What does it mean to make a fist behind your back?

Holding a fist behind your back generally represents strength and determination.

The action of making a fist behind your back can express many meanings. Represents strength and determination. When a person feels nervous, uneasy or wants to solve a problem, they may use this posture to cheer themselves up, indicating that they are trying to think or solve a difficult problem.

Express dissatisfaction or anger. If you use this gesture in an argument, it means that he is very angry or dissatisfied with something; If the teacher uses this gesture in front of the students, he may be dissatisfied with what the students say. Besides, it can also be regarded as one of the threatening gestures (besides raising the fist), and some people use this bad behavior.

Correct posture of clenching fist:

The correct way to make a fist is to put four fingers together and thumb apart. Fully curled fingers can touch the place where cocoons usually appear in the palm of your hand. The fingers roll completely and thoroughly, leaving no gap in the middle. Let the third knuckle part of the limbs form a plane.

Then, put your thumb on the second knuckle of the middle finger and the index finger, which is very important, because the hitting surface of the fist is the plane formed by the third knuckle. The focus of the blow is near the middle finger and forefinger.

If the thumb is improperly placed and exposed out of the hitting plane, it is likely to be stabbed.

Another thing to note is that the back of the fist (that is, the position of the back of the hand) should be in a straight line with the forearm, otherwise the impact force will easily hurt the wrist when the fist hits the target. This shows that boxing is not as simple as we thought. Through practice, you will find that this clenched fist is very learned.