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**Thai Bri** · 01-11-2006, 01:11 PM

I think the thread misses the point (Sorry Tom!).

It isn't the technique. They almost ALL work. But only if the TRAINING METHOD to learn them is effective.

For example, a right cross isn't all that different from a Karate Reverse Punch. But think of this, who will make it work? The guy who trains against pads, bags and opponents ((with safety equipemnt of course) or the guy who marches up and down a dojo punching at thin air like a robot? Only supplementing it by semi contact sparring (and, of course, the body mechanics of punching hard and pulling punches is vastly different).

So there really is no question of which traditional technique works. It is a question of which training method works.

01-11-2006, 01:11 PM	#11 (permalink)
Thai Bri Premiere Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 5,413 Groans: 1 Groaned at 3 Times in 3 Posts	I think the thread misses the point (Sorry Tom!). It isn't the technique. They almost ALL work. But only if the TRAINING METHOD to learn them is effective. For example, a right cross isn't all that different from a Karate Reverse Punch. But think of this, who will make it work? The guy who trains against pads, bags and opponents ((with safety equipemnt of course) or the guy who marches up and down a dojo punching at thin air like a robot? Only supplementing it by semi contact sparring (and, of course, the body mechanics of punching hard and pulling punches is vastly different). So there really is no question of which traditional technique works. It is a question of which training method works.