Super Quote

I don’t care if you study Uechi ryu or shotokan or kenpo, or whatever, you’re going to need a powerful fist. I don’t care if it is boxing or Krav maga or tae kwon do, you’re going to need a fist that knocks them down the first time! Even if you’re in Aikido or Tai Chi, you’re going to need some kind of real power, or at least know what power is so you can properly handle it.

The funny thing is that a powerful punch is easy to get if you follow a couple of easy instructions. You don’t have to pound your delicate hand against a telephone pole. You don’t have to lance your delicate fingers into boxes of sand.

As with most things in this world, once you know the knowledge behind something, that something is easy to understand and do. Thus, the first thing you need to know in developing a killer punch is simple. That one thing you need to understand is…weight.

This universe has only objects flying through space. When objects collide there is the sensation of weight. The more weight involved in the collision, the more effect there is going to be.

To effectively strike somebody, your fist must sail through space and come into collision. Now, if the body your fist is colliding with weighs a couple of hundred pounds, then you are going to have to have a couple of hundred pound strike. Well, you could multiply the 20 pounds of your arm by ten times the velocity, but there are easier ways to make this happen.

The easiest way is to lineup the parts of your body behind the punch. Your arm may be 20 pounds, but if you can add your limbs and your torso and even your head to the punch, you can weigh, especially when you times your weight by velocity, 200 pounds. Heck, if you can put a hundred pounds of body weight behind that fist, and then multiple it by a simple ten, you are going to have a thousand pound slammer!

First, do lots of push ups, and when your arms get strong and able to absorb the shock, start jumping your push ups into the air. Second, do your form slowly, looking at the pieces of your body, and learn to assemble them into one movement. Three, set up a six foot tall box, pad it, make it weigh 200 pounds, and practice shoving it across the floor with your punch.

The funny things is that this method is so simple that everybody overlooks it. And, to be truthful, nobody really understands the importance of gauging weight in the martial arts. But, whether you do tai chi chuan, pa kua chang, Chinese Kenpo, tae kwon do, or any of the forms of classical karate, you need to understand weight, and you need to implement some form of the training method I have detailed here if you want The Most Powerful Punch in The World!

Al Case has learned the martial arts for over 40+ years. He has written hundreds of articles for the magazines. You can find out more about The Most Powerful Punch on Earthh at Monster Martial Arts.