You know the kind on a plastic rod that has a handle that you squeeze and it punches at whoever you point its boxing gloves at.
It always looks funny when you punch someone with your puppet, the way it moves its arms straight out when it punches.
Many strikers remind me of punching puppets, the way they move their arms like someone is squeezing their handle when they punch.
They often look very silly as they throw their punches as hard as they can only to come up short of their goal of knocking out or incapacitating their adversary.
The reason being is that they are primarily arm punchers and not body punchers.
You may be saying what’s the difference, well my friend there’s a big difference, it’s like I tell my students all the time when they train their strikes, “Do you wanna knock’em out or piss’em off?”
You see you need to know how to strike with your whole body and not just your arms for true power.
You need to learn how to generate the maximum amount of weight into your strikes, to hit like a jackhammer and cause major trauma and pain to your adversary.
Fist fighting is a lot different than gloved fighting, you do it wrong and
you break your hand, you do it right and you break their jaw.
And finally you need to understand the principles and techniques that truly work on the street that will keep you alive.
Don’t be a punching puppet, having your adversary laughing at you as you fight for your life in some dark alley.
Put fear in their hearts when you hit them and make them regret that they ever messed with you.
And learn to be the puppet master.
Daniel Sambrano
“Keep It Simple and Savage”
http://www.SuperHeroSystems.com/
Excellent points! Punching primarely with arm-power is a typical beginner's mistake: at best it'll be ineffective and there's a good chance you'll break your hand doing it. I like your pragmatic, knowledgeable approach to fighting and training. Keep up the good work!
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