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 After yesterdays post on improving your punches, I realised that one article couldn’t do the topic justice. So I decided that I would put together a series of articles covering all of the aspects of building a knockout punch and give exercises in each article to develop the specific aspect of a powerful punch.

Today’s article, Part one is on balance. Balance, surprisingly, is one of if not the most important part of building a knockout punch. You would probably think it would be punching power or speed but balance ties everything together and without it, you will never get the maximum power or impact out of your punch.

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 Read Working up to a Handstand Part one.

Hi and Welcome back.

If you have followed the instructions in Part one,  you should now be able to kick up and land in a handstand against the wall. You will probably be a bit wobbly but, you’ll be practicing often and your body will be rapidly learning the skill of maintaining the handstand!

So, lets get straight on with it and learn how to go from just kicking up into a handstand to completing a full handstand push up.

The next step is to build your strength and skill by extending the length of time that you can hold the handstand position.

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