If you want an amazing rear straight cross it won’t happen on accident, you need to get lots of high quality reps. Not mindless reps but laser focused reps. Come follow along with me as I do a solo training session to work on my rear straight.
Here is a bulleted list of the drills in this follow along video: Do 5 – 10 reps of each bullet below.
Power: Drop rear knee & lift heel > punch
Guard Centerline: Raise non-punching hand to cover nose, project it out at a 45 degree angle
Guard Jawline: Tuck your chin and raise your punching shoulder
Step forward at a 45 degree angle while punching with your rear straight cross
Non-Telegraph without sacrificing power
Non-Telegraph with a step forward
Practice maintaining stance & footwork with your rear straight after stepping
Defend a counter hook to your Right temple
Defend a counter hook to your Left temple
Defend a counter straight punch to your nose
Defend a counter tackle
Defend a counter groin kick
Integration to RAT: Follow up with a straight blast to an elbow to a Thai clench
Integration to RAT: Enter with a parry > rear cross > straight blast > elbow > Thai clench
If you want to see an instructional version of the rear straight cross check out this video here.
Go get reps of this ideally on a daily basis. If you are short on time simply pick one of the bullet points above to work on and do 5 – 10 reps. If you have more time go through several of the bullets or the entire list.
