This is the jab you want when you have successfully scored on a dude you can’t knock out and don’t want to trade with.
He’s out there, believe me.
If you are on his right hand side, you send the sneaky jab or up-jab over his right hand or arm into his jaw, ear, eye, temple, and execute a weak pivot on the heel as you let your rear foot drag around, forcing this big monster to reset.
Power Variation
If the power is equal between you, or if you are the guy with the big guns and you have gotten in on a fighter you want to stay in on, then shoot the up-jab up into his eye.
The up-jab may be scored by catching his right hand with your right hand and then punching over his extended arm. The up-jab pairs well with the open rear hand in close.
It may also be launched from a dip and jammed up into his face. If you are a hooker with a good right, then switch up your up-jab to the head and shovel-hook to the body when you’re too tight in to throw the hook upstairs. This can help open up space for a hook.
When practicing the up-jab on the double-ended bag be careful of the steel attachments. When hitting the speed bag with the up-jab listen for the sound of the steel ball being jammed up in the socket to let you know that it was a true up-jab.
