Trick wrote:MaartenSFS wrote:Not tension upon impact. Compression to initiate the strike. Before and after that brief moment one should be relaxed and structure will handle the rest. It is like a spear. If the spear were limp would it penetrate? Would a limp sword? Swords designed primarily for thrusting are very stiff. Using our supple human bodies we can change this at will or even exhibit characteristics of both. That is why we train the tendons more than muscles.
yes ok, of course muscles are at work when moving, but surely you dont 'willingly tense'/'compress' during fighting/freesparring (striking style) ?.......frail straws of grass has been seen been piercing into sturdy wooden poles after a tornado has passed by. ....do you walk barefoot at home? ever got a straw of hair stuck in the sole of the foot..really uncomfortable(yes im a softie )..anyway alignment and precision
Yes, for less than a second to initiate the strike. That is what ignites the engine that eventually produces a strike using shocking power (what this thread was supposed to be about). Several other people on this thread have described this process in their own way and lead me to believe that they have either experienced or can generate this power. For people that literally spend all day discussing these things I get the overwhelming impression that you lot have never felt this type of power, much less generated it on your own...