Yeung wrote:“punch retraction should be faster than the punch itself”,...
Bao wrote:Karate I presume? Sports Karate? If you hit with good punch, why would it be necessary to retract the punch?
Focus should be on penetrating the target as deep as possible IMO.
johnwang wrote:Yeung wrote:“punch retraction should be faster than the punch itself”,...
I had personal experience on this. Back in 1980. I went to China and met my teacher's young brother. He threw a punch at my chest. When he pulled his fist back, it caused a vacuum in front of my chest. My shirt was flying away from my body. In the past 40 years I tried to develop that ability but I was not satisfied with the result.
That was the only time in my life that I had experienced that. Since his punch didn't hit my body, I won't be able to tell the difference between a punch like that from a normal punch.
.Q. wrote:Isn't that a common boxing quote?
Quigga wrote:If force moves through the body like a whip, then by logical extension the retraction should always be faster.
Trick wrote:Quigga wrote:If force moves through the body like a whip, then by logical extension the retraction should always be faster.
Wouldn’t that be the bullwhip cracking way.....actually that’s kind of what going on when one fali’ing or Kime’ing(as in karate)..the sudden stop of the speeding fist flunged out is kind of an retraction ...if this is perfectly mastered ones punches does not need to be as battering rams crushing throu an opponent.
denchen wrote:Retracting the fist in boxing is purely about guarding the head, as soon as you've punched you're open to the counter.
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