The Real Japanese Flicker Jab (How to)

Junto Nakatani is a 3 weight world champion at the age of 26, and he has one of the best flicker jabs I have ever seen. A flicker jab is meant to be whipped out instead of being speared out like a traditional jab. In this video, I’ll go over what makes Junto Nakatani’s flicker jab so darn effective and how to execute it.

Check out a couple of my other videos on the jab for more in the links below!

How to Throw a Powerful Jab

How to Flick Jab & Corkscrew Jab

How to Jab to the Body CORRECTLY

00:00 Intro
00:12 Common Misconceptions of the Flicker Jab
01:01 How to Whip & Flick It
01:30 Probing the Jab
02:11 Demonstration on the Punch Shield
02:22 Junto Nakatani's Feints
02:41 Junto Nakatani's 1-2 & Why It's So Good
04:04 Outro

[jamarjohnson-vp]

The belt analogy made me get the concept alot faster

[adrian_veidt]

The way the manga and anime portrayed the jab was goofy asf lol

I liked how Hearns used it to catch fighters with great upper body movement in Wilfred Benitez.

[djprofiteer]

I heard the way Coach pronounced Canelo's name and though he was tapped in with the mexicans, throwing in some chicano flair or something.. turns out that's just how he pronounces everyone's names lmaoo good stuff

[sjd_]

Never thought I’d see an ippo x coach pillow fist collab 😂 it’s cool to see you mention it, probably the thing that got me interested in boxing in the first place, especially sendo vs ippo (got me so hyped I started shadow boxing mid episode) great vid once again coach

[andyjiang]

Dude Nakatani is so freaking good. Love watching him fight, he's always trying to hurt the opponent or set something up. That Andrew Moloney KO was one of the most brutal shots I ever seen live, was really hoping he didn't die. Also you definitely taught me something new again lol, I never realized you can blind your opponent with a thumb up jab by covering the side of their face! Gotta practice that one.

[NitroHavok]

The flicker jab is honestly my favourite jab just for how quick it can shoot out, so learning more in depth ways to use it is genuinely so fascinating

[jaguar]

"like when your mama used to whoop you with the belt" 🤣🤣🤣 pure gold right there... btw Coach, do you ever make any commentary on upcoming fights or things like that? I think a lot of us in your channel respect your opinion and it's content that I would personally love to watch as well. Just curious if you have that kind of content elsewhere or if you ever considered it. In my view, it might give people the opportunity to get to 'know' you a little bit more and, unless you value your private persona (which would be totally valid), and could make you're already excellent content reach a broader audience.

[nb]

i'm a huge junto nakatani fan myself so i love this topic! i've tried to figure out how to jab like junto but never quite got it. man... in the nakatani maloney fight, there was an uppercut that junto threw to maloney's body and they happened to be too close to a microphone... the groan of sheer pain so awful that i felt bad for maloney.

thanks for the tips! i needed some motivation for my own training today,

[Chente_Bui]

Never watched the anime so idk what they show there. But it seems like more techniques than I thought fall into the category of a flick jab.
As far as I can tell, the constants are
1. a loose shoulder
2. having a rhythm that both launches the jab and obfuscates the jab.

[sweetpeasjax]

hell ya flickers ftw let’s go coach!! 💥 💥

[jj-wpwc]

This guy floats and stings even when he's just talkin. 😎

[PietchTheory]

Gave me flashbacks with that belt analogy, but this was an awesome video coach! I need to get into anime...where to start?

[leonardiephang]

Rumor said that nakatani is a right handed, thats mean he's a "converted southpaw"

[CombatSelfDefense]

And people say I talk fast.

Great video though!

[anuspajamas]

Can a person with short reach still use the flicker jab?

those jabs are heavy af ... f*k all the haters xD xD xD

[jackplayer]

What is with heanry hearns? I think He is the flicker

[shiroyuyona]

just woke up 5 mins ago and got this noti, amazing stuff as always coach!! i never knew about this variant of jab, especially the right technique 😂 when you explained it as your mom whipping you that immediately woke me up because i started laughing🤣
thanks for the insanely compact explanation and videos as always coach🔥 your power on your flicker jab's whipping motion is insane, i will work hard with the information i have gained 🫡💯
(also the japanese boxer you referenced is cool as hell, gonna be watching his fights now since he alternates long guard and traditional, kinda like mine)