Tony
Black Belt
Last night we were practicing on the pads with strikes, chain punches, then slapping the pads, then Leapard strikes, and finally palm strikes.
I found that with my palm strikes I was scraping the skin on my fingers because I had bad technique. It was so tricky because the strikes themselves didn't feel they had any power on the pad as you are only using the first knuckles. The proper technique with leapard strikes as you make know is with your right hand in a leapard hand outward circle round so you hit the left side of the target and then your left leapard strike with the right side all in a circular motion, but on the pad it doesn't feel that effective, although I know it would be a lot more effective on someone's neck or face.
I also remember my last grading where we were punchig the pads and having to twist from one stance to the other and the assistant instructor was telling me to use the first two knuckles of my fist as I was badly scraping my hand again.
Does anyone here have the same trouble using the correct technique each time?
I found that with my palm strikes I was scraping the skin on my fingers because I had bad technique. It was so tricky because the strikes themselves didn't feel they had any power on the pad as you are only using the first knuckles. The proper technique with leapard strikes as you make know is with your right hand in a leapard hand outward circle round so you hit the left side of the target and then your left leapard strike with the right side all in a circular motion, but on the pad it doesn't feel that effective, although I know it would be a lot more effective on someone's neck or face.
I also remember my last grading where we were punchig the pads and having to twist from one stance to the other and the assistant instructor was telling me to use the first two knuckles of my fist as I was badly scraping my hand again.
Does anyone here have the same trouble using the correct technique each time?