Originally posted by greendragon
I am kind of following along the same mindset as "hapkidoist", we also don't use a standard karate reverse punch, you know, low front stance and high chambered fist tucked against the ribcage and then rolling the whole fist over during the punch, the way I learned it in Goju Ryu and in some TKD classes, we do a vertical punch also, and sometimes it doesn't even make it totally vertical, basically about 45 degree angled, it feels very natural, the fist also doesn't close until the last second, Hapkido has dozens of different strikes, pokes, slashes, chops, etc... we use about everything,, I think what you are thinking of as a reverse punch is what we would call a right cross,,, in other words you are stiking with your fist that doesn't have the same foot forward,, we love to do the standard left jab, right cross combo from boxing, I have seen many people get knocked out with that simple combo. And I am not talking in competition either, good ole street fu if you know what I mean....
Michael Tomlinson
oh and by the way, we have all three variations of that front kick you described in Hapkido and they are all named as seperate kicks!! Sometimes I look back on all my curriculum belt sheets thru the years and it is amazing how many techniques we actually have in Hapkido,,,, do you dudes agree?