Almost every punch should involve a small step. The... only real exception is when you're using your lead hand to throw a shot directly in front of you at close range—like when your opponent is trapped on the ropes or tied up in a clinch and can’t retreat. The "how" of stepping is beyond the scope of this caption, but the "why" isn't. You step to generate momentum for your punch and to stay balanced whether you land the shot or miss. Steps also let you adjust to the flow of the fight. Your opponent won’t stand still—you have to punch while moving. But it’s important these are small, controlled steps. Large steps break your stance, compromise your balance, and leave you vulnerable. Plus, when you take large steps, your feet spend more time off the ground, which reduces your ability to transfer force through your legs and hips into the punch. From a physics perspective, small steps help you apply force efficiently. Remember: force equals the change in momentum divided by the time over which that change happens (that’s the impulse-momentum relationship: F = Δp / Δt). The faster you can apply that force (meaning the smaller the Δt), the greater the force you generate. Even fractions of a second matter—double the time it takes to apply your punch’s momentum, and you cut the force dramatically. That’s why staying grounded and taking small, sharp steps maximizes your punching power.show more

🔥5 drills to destroy doubles #1 Pad Punch When... you feel pressure from the adjacent blocker, combat his force with your hips. #2 Sled Punch The key to defeating a double team is to split it. Here’s a great drill to help you attack 1 man, get skinny and throw off. #3 Double splits Splitting doubles can be super difficult. The double splits drill helps simulate the force you’ll need to apply into your primary blocker to ultimately split the double team. #4 Punch recover When aligned in an even technique (0, 2, 4) the key is to survive the collision by staying square, absorbing force and transitioning to the crease. The punch recover drill does a great job of simulating this. #5 Hip Swivels Use hip swivels to practice wedging your hips between the primary and adjacent blocker.show more

Alright, now that we know *what* an agent is,... how does it actually work? When you ask for help on a task, the agent plans a series of steps and executes them directly in the application on your behalf, using the tools it has access to. Say you are booking a local service or trying to organize your inbox (which typically takes multiple steps): the AI model first plans how to achieve the task using its existing knowledge and then interacts with your inbox to execute the task. The agent will continue until it is confident the task has been successfully completed.show more

Gratitude is one of the fastest ways to shift... your energy and transform your entire day. When you pause and acknowledge the blessings already in your life, you move your focus from lack to abundance. 💫 Try it today. Write down ten things you are grateful for—big or small. The more you appreciate what you already have, the more the Universe responds by bringing even more good into your life. 🌟 If you want to deepen this powerful practice and learn how gratitude can open the door to greater wealth and fulfillment, Countdown to Riches is now available. It’s a powerful guide to help you align your thoughts and feelings with the riches you deserve. Secure your copy today 👉show more

Force feedback demo Force feedback is when joystick is... pushing on your hand when something is pushing on the robot arm. Feeling the force - so much helpful to control the robot, that done well it allows you to do tasks even without visual feed. You can make an experiment: close your eyes - you can easily get the headphones out of the case. Also, visual information is often not enough. For example, you're trying to pull out a usb connector, but you pull it at the wrong angle, causing it to get stuck. Visually, nothing changes, but the pressure is intense and you can break the connector. Surgical robots have been using force feedback for years, and there are also 3D styluses which use this feature, proving that the technology works and is useful. But in modern robots with AI, it's hardly ever implemented. Although it's useful for both teleoperation and AI model. That's one of the reasons why we are building our robotic arms starting with off the shelf motors rather than taking the whole off the shelf arm. There are still a range of easy wins that can be made iterating robot hardware.show more

