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My punching training was really simple. I had two strikes: 1. Straight punch to the solar plexus 2. Uppercut to below the chin (going up and forward) I did these for ten years. I never worried about punching to the face, or to the bicep, or to various nerve clusters, or other weird targets. Then I met a friend who used a ton of targets I'd never thought ...

What is precision? There's a misconception about what it means to be precise, so to illustrate, let's examine two options: OPT1: A direct punch going straight out. OPT2: A punch that follows the target. If we attempt to strike a given moving target, it is the natural inclination to want to follow the target (OPT2) as we strike. This extends the length of ...

Limits to punching precision The limit to punching precision is precisely hitting your intended target. Many boxers, kickboxers, MMA fighters, karateka and so on do this regularly. Watch Matsui's 100-man kumite, or an Anderson Silva highlight, or a Floyd Mayweather match. They hit their targets, period. Their accuracy is 100% on many punches. You aren't ...

Knowing which MA you are studying is important in tailoring your precision techniques, as with anything else relating to a particular MA style. However this only becomes more crucial at the stage when you are already an advanced student in that discipline. Here is why: I guess you would agree that what you really mean is how to hit a target with precision. ...