Keeping abs tight ?

[kh_s]

Your suppose to keep your abs tight during a fight? Is this true?Is there some type of technique here so you can take more punishment or something ? I`d like to know.

[BellyOfTheBeast]

I heard that your supposed to tense up when someone hits you in the abs but im not really sure about that or how effective it is,i'd like to know too.

[da_mill]

always keep your abs tight bro. If you get hit in the stomach, itll wind you right? Keep your abs tensed and you will be protected simple & effective

[Kirves]

Tight abs work as a shield between something that hits you and your internal organs. There aren't any bones protecting your tummy!

Traditionally, whenever you attack, you tighten your abs with a hard exhale, just in case the opponent evades your attack and counters - you have your "shields up".

Also, when you see you're gonna get hit in the abs and can't do anything about it, exhale sharply and tighten your abs at the same time - "shields up".

[kh_s]

I dunno lol it makes me wanna fart when I tighten up my abs, thats why i came here to see if theres a proper way of technique hehehe

[Kirves]

One of the ideas why you exhale at the same time, is to bring the abs also in (the correct way to flex abs anyway, but many flex them "out" instead which is incorrect) as this will build the internal pressure and that is also protective for your internal organs. That internal pressure is the same thing you also use when pooping a load (that's why you should keep your mouth shut when sitting in the john, to keep the pressure up). So it may be natural to have that kind of feeling if you're not used to it.

Pavel Tsatsouline explains a lot of this in his weight lifting book "Power to the People", because he instructs people to keep this kind of internal pressure during weight lifting movements too. He actually tells you to concentrate on tightening your sphincther muscle as well (he uses the analogy of trying to keep a coin from falling from between your buttocks). It is hard and funny to try to explain in text like this, but basically, you should think of "inwards, towards the center of your body" for both abs, and sphincter. Pavel also used the analogy of thinking there's a line from your butt-hole to your belly button and the idea is to make this line as short as possible.


Geesh!