I don't care if you study kenpo or Uechi ryu or shotokan or whatever, you're going to need a power packed punch. I don't care if it is Wado ryu or Shorin Ryu or Wing Chun, you're going to need a fist that knocks them down the first time! Even if you're in Aikido or Tai Chi, you're going to need to understand what power is so you can properly manipulate and avoid it.
The funny thing is that a powerful punch is easy to get if you follow a couple of easy instructions. You don't have to pound your delicate hand against a telephone pole. You don't have to lance your delicate fingers into boxes of sand.
As with most things in this world, once you realize how something is done, that something is easy to do. Thus, the first thing you need to know in developing a punch that can knock down elephants is simple. That one thing you need come to grips with is...weight.
This universe is constructed of objects flying through space. When objects collide weight will be the resulting sensation. The more weight involved in the collision, the more drastic an effect you will create.
To hit somebody, your fist must sail through space and crash against them. Now, if the body your fist is colliding with weighs a couple of hundred pounds, then you are going to have to have a two hundred pound punch. Well, you could multiply the 20 pounds of your arm by ten times the velocity, but there is a method that is easier.
The easiest way is to lineup the parts of your body behind the punch. Your arm may be 20 pounds, but if you can add your limbs and your torso and even your head to the punch, you can weigh, especially when you times your weight by velocity, 200 pounds. Heck, if you can put a hundred pounds of body weight behind that fist, and then multiple it by a simple ten, you are going to have a thousand pound slammer!
First, do lots of push ups, and when your arms get strong enough to withstand the shock, start jumping your push ups into the air. Second, do your form slowly, looking at the pieces of your body, and learn to line them up and shove them into one movement. Three, make a box about six feet tall, put padding on it, make it weigh 200 pounds, and practice shoving it across the floor with a punch.
The funny things is that this method is so simple that nobody has ever really stumbled across it. And, to be truthful, the importance of delivering weight in the martial arts has been totally overlooked. But, whether you do pa kua chang, tai chi chuan, Shito ryu, Hung gar, or any of the forms of classical kung fu, you need to understand weight, and you need to implement some form of the training method I have detailed here if you want The Most Powerful Punch on the planet! - 31491
The funny thing is that a powerful punch is easy to get if you follow a couple of easy instructions. You don't have to pound your delicate hand against a telephone pole. You don't have to lance your delicate fingers into boxes of sand.
As with most things in this world, once you realize how something is done, that something is easy to do. Thus, the first thing you need to know in developing a punch that can knock down elephants is simple. That one thing you need come to grips with is...weight.
This universe is constructed of objects flying through space. When objects collide weight will be the resulting sensation. The more weight involved in the collision, the more drastic an effect you will create.
To hit somebody, your fist must sail through space and crash against them. Now, if the body your fist is colliding with weighs a couple of hundred pounds, then you are going to have to have a two hundred pound punch. Well, you could multiply the 20 pounds of your arm by ten times the velocity, but there is a method that is easier.
The easiest way is to lineup the parts of your body behind the punch. Your arm may be 20 pounds, but if you can add your limbs and your torso and even your head to the punch, you can weigh, especially when you times your weight by velocity, 200 pounds. Heck, if you can put a hundred pounds of body weight behind that fist, and then multiple it by a simple ten, you are going to have a thousand pound slammer!
First, do lots of push ups, and when your arms get strong enough to withstand the shock, start jumping your push ups into the air. Second, do your form slowly, looking at the pieces of your body, and learn to line them up and shove them into one movement. Three, make a box about six feet tall, put padding on it, make it weigh 200 pounds, and practice shoving it across the floor with a punch.
The funny things is that this method is so simple that nobody has ever really stumbled across it. And, to be truthful, the importance of delivering weight in the martial arts has been totally overlooked. But, whether you do pa kua chang, tai chi chuan, Shito ryu, Hung gar, or any of the forms of classical kung fu, you need to understand weight, and you need to implement some form of the training method I have detailed here if you want The Most Powerful Punch on the planet! - 31491
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Al Case has taught the martial arts for 4O+ years. He has written hundreds of articles for the magazines. You can find out more about The Most Powerful Punch on Earthh at Monster Martial Arts.
