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Several items are necessary to a punch for it to be effective. Focus must be to a precise spot in space. It must have no energy in it.
That is exactly what I said, a punch must be empty. You probably know that the word Karate means 'Empty Hands.' People have assumed that you won't be using weapons, but they are wrong. What it really means is that the hand has no energy, and thus no mass, and is actually empty in the sense of physics.
To strike without using mass is an interesting sensation. In its purest altitude, it means that you do not feel the strike This would mean that you are not really inside the body, that you are outside the body and throwing it around like a big freakin' ghost would throw a chair.
On lesser levels it means that you don't experience the sensation of weight. Why can a child bend his legs and run under a table with no effort, when if you bent your legs and did the same thing it would take tremendous effort? Because the child hasn't absorbed the concept of weight, yet.
So how do you learn the concept of having no weight? You do it by training yourself mentally. You train the mind to have the body follow directions, and this is done easily through the simple fact of forms.
People who don't think much of of forms haven't done them sufficient to see what happens at the end. You become lightly removed from your body when you master a form, and you experience different perceptions when it comes to motion. It is very interesting feel the whistling sensation of being an object thrown through space when you do a form.
Fortunately, this is a pleasant sensation, and yet, when done in a strike, it results in the unbelievable damage to an opponent. Simply, he doesn't have a defense for something that has become part of the whole universe, and seems to defy concepts of time and perception. This, incidentally, is the feeling of mind of no mind, Mushin no shin.
In the end, let me tell you that you must practice feeling no weight, but when you strike, your body is going to weigh the same, and then some, to your opponent. Just because you have taken your mind off considering weight doesn't mean that the weight isn't there. Actually, it is even more there, because your opponent is going to have greater consideration for incoming weight when it moves ever faster and without any consideration for his...safety.
That is exactly what I said, a punch must be empty. You probably know that the word Karate means 'Empty Hands.' People have assumed that you won't be using weapons, but they are wrong. What it really means is that the hand has no energy, and thus no mass, and is actually empty in the sense of physics.
To strike without using mass is an interesting sensation. In its purest altitude, it means that you do not feel the strike This would mean that you are not really inside the body, that you are outside the body and throwing it around like a big freakin' ghost would throw a chair.
On lesser levels it means that you don't experience the sensation of weight. Why can a child bend his legs and run under a table with no effort, when if you bent your legs and did the same thing it would take tremendous effort? Because the child hasn't absorbed the concept of weight, yet.
So how do you learn the concept of having no weight? You do it by training yourself mentally. You train the mind to have the body follow directions, and this is done easily through the simple fact of forms.
People who don't think much of of forms haven't done them sufficient to see what happens at the end. You become lightly removed from your body when you master a form, and you experience different perceptions when it comes to motion. It is very interesting feel the whistling sensation of being an object thrown through space when you do a form.
Fortunately, this is a pleasant sensation, and yet, when done in a strike, it results in the unbelievable damage to an opponent. Simply, he doesn't have a defense for something that has become part of the whole universe, and seems to defy concepts of time and perception. This, incidentally, is the feeling of mind of no mind, Mushin no shin.
In the end, let me tell you that you must practice feeling no weight, but when you strike, your body is going to weigh the same, and then some, to your opponent. Just because you have taken your mind off considering weight doesn't mean that the weight isn't there. Actually, it is even more there, because your opponent is going to have greater consideration for incoming weight when it moves ever faster and without any consideration for his...safety.
About the Author:
Al Case has practiced the martial arts for forty plus years. You can learn The Perfect Punch at Monster Martial Arts.
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