Hmm I'll figure it out tonight or tomorrow
@gpseymour @Kung Fu Wang the video should be viewable now. Keep in mind A: it isnt a drill for body unification as a whole, just a way to learn how to keep your elbow in, and B: the movement in the legs/hip are just to show the drill doesn't impede with any other movements, so it should work no matter how you generate power.
That's a nice, simple drill for correcting (actually, creating awareness, which leads to correction) a pretty common mistake.
The thing i like about it is that you literally cannot ignore the issue. So you're forced to correct it if you want to keep punching
It looks to me that your elbow and knee are coordinated.
You can also consider that every step is to use your shin bone to smash on the side of your opponent's leg (to establish a leg bridge). IMO, the intention of kicking and forward stepping are not the same.
They very well may be, but that's more a result of ingrained habits, not the drill.
If your hand and foot stop at the same time, you should achieve the 3 harmony already. Unless when your punch stop, but your leg is still moving (or the other way around).
I agree fully, but thats not the point of the drill i showed. That drill is purely about keeping your elbow in (which can be done without losing out on body unification)
The discussion started from your concern.
- In training your body pushes your arm (for power).
I should correct my previous statement (not my concern). I want my arm and shoulder in line, I don't want my elbow in line with anything. I want my elbow doing as little movement as possible.
That is an interesting analogy. Where are the 3 springs relative to the body?
Each limb can be a spring. So it can be as many as 4 springs.
That was my ponder. This leads to the segmented movement argument. I can make a finite amount of power if I use only my arm or leg. With my back pressed to a wall for example. They are a spring in the functional sense but with potential energy only. When I add the powerful spring in my mid-section the strike is exponentially stronger. So if the arms and legs are springs, I would add that the waist is also a spring. And you could argue that the shoulders and hips are also springs.
When you execute a throw, you will
My thoughts on this is the body is one large spring working together. If I had to break it into three sections I would say it's the legs, spine, and arms, but they should all flow/work as one.
^^^^hands before the feet.
