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Originally Posted by Aaron04
You put your elbow(s) in front of your face, and when the person throws a punch, you cover with the elbow, allowing the punch to run directly into it. The person throwing the punch would feel like he had just punched a brick wall. In a street fight I was once involved in, this actually happened. He threw a right cross at my face, and I used an elbow destruction on his fist. I actually felt the bones in his hand shatter. When he hit my elbow, instead of his hand bouncing off of it, it kept going. I actually felt his closed fist feel soft and mushy.
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Ouch!
I've used a destruction in boxing (with gloves of course) against a right cross and my partner said it gave him a slight sharp pain down his fist. He was still able to hit with his right hand though. I wondered what it would do if it landed without the glove...your post answered my question.
I prefer to hit with the heel of my palm for that very reason. You give up a few inches in reach but the heel of the palm is so much harder than the knuckles. You can jab, cross or hook a palm heel at full speed into a brick wall and have your hands in good shape.
Doing pushups seems to condition the hands for this.
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