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The Uppercut

The Uppercut is found in nearly all combat sports including Boxing, the uppercut remains a popular punch which is heavily associated with knock-outs and devastation when landed correctly.

This rising punch usually takes a circular motion upwards, with the back of the hand facing your target, the punch travels upwards in an attempt to glance in to one of the 'shelves' of the human body. By shelves, we are refering to the bodies ledges such as the chin, nose, ribs, eye sockets etc, in fact anywhere on the body where a punch would land during the upward motion of the technique is a good enough target area.

Uppercuts are normally delivered to 'glance' over a target rather than taking the full impact of the punch. A full impact punch delivered to an opponent via an uppercut would in theory be a good punch, however because the wrist is inverted during the punch the chances of you getting a sprained wrist in the process is increased. THerefor in Western Polcecat Boxing, we train the punch to glance over the target, this glancing technique can actually has a better impact on effecting the opponents nervous system than a full blow, and serves to protect the wrists at the same time.