If you're hitting hard enough to knock someone out or hurt them bad enough to stop them, you might hurt your hand. Whether you're using closed or open hands
Idk. My pinkies and my index finger are bent from landing blows when the person was blocking. Nothing serious though. The joint on the index feels a bit weak when i press an elevator button or whatever the finger aches. All it takes is one bad angle you can't take the punch back
My hands are always on sore after trying punching before. But this video has gave me such an important lesson that would be very useful for me in the future. Targeting the right areas. Thank you so much for this ❤
Another excellent video. Thanks guys. Basic boxing with foul blows added in. There are so many videos out there on fists vs. palms. Using the two large knuckles, proper targeting, and some hand conditioning is the way to go.
I've always been suspicious about the whole no punching thing; i figured it was just my hands that were built different. I punched a wall once (pine board on top of concrete), there are still dents the shape of my first two knuckles on that board. Didn't break my hand, I barely felt it, no pain, just.. a shock running up my arm all the way to my upper back.
Firstly - To use those two knuckles correctly you need to force your fist to be at a right angle i.e. the finger knuckles don't protrude beyond the large knuckles. Check your fist by placing your fist palm down against a wall. If the finger knuckles connect first you have a problem. Remedy is push ups on your fists until you have the correct shaped fist. Also a fist with palm down is weaker at the wrist than a vertical fist so note it is also possible to damage your wrist. Also note that when a fist meets an elbow your fist will come off worse and the same goes for someones head if their forehead is down. Remember if you break your hand you have lost the use of a weapon. Whether you use the horizontal fist (palm down) or vertical fist (palm inwards) depends upon the target and range. Punching correctly house bricks can be broken, incorrectly will permanently damage your hand. Remember boxers wrap their hands for a reason and still some of them break or damage their hands.
The other day I was sharing the corner with a very successful trainer who has produced 4 World Champions. He has been wrapping hands for 50 years successfully and it surprised me how little his wrapping method was... And when I asked why... He said that the smallest and the most simple/basic the wrapping is the better... And he has been successful with it for 5 decades
Also myself, I wrap professional boxer hands like MMA ones... So very small hand-wrapping and up until now, after years... we got no hand injuries ever 🤞🏻
Depends. If you got weak ass wrists. Those two larger knuckles are not good because of alignment. So it messes up the wrist. When it all comes down to it. Its just training you fists on whatever method toward realistic scenarios. From toughening up knuckles. Strengthening wrists and alignment.
I was about to correct this video with bare knuckle lessons from karate about using the top two sets of knuckles.... But.... you gave the exact same lesson. Awesome! I would add one thing, when we twist, its not for safety & its not for power. Its for "targeting". Ideally you want your punch to land in same direction the bones of your target are aligned, to spread the force over as few targets as possible. Example: ribs, they go side to side, they are stacked horizontally. So you want to hit them with your fist turned (palm down or palm up) so that you're hitting one or two of them and not spreading the force over 4-5 of them. It can easily be the difference between breaking one and a nasty bruise. The face is arranged the opposite way and vertical punches hit smaller areas everywhere but the mouth/jaw. One way might wiggle some teeth lose the other is a ko.
I can't take the credit for that, it comes from karate, okinwan Shorin-ryu karate. Which is an og karate. I fortunately had done some boxing before and shopped a lot of Karte schools before finding that one. It has allot of great self defense tips. You fight with tight movements. It looks like Muay Thai and boxing had a baby. That's not to say it's perfect. Like I said, I had some boxing before and so I definitely gleened more from class than most and it has problems. Kata for one, slowest down progression and skill caps you. You don't do head contact until green belt (has 5 belts green is in the middle) and it wastes time with weapons. Unlike boxing which is super focused and raises your skill fast. However boxing has some stuff that doesn't work as well outside the ring. Like hooks that connect with the pinky (as you pointed out) or not having those big gloves to hide behind irl. Plus it's incomplete, no leg attacks no take downs. But given how hard it is to throw kicks in most self defense scenarios because of range boxing by itself leaves you better off than most. Unlike taekwondo, which was useless, The two have left me more than capable of defending my self and I can say have both saved my butt on at least 3 occasions. 2 times I was defending someone else and the third I had no choice it was 3:1. One of those I dropped a guy so hard he didn't wake up for several minutes. Which leads me to another point you need some ground game. That guy, was drunk and could have been restrained, instead of ko-ed in a parking lot. I wish I had known a better way to deal with him. That's why I was looking into Judo / Jiu-Jitsu just before covid. I liked judo it seems to mesh nicely with my stand up game, your milage may vary. If you're still in school go wrestle, while it's free. Anyway the point of all this is 1. I don't think any one thing has all the answers. You should always cross train a couple of things, preferably one striking one grappling. 