Palm strikes...

Sticky hand drills?

exactly!

[Tom Yum]

don't we all use palm techniques when there are no women in our lives....

Sticky hand drills?

Nothing like a crazed woman to help you work on your defense!

don't we all use palm techniques when there are no women in our lives....

[Yinboxer]

You know the usual female being pissed at boyfriend thing. But that was the LAST time I allowed her to get a hit in.

Nothing like a crazed woman to help you work on your defense!

[47MartialMan]

You know the usual female being pissed at boyfriend thing. But that was the LAST time I allowed her to get a hit in.

[Yinboxer]

My wife, who was my girlfriend way back then hit me with a palm strike a week after I had shown her.

What did you do to piss her off? Or is she just a psycho who likes to beat on her boyfriend? I guess you guys worked things out since you married her!

[47MartialMan]

My wife, who was my girlfriend way back then hit me with a palm strike a week after I had shown her.

[Yinboxer]

I know exactly which time you're talking about, and while he did break his hand, you best believe that guy fell down. He cracked his head off the street and had a severe concussion and a fractured jaw.

Perhaps I was mistaken. However, It is not necessary to break your hand on someone to do damage. There are more preferable techniques.

[koto_ryu]

Just ask Mike Tyson how well a punch works when you aren't wearing gloves! I believe he broke his hand punching a guy in the face, and the other guy didn't even fall down!

I know exactly which time you're talking about, and while he did break his hand, you best believe that guy fell down. He cracked his head off the street and had a severe concussion and a fractured jaw.

[Yinboxer]

Striking with open hands allows the "CHI" to flow more naturally allowing you to focus more power. Also, palm strikes are great because you are able to deliver more snap in them thus producing more power.

sdizier

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An open palm is also more "flexible" than a fist. Try it yourself. Make a fist, stretch your arm out and turn it as far as it will go. Now, open your hand and you will notice that you can turn it even further.

To make a comparison with nature, what animal punches in a fight? A gorilla will slap you, a bear will swat you, a tiger will claw you (a "palm" with claws) and a monkey will slap and pinch you. I'm not saying you need to imitate the animals in your fighting style, It's just an observation.

Just ask Mike Tyson how well a punch works when you aren't wearing gloves! I believe he broke his hand punching a guy in the face, and the other guy didn't even fall down! Punches do have their place, they are good for soft targets. Palm strikes are good for hard targets like the head.

[BaguaBoxer]

palm strike

also the area which you hit the person is important to the effectiveness of your palm strike

[47MartialMan]

I have been KO and Ko with the palm strike

[BaguaBoxer]

palm strikes

Kung-Fu does rely on palm strikes but it has many other attacks as well. The effectiveness of your palm strike will go up if you practice things such as iron palm where you strike progressivly harder surfaces with diffrent hand positions(effectively conditionong your whole hand) and rubbing certain ointments on it to keep deforming and permanent injury from happening. Some iron palm systems conditioning takes only 4 months of conditioning others take years such as longpalm.

[Bruised&Bashed]

Palm strikes can easily knock someone out and they don't have to be precision techniques at all.

In fact, a palm strike to the side of the jaw can break it...as proof take my brother's jaw, which I smashed in a horrific display of poor control when I was much younger and foolish. Luckily they mend quite well...but he still smiles funny

[koto_ryu]

Pancrase used to only allow open-hand strikes as well, due to the risk of damaging a fighter's knuckles in the ring. Watch some of Bas Rutten's fights and you'll see how well a palm strike can knock someone out