Clint

Thank you so much for the reply and information Sylvie! I guess the next question I'd ask is how much of your weight are you shifting to your front foot? My habit is putting nearly all of my weight over my front foot and really leaning forward and into the punch, which seemed to make me off balance. If I missed my opponent, I'd probably fall forward. I also don't think I'd get as much rotation / torque from my body and hips that way, but I might be wrong. I think the other thing is that I'm doing this stationary and on a bag. Maybe things would change if I had to throw moving forward in the mix with sparring and whatnot? As I said, I've really only just started training MT at this place. Probably overthinking it, which I tend to do. Thank you anyway!

Hey guys, brand new to the forums and fairly new to Muay Thai. Just have a question regarding weight distribution and weight shifting with punches. I'm being trained to basically keep my weight 50/50 between each leg. A habit I seem to have with my right cross is to shift my weight forward onto my front leg as I throw it. In the past (previous trainers, different martial arts) I've been told to do that simply to get more weight/momentum/power behind the punch, but I can definitely see that it has some negatives (like making your lead leg heavy and easy to kick). I read and see conflicting advice though. So guys and girls, what have you been taught? Do you try to keep the weight even when you throw punches, do you lean and shift your weight around with strikes? I'm curious to hear about it!