Originally Posted by Tom Yum

I'm sold on the concept of relaxed, whipping power in the Chinese martial arts and the full-body thrust type power and short power.

Its a bit different from the explosive power you see in combat sports: it seems harder to tell where its coming from and offers more flexibility in that your initial move can blend into and become alot of different moves (trapping, pulling, strikes from completely different angles) without really having to move - adding one of the key arts of fighting (deception) into your attack.

I'm thinking about putting on a new white belt...