyweights of all time, i was ringside and the final punch sounded like a shotgun blast...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTfdN_CVRmA

[PoleDriver]

I was hit in the face years ago, it was due to an argument about a woman (funnily enough)!
I got a split through one brow, which bled profusely, and a broken nose!

You should have seen the other guy though!


He had blood all over his fist!

[Mannginger]

I got kicked in the mouth, split my lip right open and the bottom half hung onto my chin. It hurt, especially when I did a quick exploration with my tongue and realised I'd just licked the inside of my face

No reaction other than getting to the doc for stitching up as it was an accident but it's not something I'd be keen on repeating!

[Johnny]

NeMiSiS said:

Oh.

Sorry.

I shall just crawl back under the stone from whenst I came.

No need to apologise good Sir

[RJames]

Only once, was visiting a fair in Henley with the ex gf's family. There was me, her, her niece who was about 7 who I was holding her hand and her cousin who was 13. As we left some lads came out and started shouting at her cousin and crossed the road to get into his face. I pulled him away and made him carry on walking (was only about 150m from where we was staying).

As I started walking away i got punched from what must have been the side/back of my head totally unseen which sent me to the ground (again had the little girls hand in mine) and she burst out crying to which all i remember in the flurry of it is the ex grabbing her niece and getting them away and then coming back and hitting the 3 or 4 guys that was kicking me around the path. They eventually left and disappeared before her uncles turned up. Apart from being covered in dirt and mud and a few cuts i was lucky to not have anything more.

My worst however is my face did meet the end of a metal baseball bat at a after school club. Woke up a few hours later in hospital having stitches in my lip. That certainly hurt, lived on soup for weeks lol. Black eye, cut lip, swollen face and damaged my gums.

[soad]

Not that I recall.
Actually, yes - clipped side of the head, damaging my glasses.

Been hit on the head too, does that count?

Blocked a proper punch once. (Used a chair to keep an angry bloke away from me).

[popeyewhite]

FrankAbagnale said:

TheJimi said:

Yes, a few times, and each time the puncher has either been a total wimp or hadn't known how to properly punch, so happily no damage done.

If one of 'em HAD known how to punch, I suspect I'd have been in a pickle because that incident was a sucker punch that I didn't see coming.

I hope that i'll never need to know, but can anyone explain how to throw a proper punch?

Using bodyweight.

Illustrated nicely here is the difference between a street fighter (gypsy bare-knuckle champ) who thinks he can box, and the power of a pro boxer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nH9YmjphkAU

[The Turbonator]

I got punched through the window of my car in a road rage incident, which dislodged one of my bottom front teeth. Didn't see it coming and didn't even it feel it. I think it must have knocked me unconscious for a few seconds. After the punch all I remember is seeing him walk away back into his car which I then made an effort to remember the reg, which I recited to the police later. He would have got away with it, if it wasn't for the fact that he went to the police station himself and tried to make out that I pulled a gun on him. Fortunately the police are a little smarter and realised that it was very unlikely that I possessed an illegal firearm.

My tooth set again after wearing a retainer for 2 weeks but what really bothered me about the whole thing was that it was such a cowardly thing to do. Punching someone in a car with a seatbelt on is like shooting someone in the back, you're totally defenseless. Who knows maybe he would have killed me if I was out of the car but it still bothers me.

He got 6 months in prison and was ordered to pay me £600 in compensation.