Methods of Power Delivery

[greytowhite]

I don't really like the term "power generation" as I don't feel like this is something I'm making more like letting happen. I've been putting together a list of the various methods I've been exposed and where I learned it. Please, feel free to comment, by no means do I mean this to be a comprehensive list. Also, I've only got various pieces of each of these so far, so much work ahead.


Isolated strength

• Tension
  
  
• Strength training
  

Heaviness

• Maximum tension, relaxation (Systema)
  
  
• Stretching
  
  
• Neigong
  

• Shiko (not knee walking but the “sumo stomp”)
  
  
• Squat exercises ala Baji/Aunkai
  

Centerline power - strike from centerline out, grab from out into center

• Little Idea Form
  
  
• Some Yiquan strength testing
  

Box - limits of hips and torso alignment

• Little Idea Form
  
  
• Shaolin
  

External Harmonies - Hip/shoulder, elbow/knee, hand/foot above each other on same side

• Standing meditation
  
  
• Yiquan strength testing
  

Elastic Power

• Bouncing exercises
  
  
• Circle walking
  
  
• Plum flower posts
  
  
• Shiko
  

Wave - Crashing (up/down front or back of torso)

• Xingyi - Front of torso Chopping and Crushing/Back of torso Cannon and Drilling
  
  
• Neigong
  

Crossing - Harmonies but now opposite sides

• Silk reeling
  
  
• Push hands
  

Shaking - Like a wet dog

• Chen silk reeling (kua figure 8)
  

Side power - Opening and closing the rib cage/kua

• Lion bagua
  
  
• Shiko
  
  
• Xingyi sparrowhawk
  

Unit power - Whole body’s mass arriving at once

• Xingyi stepping
  
  
• Circle Walking
  
  
• Standing Meditation
  

Spiral power

Circle hang

 

[greytowhite]

To clarify I think I was using Yiquan strength testing as an example of single movement drills. I've learned a number of different drills throughout different styles. I've pretty much stopped all wing chun and Japanese stuff.

 

[greytowhite]

Bumping Power

• Weight shift in hips (Chen taiji)
  
• Step through opponent (Xingyi, Bagua)

 

[greytowhite]

Whipping Power

• Isolate parts of limb (backfist)
  
• Whole limb
• Wave
• 4 Ends (foot to hand ala Chen)
• Ripple (tongbei)
• Beng/Pao
• Heavy Arm Swings (aikido)

 

[Anarax]

Power simply comes from muscle conditioning and learning to get multiple muscles to work together to generate explosive power.

 

[mograph]

Power simply comes from muscle conditioning and learning to get multiple muscles to work together to generate explosive power.

I think the OP is talking about means of expressing it, not of creating it or cultivating it. The title is about delivery.

 

[greytowhite]

Power simply comes from muscle conditioning and learning to get multiple muscles to work together to generate explosive power.

Explosive power is not always the goal with many of these.