Martial Arts - The Ultimate Punching Power

There have been a lot of debate and controversysnapping and tensing at the end of the punch will
regarding how to achieve maximum punchingexplode the ultimate power right at impact.
power in various martial arts. Once you knowThe common mistakes that students make in
about this little secret it will allow you to have thepunching because the lack of knowledge in the
ultimate punch in your favorite fighting art.above 2 steps:
It isn't the speed of your arm movement that will- They will tense up their whole arm and fist right
determine the ultimate power in your punch. A lotfrom the start.
of martial artist will train their punches with- They will tense up their whole body.
dynamic tension, tensing from start to the end of- Tensing up will make them raise their shoulders
the punch or gradually tensing your punch fromduring the punching cycle.
start to finish.- They get to tight and this makes them
I think the majority of teachers and students aresomewhat powerful but they lose their speed in
confused about the right and wrong way to trainthe process.
their punches.Important:
Let me give you my way that works every timeIt's never the start that is important but the end
and it doesn't matter what type of martial artsor target where you need to snap and get your
you train:fist, arm and hips tight right at the moment of
1. The only thing you have to concentrate on andimpact. If you don't follow the relax to snapping
do is to keep your punching hand relax until youto tight scenario then you won't be able to have
reach the target at a 99.9% level. The last 1/10maximum punching power.
of 1% is where you must make sure that youReview:
snap and twist your wrist as fast as possible.Keep your fist and punching arm relax until you
2. This relaxing and snapping the wrist at the endget to the moment of impact and then snap your
of the punch will enable you to have the ultimatewrist and fist as fast as you can at impact.
speed to get your fist to the target and then the