G95champ Posted June 21, 2003 Posted June 21, 2003 The Karate punch is generally mostly arm, whereas the boxing punch incorporates full body weight. DO WHAT???? Nothing in karate is only one body part.... I mean nothing. Everything goes from the feet to the legs to the hips to the torso to the shoulder to the arm and out the fist. What style of MA do you study? Boxers use hips as well but no were close to the extent a traditional karate student will.... (General George S. Patton Jr.) "It's the unconquerable soul of man, and not the nature of the weapon he uses, that ensures victory."
G95champ Posted June 21, 2003 Posted June 21, 2003 Karate does use Hip Rotation Momentive Power (HRMP) but not to its full potential. I blame it on the forms. Being forced to keep your torso squared and rigid as you throw said punch starts a lot of bad habits. You can't deny the difference in a boxer's punch and a Karatekas. You have never seen kata done correctly then. Bassai Dai, Kanku Dai, Hangetsu, are just 3 that comes to mind where you will see some killer hip movement. If you don't see it early on in the Heian kata you are missing out as well. Again I don't know where you saw or learned about karate at but someone is giving you some bad info on it espically when we are talking about Shotokan. Almost every MA on here will tell you that Shotokan's power is only matched by MT because of our hip movement. (General George S. Patton Jr.) "It's the unconquerable soul of man, and not the nature of the weapon he uses, that ensures victory."
Kirves Posted June 21, 2003 Posted June 21, 2003 There's an excellent video available from Marco Lala (his website: http://www.fightingsecrets.com/ ) called "Karate-Boxing Connection" which explains the differences and similarities between the two striking systems.
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