Ok, I will not talk here about the importance of technique, timing and accuracy… What I will tell you is that in order to generate a powerful punch with a snap you have to be able to relax your upper body with arms before you start generating a punch movement… this could also belong to a term technique but nevertheless… how to achieve this? of course by practicing and hitting various types of bags and shadow boxing.
What else can help to achieve this relaxation of the shoulder area?? - SAUNA!, simple RUSSIAN SAUNA, and in this heat you have to hit your body with oak tree branches, birch tree branches are also good. But the heat in sauna has to be really high. Steam room doesn’t have exactly the same good effect although it also helps a little bit. Boxers in Soviet Union used to use this method constantly and especially a day before the fight. Massage is also a very good stuff, and American professional boxers use it constantly.
When you are relaxed, you punch fast, when you punch fast, you hit hard, when you hit hard…