A question on a boxing forum elicits this answer...
First off you should be doing neck and jaw exercises like where you do a back bend and with your forehead on the ground and rock back and fort or putting pressure on your chin with your hand and trying to open your mouth.
Also you should be taking 100% of the recommended amount of calcium and vitamin d
Step 1: punch yourself (bare knuckle)
Hold your head steady with one hand on your left jaw and the other punching the right. at first hit lightly then after a week or so try harder and harder. This will accustom your jaw to getting hit. try hitting all along your jaw line and your cheek bones too.
Step 2: Punch yourself (bare knuckle or gloved)
Dont hold your head steady and just concentrate on using your neck to hold your head steady
Step 3: let other people punch you (gloved)
spar people but while sparing work on getting hit in the face and not loosing concentration i like getting pummeled and in the midsts of it just slowly reach out and lightly hit my opponent through any opening sure dose stop the flurry of punches and surprise the other person. but for that to work you cant fear being punched... the above should condition you to have no reason to fear being punched though
And a retort..
thats fuckin' stupid, man, no offence but wtf, punching yourself in the face is pointless, its all psychological, if you box you will get hit, you dont wanna get hit go try another sport, just come to terms mentally with being hit, develop a good defence and you will be fine. dont punch yourself in the face
