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Figure 28: You’ll have to raise your hand first, before you can fire a straight punch.

Figure 29: If your hand is positioned too high (left), you’ll be pointing toward the sky.

Figure 30: Keeping your hand too high requires you to lower your hand before you can throw a punch.

T R U N K R O T A T I O N

I’ll talk more about mechanics and hip rotation later, but let’s touch on the subject here, in relation to what proper alignment looks like at impact. From the on-guard position, extend your lead arm as you rotate your hips counterclockwise. As your hip rotates, your shoulder will follow. See Figures 31 and 32.

Figure 31: Straight lead from correct stance

Figure 32: Hip rotation with arm extension. Notice how this makes me less of a target by decreasing the target area. The centerline is virtually unreachable.

Notice that as you rotate your hips and shoulders, you actually become a narrower target, making you less susceptible to counterattacks. Passages in both The Tao of Jeet Kune Do¹⁵ and Edwin L. Haislet’s Boxing¹⁶ address this additional advantage of the stance. By the way, throwing a modern-day boxing jab does not give you this benefit. The palm-down jab does nothing to narrow your target area. It is only the straight lead that allows you to further protect the centerline as you launch an offensive.