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Punching by Chris Thomas

Pure Punching Power: Karate-do Punch vs Karate-jutsu Punch

In this article a Medical Doctor Examines Karate-Do and Karate-Jutsu to find out which system has a better karate punch. Much has been made of...
Bare-Knuckle Boxing and Si-Gung, Karl Godwin

The Revival Of Bare-knuckle Boxing

Most people today think of fighting systems as Asian. Some also even think of Brazil or Israel, but most don’t think of martial arts...
Joe Lewis Flying Sidekick

Jump Kicks

Jump kicks are one of the most popular martial arts techniques. Various martial arts experts agree that these kicks are one of the most...
De Ashi Harai is the Judo Jab

De Ashi Harai is like the Judo Jab

Just as in boxing, where it is said that "Everything works off the jab", in Judo it might be said that "Everything works off...
National Geographic Fight Science

Martial Arts Vs Crash Test Dummies

How many of you out there have ever wondered just how powerful a good karate spinning back fist is compared to a boxing right...
Power of a Muay Thai Kick

Power of a Muay Thai Kick

Bob Chaney has been getting his kicks out of life via the marital for almost five decades.  With a background in traditional Japanese Karate,...

Science of Bruce Lee’s One-Inch Punch

Forget all those broken boards and crumbled concrete slabs. No feat of martial arts is more impressive than Bruce Lee’s famous strike, the one-inch...

Footwork, Footwork, Footwork

The single biggest distinction between fitness and martial arts training is whether participants move or remain stationary, and the key is learning footwork. However they...
Self-defense Sequence

Your Secret Self-Defense Sequence

Unconscious Machine Gun of Moves When people come into my self-defense gyms one of the first things I teach them is to have a defensive...
Gary Dill Jeet Kune Do

Jeet Kune Do Knock Out Potential: Developing JKD Power in Your Punch

We have all observed students execute a punch or strike but upon contact there was just no impact power. When I was involved in...
Ed McGraths School of Isshin Ryu

Palm Heel Strike & Foot Stomp Technique Explained

In honor of Don Nagle's American Karate Association, Ed McGrath's School of Isshin Ryu Karatedo and Kobudo  we would like to share our explanation...
Thomas Kurz Stretching

8 Stretch Yourself: Questions And Answers On Practicing the High Roundhouse Kick

This is the eighth installment of my column on training that appeared in May 2000 issue of TaeKwonDo Times. This article answers questions about...
Phil Ross Punching Speed

Punching Power

Punching and striking speed are tantamount to success in competition and on the street. But throwing a punch too fast, with no control, will...

Young Bo Kong Taekwondo Counters

Take Kwon Do Grand Master Young Bo Kong as spent a lifetime perfecting his skills in the ancient art of Korean hand and foot...
Michael Fuchs Foot Work

Footwork Training In Martial Arts – An Introduction

In response to a comment a respected martial arts teacher recently made to me that he felt that footwork training was becoming a lost...

How To Throw A Knock Out Punch

It’s a relatively well known fact that to throw a knock out punch you should put your body into it. This might sound simple...