Andy_S wrote:Are you sure about that Ashe?
MA History Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu (1980-2008)
Andy_S wrote:SNIP
the average arm weighs between 5 to 7 kg. you just need to throw it at your target.
it's important to involve your shoulder, otherwise you're not using the full weight of your arm.
just throw it and forget about it. you don't even have to form a proper fist as long as everything's aligned.
points of pain and angles are also important, but you should be able to stop someone just by hitting them in the chest.
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This is what I mean when I said the previous discussion of Systema striking was not that fruitful. In boxing and MT, I have hit people with fully torqued body shots (using a lot more weight and momentum than just the arm) and NOT stopped them. Likewise, people have hit me with same, and I have kept going. Given this experience, I simply don't believe that "arm punches" - to the chest, of all target zones - are stoppers.
Hence my interest in angulation.
Andy_S wrote:SNIP
RobP:
As you are our top Systema bod, I'd be interested in hearing your views of this in a bit more depth (reference my questions). Unless of course, this gent is, in fact, giving away the closely guarded secrets of the ancient Russians....
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