Ian wrote:"it seems that it's necessary to stand 'side on' to do this punch"
Not necessary. Perhaps easier to feel it, but personally I don't stand one way more than the other.
middleway wrote:The keys to why he hits so hard are all in that video. I agree with what your saying Graham about the line he uses too ... that natural rotation of the shoulder joint with minumum obstruction from the arms big muscles...
as well as this sort of hit you also see vladimir using a whipping sort of power that you never see mikhail using.... maybe he got this from his other teacher ' uncle pete' who he describes in early interviews.
middleway wrote:The interesting thing about that video is you can see how the boxers punches dont transfer force into the opponent. They scrape the surface somewhat. Also checkout the wrist of mikhail when he is punching the big dude in Yellow. And then the wrist of the boxer ... a gap in the power there too. Then checkout mikhails body as he hits...
The keys to why he hits so hard are all in that video. I agree with what your saying Graham about the line he uses too ... that natural rotation of the shoulder joint with minumum obstruction from the arms big muscles...
as well as this sort of hit you also see vladimir using a whipping sort of power that you never see mikhail using.... maybe he got this from his other teacher ' uncle pete' who he describes in early interviews.
Ian wrote:Re: what Jan Bloem said, well he's entitled to his own opinions, but he started training Systema in 04 so take what he says about what Mikhail did 'before' with a grain of salt.
Ian wrote:And please don't mistake this as a slight at him because I'm sure he's very skilled.
Ian wrote:You IMA guys! Stop trying to make everything so confusing!
If you stand to the side, you have a bend in your elbow. The energy rebounds and leaves through your forearm, instead of rebounding back into your brain.
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