Is it possible to increase your speed and power? – Coach Firas Zahabi

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Coach Zahabi talks about speed and punching power. Is there such a thing as the “touch of death” ? Are people like McGregor and Mike Tyson born this way or did they learn the skill?


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  1. There's stuff about how to become a KO puncher in "Championship Prizefighting" by Jack Dempsey. He is the one guy who wrote that punchers are made, not born (That I have read untill this moment at least). Now, my personal opinion is that the main factor to decide if you can punch hard or not is pain and damage resistance in the hands, and that's hard to train.

  2. What about steroids make punch harder thing , jonny hendricks and gector lombard before usada time were toch of death persons, but after usada they did not ko any one?????

  3. what about anderson silva he didnt seem to punch hard but it seemed like the energy (kinetic chain) flowing throu his body

  4. I am almost a 100% certain people are born such a way. I experience it myself. Never trained but me and my cousin hit so very hard.I think it might even be a neurological thing that has been there since we were born. Forample ali ibn abi talib was gifted with an enormous amount of power in his hands.

  6. Personally I think the most important thing that coaches and trainers can teach their fighters is not how to hit (speed, power, etc) but when and where to hit. Timing and placement are byfar the most important parts of a clean KO. We know the weakest spots on the head, body and legs, so developing a persons accuracy to be able to properly strike those areas is paramount, as is the timing. Hitting someone when they're off balance, recovering, or inbetween techniques is the surest way to maximize damage. Too much focus on power and speed over precision and timing. Focus on the latter two and you can take someone who may not hit that hard and at least get them TKO'ing people even if it won't be a full shut down stiff as a board KO.

  9. You should read peak by anders ericsson. There's not such a thing as gifted people. They may be people that are better build to perform a certain activity/movement, but they are not "born" with a killer punch.

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