Let’s be clear: size doesn’t matter, your approach and... the way you speak do. You can’t walk up to someone and say, “Look at this small boy” then turn around and claim people are projecting onto you. No, you’re projecting onto yourself. When you were assistant Head of House, your words were “We’re in power, they’re going to hear from me”. You were keen on housemates adhering to the rules you set! But when it’s time to show others respect, suddenly that energy disappears. Respect is reciprocal. If you can’t live with ‘small boys’, then maybe you should pack your bags and leave. Because in Big Mama’s house, everyone is equal, which means you too are a small boy. You created that perception yourself the moment you said, “Look at this small boy.”Because if you’re calling someone else small, then clearly you’re trying to make yourself the big boy, and if that’s based on body size or ego, then that’s your own insecurity speaking. So please, enough with the hypocrisy. Own your words, own your attitude, and stop acting shocked when people call it exactly what it is.show more

Training glutes still doesn’t get the love it should... from men. Aesthetically, sure, your focus will be more on the V taper frame, or strong arms. But as the largest and strongest muscle in the body, the glutes have the potential to really boost your transformation to a top 1% physique. It’s the same concept as investing money into the market or a cash flowing real estate deal. You put in the capital… And then the asset pays you for your ownership. When you have strong glutes, you now have the biggest muscle in the human body paying you metabolic “dividends” around the clock. Burning more calories just by existing. As a result, you get leaner while having MORE wiggle room diet wise. Which makes your hormones improve, and all of the sudden you have this flywheel of positive change. It’s a compounding effect. Not to mention, it helps keeps your back and hips healthy and flexible. You retain more of your ability to move well as you get older. Strong glutes = absolutely one of your biggest ASSets (da dum, tssssk 😂) And the whole point of owning assets is that they work on your behalf, instead of you staying on the treadmill of the same effort over and over and over again just to get average results. If you want to get a top 1% physique without the suffering and sacrifice promoted all throughout the fitness industry, apply to partner with me 1-1 at the link in my bio.show more

BREAKING: The Israeli Air Force dropped leaflets in Beirut... a short while ago, calling on civilians to act against Hezbollah: "You must disarm Hezbollah, Iran's shield. Lebanon is your decision, not someone else's. Not someone else's. Stability isn't just a word. For every Lebanese, your land is yours. Don't let it become easy prey for the Iranian Hezbollah's weapons. Unit 504 is working to ensure the future of Lebanon and its people, believing in the principle "If your neighbor is well, you are well." If you want to be part of real change and contribute to the prosperity and protection of your country, we are here to listen to you."show more

It's not that you don't want to rotate the... hips. There is rotation, but you have to be able to quickly decelerate that rotation and then transfer the momentum to your core for rotation. You want to stabilize the hips so your core can swing and make full use of concentration and ecentric strength. But the core can't be tense until the moment you strike. Otherwise, energy is lost. Or, to put it in physics terms, you want to maximize impulse by decreasing the time the force is applied to stop the momentum of your rotation. In my hiatus, I had figured that part out. That punching is effectively the same motion and muscle recruitment pattern as a golf swing, baseball swing, quarterback pass, or even bowling. What had always troubled me was understanding how to synchronize my feet with these movements. That's where Tom Yankello Boxing and his brilliant training comes into play. My development had always been limited by not understanding the mechanics of a rotational movement across the traverse plane of motion. Once I got that, I figured it out, I could way more easily absorb and understand boxing. I can actually learn how to fight.show more

I wrote a step-by-step guide to blocking AI bots... from harvesting your site, designed for developers and sysadmins. Over 90% of the sites I’ve reviewed in the last two months have had more requests from bot traffic than humans. AI bots are scraping your site for purposes like: ▶ building models off your data ▶ finding security vulnerabilities in your site ▶ setting up comparisons of your site and data vs your competitors I outline how to: 📍Sort out your AI bot strategy. 📍How to identify and track AI bots hitting your site. 📍What tools should you apply when asking bots not to scrape fails? 📍What immediate steps can you take in your robots.txt file to stop AI bots? ✅ So why is now the time to dig into this? It’s still early days for AI, and there’s a land grab going on for your data. Big tech, startups, and even governments are rushing ahead, and you’re playing without all the information you need. This gets you up to speed fast. Reply with “WTF AI Bots” follow me, and I’ll DM you the guide.show more

