When in a fighting stance, should I still twist my arm and hips with my punches?

Question

Just as you do with practise throwing Seiken or Gyakazukis to warm up, realistaclly should I still put that twist into my punches from an on gaurd position as my place of chambering and throw my hip with it? Or in real life fighting do you do it all differantly? I am a woman and never been in a real life fight so I want to hear some experiences and opinions of people who have had real life fights and what worked and did not work. No answer is a bad answer so long as you are not mean to me..=]~ I dont mean to ask a stupid question but I know that practise and real life are differant and I have just reached the point at purple belt to start learning and am being taught real life technique from training warm ups.

Answer 1

Definately do that. Why? Because your basics training is teaching you to throw your punch like a bullet going down a barrel of a gun. So when in a RL situation you still want to use that twist for it adds more impact to the punch like the bullet down the gun. The hips you use much like boxers do so Id do both as you are thinking.

Answer 2

In a real fight, more than likely you wont have time to throw that type of punch...unless you're extremely quick, and you definitely won't be able to recover in time. I have been in fights and spar regularly. The hip movement is good for generating power but is very slow and puts you in a bad position if you're fighting anyone besides a heavy bag or an old lady. In a 'real' fight, your should focus on the attacks you can get out quickly, using those to set your opponent up for the hip-twisting power moves. The reason you practice so much with hip movement is because it is very good to have that type of power when necessary. But fighting a moving, resisting opponent will make it very hard for you to land those types of strikes. Just spar if you can. Get a good idea of actually fighting another person. That's the closest way to know how your techniques will work in a fight.

Answer 3

well yeah, using the twist from the hip helps to give you a little more power when you punch or kick.

that is where a lot of you're power or technique really comes from.

consider this when you see footage of boxers, watch how their strikes come from the feet to the hip and into their punching technique.

this can also translate into your own techniques, and developing this through practice will improve your punching and kicking techniques.

a real fight is going to be quick, so you want to make every possible strike or counter count so that you can walk away from it. your warmup training will help you develop this for use in an actual fight, but prob'ly by the time you'll need it, you'll have developed it enough to do it without having to think about what to do, so I would'nt worry too much about it.

good luck in your training, and stick with it

Answer 4

The twisting of the arms does add a different force to the punch but it all really depends upon your stance. In a fight you shouldn't be standing with the palm of your fist facing straight upwards at all, nor should you hands even be clenched into fists. Keep your arms up, and relaxed, your fingers curled but not clenched. As to what position your hands should be in, well, pretty much anything besides straight up. Bruce Lee, who spent his life trying to find the most effective means of self defense, the ultimate wushu, and who came back from a paralytic back injury to not only walk again but to become an even better fighter, had a variety of different poses for the hands. I recomend leaving your leading hand slightly out past your other hand and and in a natural state of relaxation while the other stays just behind in in a defensive position, in order to grab at wrists or turn aside blows better. In an offensive position, curl the fingers more and keep your dominant hand back, palms mostly down, and slightly tilted inward, ready to lash out quickly. Give a straight punch out to start off, after an initial blow they should be somewhat disoriented, to follow up. Being a woman and likly at a mass disadvantage to a male, if you are not confident with your grappling skills and they are a large or overly muscled opponent, step out a bit after an initial attack. Let them come to you, and use their blind attack to step out of the way as you deliever blows or throw kicks at knees, shins, or groin. Another great target is the throat, although be careful, throat blows can result in death if delievered too fiercely. If you are confident with your grappling skills or have studied Judo, or Juijitsu, step in and pin or throw them, their mass makes no difference once they are pinned, and if a disadvantage too them if they are off balance.

In short, the showy up spinning punches you may see at the beggining of karate workouts are not to be used in figths, although you are right in using your hips. Always put your hips and shoulders behind a punch, thats where your power comes from.

(Many styles of Karate in general are showy, or not based in reality. Also, some of the most effective punches can be witnessed by boxers, even if they are not thought of as martial artists.)

Answer 5

practice throwing a instantly punch. maximum folk flail their hands out to the aspect even as punching, it truly is in all likelihood organic instinct, yet is a waste of action. in case you artwork on throwing your punches instantly out, you'd be prior to the game, throwing harder punches that are literally not as extremely blocked. also, once you're making a fist, keep your thumb outdoors of something of your hand. ideally, you should locate a way for it to assist in conserving your different knuckles tighter mutually to form a harder fist. once you strike your opponent, attempt to finish that with the area between the middle and ring finger's base knuckles, as it truly is meant to be the hardest element of your fist. (note the bridge formed once you're making your fist?) also, attempt to characteristic your arm twist as you throw your punch. this is not consistently achievable, and also you want to coach doing it, inspite of the indisputable fact that it's going to make your punches extra effective. One very last note, besides the actual incontrovertible truth that one human being after me stated great places for impressive to end a warfare of words, i might want to signify impressive the shoulders as troublesome and as straight away as achievable. this may likely dodge your opponent from throwing significant punches. in the journey that your opponent throws his punches contained in the arcing action, strike the bicep first and then lay into the shoulder.

Answer 6

Yes, twisting your arms adds another muscle, therefore more power and twisting your hips also increases power.

Answer 7

The Hips is where the power should come from.