Punching somebody with a closed fist?

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VETERAN

Monday, April 4, 2005 3:05 AM

I can't believe I missed this thread. Sigh, always late to a party.

Anyways, the step by step instructions Knibblet posted are really good. I always found that it didn't matter much if you turned your wrist over or kept it perpendicular to the ground, as long as you kept your wrist flat and pushed the two big knuckles (middle and index foward. This keeps you from injuring your wrist. Try not to target the mouth directly, the teeth can cut you, anywhere else is pretty much fair game as long as you make contact with the big knuckles and yor wrist doesn't bend on impact. Boxers break their hands because they do not practice hitting without tape and gloves, also they have a tendency to land a punch with the two smaller knuckles(especially if they throw a lot of hooks).

A lot of karatekas try to build up the bone round the big knuckles by doing pushups on their knuckles and striking a makiwara board. These types are easy to pick out because their knuckles are oversized and have heavy callouses.

edited for spelling

HARDWARE

Monday, April 4, 2005 7:20 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Static:

That is why the best place to punch, when aiming at the head/face is square on the nose. Getting hit in the nose causes more immediate pain than anywhere else, and a square hit will also produce lots of blood, which panics your opponent.

If you can get to oblige you and turn their head so you are striking across their face, the tip of the chin is also an exceptionally good spot. Having your mandible shift side to side quickly is very disorienting.

Another good spot is the meaty joint of the jaw, just under the ear. There's a nerve cluster there and a quick, sharp strike with ring just about anyone's bell. Plus, if you miss you can rupture the cartilage in their ear and give them a permanent reminder of your fight in a cauliflower ear.

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CHRISISALL

Monday, April 4, 2005 8:55 PM

I swear this is absolutly true...
I was asked about open hand vs. closed fist, and my answer was fist for body and open hand for neck and head. My co-worker asked about power in the open hand strike. We held a NY phonebook up against an oak door and I punched it as hard as I could with a left fist, I was meaning for him to hear the impact to get an idea how hard it was bein' hit.
Well, I broke my nuckle on the spot. Gorram did that hurt!! But as long as I was showin' him, I hit it again with a right open hand and the resultant "thud" was enough to prove that the open hand strike had signifigantly more force behind it.
Don't know how this plays here, but the dudes at my Wing Chun class were rollin'.

Chrisisall

CHRISISALL

Monday, April 4, 2005 8:56 PM

I swear this is absolutly true...
I was asked about open hand vs. closed fist, and my answer was fist for body and open hand for neck and head. My co-worker asked about power in the open hand strike. We held a NY phonebook up against an oak door and I punched it as hard as I could with a left fist, I was meaning for him to hear the impact to get an idea how hard it was bein' hit.
Well, I broke my nuckle on the spot. Gorram did that hurt!! But as long as I was showin' him, I hit it again with a right open hand and the resultant "thud" was enough to prove that the open hand strike had signifigantly more force behind it.
Don't know how this plays here, but the dudes at my Wing Chun class were rollin'.

(this was a few years ago when I was young(er) and stupid(er) )

Chrisisall

JUKO

Tuesday, April 5, 2005 12:27 AM

It all depends on the type of strike. A closed-fist punch typically tries to drive the fist through the target, whereas an open-palmed strike generally strikes the target and stops quickly, with the result that most of the force from an open-palmed strike is confined to the physical strike itself rather than the follow-through as in a closed-fisted strike.

Additionally, knuckle-punches are occasionally used in certain martial arts (a knuckle punch is made by bending the first and second joints of your fingers down, and contacting with the flat surface of the middle joints of the fingers). However, if you haven't been taught to punch in this fashion correctly, don't do it. If you do it incorrectly (such as striking with the points of your knuckles) you will break your fingers. Let me repeat: if you haven't been taught how to use this punch correctly, don't do it or you will break your fingers.

Personally, I think punching is over-rated. Nothing like a good, old-fashioned flying drop kick to stop a fight. :)

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CHRISISALL

Tuesday, April 5, 2005 12:35 AM

Points well taken. It's my notion, however that a punch will break a nose, where a palm could break a neck (allowing for placement, timing, inertia, etc.)
And yeah, a good drop kick WILL end most trouble.( jus' not against them which see it a comin')

Chrisisall

MER

Wednesday, July 6, 2005 4:20 AM

Oh! Not to mention kicking. Especially REALLY hard in the Shins and groin if necessary (sorry guys)

FIGHTON4GOD

Wednesday, July 6, 2005 6:04 AM

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CHRISISALL

Wednesday, July 6, 2005 3:08 PM

Wow! Haven't seen this thread in a while!
Kicking in the groin works only if your attacker is relativly calm, that is if he's confident of overtaking you in a more or less planned way. If he's real angry you should always try to break something (finger, knee, windpipe), and quickly. It's amazing the level of pain that can be suppressed by a little anger and a lot of adreneline. If you can damage something, not just hurt for the sake of pain, you have a better chance of escaping (and that's the point, most of us can't take a fight to the end like Max or Buffy).

Fight instructor Chrisisall

CHRISISALL

Wednesday, July 6, 2005 3:30 PM

A lot of books could be written by them on this board. Check out this thread here for some really good fighting Browncoat stories! http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=2&t=9357

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