Re: One Inch Punch

Ive practiced Chinese boxing for a while and i think i do understand
how the one inch punch works and i agree to most of what you say. but i
do not believe, that explosive punches are applicable to a
full-roundhook punch. because the roundhook punch gets its power from
the swing of the arms thru the twisting of the legs and body. whereas
the explosive punch(or 1 inch puch) gets its power from the linear
support of the whole body and muscles. you may say that you twist or
*** the body or even step forward before the actual attack yet in the
end, the body retains its linear position in relation to the force,
enabling the body to fully exert power as a whole because you can use
your footing(rooting) to fully support/add to the power.

another thing that i do not agree upon is your explanation of fully
stopping the punch meaning not to follow thru(no push). a base ball bat
nor a golf club do not transfer more force if you stop it after hitting
the ball. you follow thru with it. even a bullet only stop if it has
expended all its energy, not stopped half way thru. even the whip is
not a different matter, the tip travels faster because of the whipping
motion, yet it also stops when it has transfered all energy to whetever
it hits which tends to be a shallow wound because it is very light at
the tip. it has no penetrating power.

technically, we get the most speed from our muscles(certain muscles are
speed muscles and certain ones are built for power) when they move with
their partners fully relaxed. as we all know, they are a set of
pull-and-pull. we dont have muscles that push. they just pull on
oposite sides of the bones(or lever if you want). if the body is tense,
there is a tendency of the oposite muscle to drag the ones we wanted to
move. so we get the most speed and power from correct stimulation of
the muscles and position of the skeleton.

at impact, we wanted to make the whole arm to stiffen so as to be a
solid bar hitting the target because if it is still relaxed, it will
absorb some energy instead of transfering it fully to the target. but
stopping partly in is not so much of transfering but to keep balance
and quickness so one can react to a counter attack if the oponent does
so. the aim should always be to go thru the oponent as if he is water
than to slap the waters surface. you stop the hand at a certain
distance because of the bodies limits of movement, not to impart more
energy.

with the inch punch, the oponent is so close that one can push with the
legs and the body once the hands are already stiff. this is the way to
combine the two- hit then push. tensing the whole body may enable you
to create a faster harder punch but this is going to be useless in
combat as doing so will peg you in one position. this is why nobody
have documented the inch puch in combat. it can be done, but to the
expense of lowering your ability to evade a counter attack.

wallen

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