vasilist Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 hello, i am a rookie in boxing (i practise for 1 year with pauses)and i do it for 3 things1-self defense2-fun (like a hobby)- so i avoid, even sparring3- to teach me patience and give me fighting spiritafter that said, i dont really care for correct sport technique, i just wanna be sure that i dont harm my body and that i can defend myselfi always liked the wide hooks and the closed uppercuts, because they seemed more close to my natural stylei recently wanted to start training in open handed hooks (wide or closed)to protect my knuckle and have the knuckles more like a finishing move if i cant do otherwisebasically my question is, about how will i strike with the open hand in hook-like motion? should the thumb point floor or roof?ps, its not that i am a punk and picking on fights, i never fought, just improving myself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JusticeZero Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 That's similar to a galopante, where we turn our body sideways into a lunge perpendicular to the target and use the twist and movement to sling our arm around. Thumb up, arm loose, try to connect with the whole hand centered on the palm heel. Peak impulse based technique, high surface area, low penetration because of the large amount of surface, which means that the tissue that is going to be affected will mostly be surface blood vessels and nerves, though damage to the jawbone or acceleration injury to the brain is not unlikely.If you turn the hand to be thumb down, you are having to pull it in much more tightly in order to present the palm heel at a sufficiently oblique angle; at that point you are probably better off just pulling the hand in a bit further and using the elbow to strike. "Anything worth doing is worth doing badly." - Baleia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushido_man96 Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 That's a nice explanation, Justice. Good advise. https://www.haysgym.comhttp://www.sunyis.com/https://www.aikidoofnorthwestkansas.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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