How to throw a punch

Step 6 Training

Reading this instructable is pretty useless if you do not practice. The first time you get hit, all of this information will instantly leave your mind and you will revert to instinct (often just flailing your arms). The ideal situation is to join a karate school or boxing club so that bad habits are caught early on (remember in the movie "Karate Kid," how poorly he fought when he was just practicing moves from a book?). The tips below will help in your home training.

1. THE MOST IMPORTANT: Only throw your punches 90%. Otherwise, you risk hyper-extending your elbow, which can create lasting damage to your joint and limit your training.

2. Use a heavy bag. If you only practice shadowboxing, you will not be prepared for the "equal and opposite reaction" when you punch something solid. Also, you may roll your wrist and damage it. (wear gloves with wrist support to prevent this in training).

3. Push-ups on knuckles. See photos below for proper technique.

I hope this instructable was a help to you!
Scott

Comments

[pancho del rancho]

u mind telling me why do them on your knucles will it make them tougher or something and will it cause damge if u do to many consequtive also wat type of material will it be good to do them all i have is tile and some creepy carpet

[Argon27]

Doing the push-ups on your fists strengthens your wrists so your wrist doesn't collapse under the force of the punch.

[nakigara]

also the stress on the bones should help to strengthen them directly, as well as maybe teaching you a bit of 'muscle memory' so you are more likely to strike with the first two knuckles when you throw a punch.

and you'll get some cool looking callouses on your knuckles

[freerunnin1]

I have dense bones and dead nerve endings in my hands, I can punch a brick wall and feel only slight discomfort, the only problem is my wrists collapse :L I'll be doing this, we had to do this is tae kwon do on a wooden floor, hurt like hell a i was only 10 :P but that was years ago now :)

[onepunchonekill]

more likely because your joint will be hyper extended and broken by your opponent...

[the commentor]

Amen. Beware of jujitsu practitioners.

[creator 1]

in my system, we use a horizontal punch usually. only in katas do we sometimes use vertical punches. also i could not tell, but do you do your push ups on your two first knuckles. that's how we do them in our system. you should also try doing them on your wrists.

[creator 1]

never mind, i just saw how you use the two first knuckles.