When your pain, fear or resentment is consuming you,... no one else can pull you out of the dark, because you ARE the dark. Your mindset. Your thoughts. YOU CONTROL where you work & live, who you live with, what you eat & drink, what time you sleep, how you think, how you feel, how you spend your energy & what you do with your spare time. YOU! These things may feel out of your control but they're not. They're all things we can change if we're unhappy but our MINDSET has us convinced we can't, by playing on our fears of the unknown & our own weaknesses. 'What if I can't find other work?' 'What if I don't find anyone else?' 'I don't have time to cook!' 'I don't have time to workout!' 'I have nothing to feel happy about' 'I can't sleep!' Your life will not change, unless YOU do! You need to change your mindset! No one can do it for you. You can CHOOSE to see silver linings OR just the possibility of rain. You can CHOOSE your HARD... - Struggle through a workout vs struggle to look at yourself & how unhealthy you've become - Struggle to learn a new skill vs struggle in a job you hate. Trying to see beyond your unhappiness, 'bad luck' & bad choices is confronting & can feel impossible...BUT it isn't!! It's possible! Not over night but gradually...taking ONE DAY AT A TIME! Be kind to yourself! Changing your mindset & working on overhauling years of negative thought processes is far from easy but in doing so, you'll reclaim your POWER & take back control of your own happiness. Choosing to go out into the sunshine to drink a cuppa (instead of staying cooped up indoors) won't make your problems disappear...BUT it gives you a few seconds of CALM to REFOCUS your thoughts & a dose of Vitamin D & fresh air, while feeling the warmth of the sun on your skin. In making that choice, you reinforce your self-worth: you deserve time for yourself & you deserve to feel good. It's a simple choice that can completely change how you feel for the better, even if just for a moment. In time, your days can become full of those moments & you'll no longer need to look for the light in the dark. You will BE the light! The beacon of your own happiness ❤️🫂 #mindsetshow more

STOP KILLING YOUR GEARBOX 😡😡😡🤬 (Correct sequence to park... an automatic car ) You’ve been parking your automatic car the wrong way for years, and it is slowly destroying your transmission. Most people just pull into a spot, slam the gear into P (Park), and then pull the handbrake. If you’re doing this, you are literally asking your gearbox to hold the entire weight of your car. Here is the Right way to do it in 5 steps: 1. Come to a full stop with your foot on the brake. 2. Shift the gear to N (Neutral). 3. Pull your Handbrake (or engage the electronic parking brake) with your foot still on the foot brake 4. Engage Parking Gear 5. Remove Your Foot from the Brakes. Why should you do this? Inside your transmission, there’s a tiny metal pin called a Parking Pawl. When you put the car in Park (P) without using the handbrake first, that tiny pin is the only thing stopping your car from rolling away. If you are parked on a hill or a slope, the stress on that pin is massive. Have you ever noticed that loud, painful CLUNK sound when you try to shift out of Park on a hill or slope? That’s the sound of your transmission screaming. You are literally forcing the gears to grind against that pinned-up weight. Over time, you’re rounding off the edges of that metal pin or, worse, snapping it. The handbrake was designed to hold the weight of the car onto the chassis frame. The transmission was designed to shift gears. Stop making the gearbox do the heavy lifting. Except of course you want to replace it regularly (that's not cheap). You're welcome 🤝🏾 .show more

What you believe shapes how you feel—and how you... feel shapes your entire experience of life. When you hold onto negative thoughts, you give them power to create more of the same. But the moment you shift your thinking, you begin to change your reality. 💫 Choose thoughts that uplift you. Choose beliefs that support your happiness, your growth, and your abundance. You have the power to redirect your mind and create a life filled with joy and possibility. 🌟 If you’re ready to break free from limiting thoughts and step into a mindset of wealth and positivity, Countdown to Riches is now available. This powerful book will guide you in transforming your thinking and attracting the riches you deserve. Secure your copy today 👉 Comment "READY" to start consciously creating the life you truly want. ✨ #RhondaByrne #TheSecret #lawofattraction #loa #visualization #manifestation #askbelievereceiveshow more

