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"when you punch someone you need to pull your arm back, before you launch it forward. If you don’t your hit will be weak." It's a cute way to think in opposite
by kstenerud 7y ago
"when you punch someone you need to pull your arm back, before you launch it forward. If you don’t your hit will be weak."
It's a cute way to think in opposites, but unfortunately as punching advice, it's untrue. Punch force comes from body mass x acceleration, not arm mass x acceleration.
- onion2k 7y agoBruce Lee taught a martial arts technique that relied on not pulling back first - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-inch_punch https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-inch_punch
- kstenerud 7y agoIt's also the basic premise of punching in Western boxing.
- User23 7y agoIt’s almost as if it were basic lever physics
- loriverkutya 7y agoHe pulled back, just not his arm but other muscles in his body.
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- im3w1l 7y agoDid you mean to comment on this? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20610839 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20610839
- amelius 7y agoThe problem with punches is the reaction force. Better to not punch at all.