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One more thing and I'll shut up. Punching with your elbows winged out damages you. The ball joint was not meant to punch while still in socket. Its a sport and an effective one at that, but you will have terrible arthritis and shoulder problems for the rest of your life after your short lived career. Enjoy.I just got back from a seminar with Bas Rutten. Class guy, great teacher, very worthwhile stuff...and I am a "smaller person". His stuff would definitely work for me.
One more thing and I'll shut up. Punching with your elbows winged out damages you. The ball joint was not meant to punch while still in socket. Its a sport and an effective one at that, but you will have terrible arthritis and shoulder problems for the rest of your life after your short lived career. Enjoy.
Sean
Your motion either damages you or heals you. There is no should not be a problem claus.Depends on what kind of punch you are talking about. Hooks and roundhouse punches generally need to have the elbow up, to clear the opponent's shoulder. With proper core integration, shoulder use should not be a big problem.
One more thing and I'll shut up. Punching with your elbows winged out damages you. The ball joint was not meant to punch while still in socket. Its a sport and an effective one at that, but you will have terrible arthritis and shoulder problems for the rest of your life after your short lived career. Enjoy.
Sean
Your motion either damages you or heals you. There is no should not be a problem claus.
Sean
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I do not understand what you mean.
I'm talking about your shoulder joint. The body was not meant to with stand impact with the ball still in socket. The pretty Karate punches deal with this problem by taking the ball out of socket before impact. This is the ancient wisdom. And children should learn this... really.Im not either. I mean most physical training thats beneficial for your muscles for example, works by tearing the muscle so it grows back stronger.
I'm talking about your shoulder joint. The body was not meant to with stand impact with the ball still in socket. The pretty Karate punches deal with this problem by taking the ball out of socket before impact. This is the ancient wisdom. And children should learn this... really.
Sean
The pretty Karate punches deal with this problem by taking the ball out of socket before impact. This is the ancient wisdom. And children should learn this... really.
I didn't say teach them wrong.They also cause over-extension of the elbow and damage it instead. The body wasn't meant for striking at ALL, so any and all forms of striking can have repercussions later. The "safest" strikes involve elbow knee strikes themselves, because they are less fragile.
This is modern biology and science.
When someone is still growing the risks and effects of over-extension are much higher. So no, kids should not be learning this, if they keep it up there's a high risk of damage.
When your elbow is anchored you are allowed a more extended punch that is by defenition aligned with your body. I will conceed this method takes conditioning and know how, but that is the whole point of training. I would not recomend teaching kids to keep the elbow winged out because they lack conditioning. Train them to do it right and they won't hurt themselves... unless of course they quit and try to punch like that ten years later. Allright you guys have a small point, but a hat will cover that up.:uhyeah:Nice posts, Shotgun and Tulisan. I was not really understanding what TOD meant. I know there is nothing intrinsically wrong with the "winged" punches. Many folks use them all the time. No more damaging than any other type of punch - assuming proper mechanics.
TOD - Can you elaborate on this? I am not aware of any punching style that deliberately takes 'the ball out of the socket' .
I didn't say teach them wrong.
Sean
First of all, I never said lock out the elbow. This is a resistance punch, and it is not recomended for a person standing at contact range. Our students know that if you don't feel it at the verticle, you abandon this punch. Its not all that difficult.You're missing the point, this has nothing to do with how that type of karate punch is taught. Its the technique itself. Punching that way with your arm fully straightened puts too much pressure on the elbow joint, the shock will damage the ligiments.
This is an especially big problem with teens, and similar effect occurs to their knee joints.