Chat is here! Now you can message your friends... in app when you’re running late and have more fun with your convos when you have more time. With the chat you can: - Drag and drop text, stickers, drawings, videos and more - Start convos directly from the map - See (and even feel!) when friends are in the chat at the same time as you - Screenshot to export timelapses of your creations Share your best convos in this thread, we want to see them!show more

Emptiness fills your hand as you try to find... Caleb at the moment you open your eyelids. But the smell of meat sizzling on the pan makes you realize he’s cooking breakfast for you. With lazy steps, you give him a warm hug from behind, nuzzling your face and hair against his back.show more

Wishing a very happy birthday to Shri Rahul Gandhi,... Leader of the Opposition. At a time when silence is safer, you choose to speak. When fear takes hold, you show courage. And when hate threatens to become the norm, you stand your ground - with love, with compassion, and with unwavering faith in the power of unity. Your commitment to justice, to the Constitution, and to the people - especially the marginalised and forgotten - is both inspiring and deeply moving. You carry with you not just your own legacy, but the dreams of millions who still believe in a kinder, more just India. May the year ahead bring you strength, peace, and good health as you continue to walk this path of conscience and service. With warmest wishes and admiration.show more

You’re on a journey on this kind of lonely... road with your car and your car suddenly develops a fault, You can’t call for help and your lines can’t be reached due to network issues, what do you do? Except the car will stop and the engine won’t come up again, please reduce your speed and accelerate softly till you get to a nearby town, if it is an overheating issue, keep driving, put the gear in the neutral position and switch off the engine and let the car keep moving, switch it back on when you have to ascend a hilly road and the car can’t move freely on its own again. If the battery signal comes up while driving, chances are that your alternator has failed, or the alternator belt is damaged, apply the same method and switch off your AC, radio system or anything that may drain the battery while driving till you get to a safe place. If it is a flat tyre, maintain a low speed till you get to a safe place to change and use your spare, keep moving. Yes!!! Damage that tyre till you get to a safe place, just keep moving and make sure you have a spare tyre always and it is in a good condition. If the engine suddenly goes off on top speed, chances are that a fuse is damaged and this is why I will make a thread on how to identify different fuses and how to have them fixed temporarily in case of Emergencies. If your car jerks or experiences a lazy movement while driving, it’s likely to be a fuel related issue, fuel pump most likely, switch off the engine intermittently and put the gear in Neutral position, keep moving… if the fuel pump rests for about 5mins, it’ll pick up back when you ignite the engine, this will/may at least take you to a safe place or where you can have access to network to make calls. If you hear strange sounds like knocking sounds or the oil signal starts to blink, relax and reduce your speed, keep moving. Manage it till you get to a safe place or can have access to network. If your gear/transmission system isn’t selecting well, apply the same method, reduce your speed but keep moving, slow movement is better than no movement, your life and safety matters a lot. Please note that there are some Mechanical issues that nothing can solve on the road except patience and just to pray to God for safety and help, for example, you run into a pothole unknowingly and the oil pan hits the road and your engine or gear oil leaks away, or your ball joint or tie rod head pulls out, I’ll suggest you leave the car there, roll up your windows and lock up the car and start trekking till you get network or help, staying with the car may make you vulnerable to attacks or attract unexpected company, just keep walking away from the car for safety. Most importantly, please stay safe and be conscious of your environment. Be friendly with your Mechanic too or any Mechanic you see on the road. Don’t manage faults in cars and risk traveling with it.show more

“If you are really present focused and process oriented... and stay committed to those values, outcomes will find you. If you focus on the outcomes, usually you’ll skip steps in your process,” Cori Close When the habits of winning are the vision, anything is possible.show more

How to get the correct backswing position in 3... steps 1️⃣2️⃣3️⃣💥 This drill can be tried at the range or at home and is a great way of getting your backswing into the correct position, especially when you have no way of checking it; in a mirror for example. #golf #backswingshow more