[quote]LondonBoxer123 wrote:
I agree with you Sento, and wouldn’t personally throw it that way, although it seems like everything in the video is aimed exclusively at pre-emptive striking/suckerpunching while the guy in front of you is still psyching themselves up to fight. In that context, it is less of a risk to have the thumb out to the side. The important thing is that he’s found what works for him, and made it work effectively in a real environment.
As a boxer, I can’t get on board with the whole lurching forwards ‘punch from the centre’ bit with a right cross. But again, it has clearly been very effective for Thompson. It goes to show that you have to find what works for you.
That’s the first time I’ve ever seen footage of him. He’s nothing like I imagined. He doesn’t give the vibe at all of being a tough nut, and I don’t think your average person would be intimidated by him. It’s a great example of why you shouldn’t go looking for trouble with strangers. He may be a softly spoken, physically unremarkable bloke, but he’s the real deal, and could fuck you sideways for starting trouble. [/quote]
Totally agree with you on all counts.
I will say though that there are degrees of effectiveness. One could theoretically walk, bicycle, or ride a horse across the UK; which would by definition make them effective means of travel. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t more effective means of travel.
That whole “lurching forwards from the center” while punching thing might technically be “effective” for Thompson, but I’m wholeheartedly convinced that if you gave me 1 hour with him (and he was of course willing to listen to my advice) that he abandon that method of force generation in favor of my more biomechanically effecient method and in the process significantly increase his punching power. That might sound like arrogance on my part, but in reality it’s just confidence in the teaching methods that have been taught to me by my instructors and feeling and having had so much success with producing results in terms of punching power in my own students.