2. Some things are useless, martial arts are buyer be ware. I find the short list are Boxing, muay Thai, Karate (legit actual karate) - wrestling, judo, BJJ. With the only caveat being something that uses two of those things. Like kudo is karate & judo or sambo judo+grecco Roman wrestling. Everything else is a big maybe.... There is even a problem with finding a place that teaches you the thing is advertised to teach you. Like, some places say "karte" but then it turns out they don't even teach karate. They are using it like an advertising word and instead teach some bs that doesn't work. Or they teach "Muay Thai" but it's really a thai-bo cardio class. It's bs. It's so hard to find a real gym / school. People really should not train wherever they have fun. Those fake mcdojo places should die & the bad styles should die. How is taekwondo in the Olympics? But Karte is not and they made judo modify itself to stay in? That's insane. 3. People need a lesson on how to know if where they are going is even legit. They need to know how to sniff out the bs. I care so much about this, as a kid I went to taekwondo. Like I said. Then one day in high school I was attacked by an adult on the street. I got the crap kicked out of me. Fortunately I didn't get permanently injured. Fortunately my grandfather was a former semi professional boxer. He then started teaching me. With that I could sus out what was legit and what wasn't. Without that I would be a victim, both in the street and in the school. I hope you can, with your platform, come up with a way to pass that knowledge on. The targeting ribs lesson is cool and all but if you can teach people how to find training.... Come up with some kind of a list, like testing under pressure (sparing) at least once a week. Simple moves being the bread and butter (no crazy spinning kicks that don't work when you're cornered), and it being effective against resisting people.... Etc. That is more important for people to understand. And press upon them they have to go out and do it irl. At least then they can get the basics and put up some kind of a fight if the get attacked. Punching back effectively is more important than punching perfectly.
Devils advocate: if you punch with a vertical fist. How can you hit with he top 2 knuckles? Only bottom 3 knuckles bottom would land the index knuckle doesn't. Unless you bend your wrist but then your wrist could sprain? Secondly if you do a push up on the top 2 knuckles - your wrist always buckles. Isn't this proof that the top 2 knuckles for most people are weaker? Not because they'll break but because you aren't as stable?
With vertical fist and specially if you have some conditioning done and your hand is mildly strong at least...your fist still works like a block, nearly like a stone if it's properly close. The irregularity you mentioned actually makes the first 2 knuckles to land first than the other 2 normally in any case. * Very good points in any case
@@raullm6820 thanks for the reply... But how do the first 2 knuckles land in a vertical fist? If you put your fist against a wall in a relaxed position, does your index knuckle touch the wall?
At least in my case I am literally doing it now out of curiosity.... Sorry I can't post a video in the chat apparently! The vertical punch is quite normal in Bare Knuckle Boxing for instance * In any case it's better obviously not to land completely vertical BUT turning the hand and having the index knuckle lets say it at "5 past 1" at least. ** Strengthen the grip and the wrist is also a great thing to do regularly too, so thanks for pointing that out too
Myke Tyson knows how to punch and knows how to make a fist, why did he break his hand when he punched Mitch Green on a street altercation? Also, in MMA with hands wrapped and gloved the most common injury is broken hands. What is you explanation? Thank you in advance for your answers.
@@VicNorth2023 Tyson did not break his hand punching Mitch Green in a street altercation? Tyson's fight with Frank Bruno did not get postponed because of that? Broken hands are not a common injury in MMA? What happens if you stop a fall with your closed fist knuckles instead of you palms? Thank you in advance for clarification
Probably because he was drunk, secondly because no matter how good your punches are there's always a risk and a good chance of hurting your hand ... Also probably Mike landed dozens of punches and it takes only one to get hurt... And of course because Green was also a hell of a fighter and probably knew all the dirty tricks from the book to protect himself with elbows and forehead.
How are you going to knock your way through the wall and get the million pounds without a tool? Going to punch your way through or use palm strikes? That said, I agree with the core idea that in order to avoid injuring yourself, you're better off using some sort of weapon in a fight (probably not a cumbersome sledgehammer though) because it lets you hit something hard with something hard and when one of them breaks it's not a part of your body. To directly compare a punch with a palm strike you'd want to try to keep the body mechanics as close as possible (IE throw a lead hand straight punch vs a lead hand straight palm strike etc.) hit something hard like a brick wall at 10%, 20%, 30% and so on until you break yourself. I'm totally guessing here because I don't want to break my hand (again), but I'd probably break a metacarpal at about 30-40% with a punch and I'm honestly not sure what would happen with a palm strike, it would probably be 60-70% at least before a wrist fracture. It's like if someone pushes you over from behind and you land into a press-up to stop your face hitting the floor, you're not going to double punch your fists into the ground are you, you'd stop yourself with your palms. I realise there are other factors to consider, punches concentrate the kinetic energy into one or two points (the tips of the knuckles) so they have more piercing sort of damage and do much better on soft targets, palm strikes have an inch or two less range than punches, palm strikes leave your fingers floating so they might get caught up in clothing and potentially break like that, palm strikes look better on CCTV and in court because you are "pushing" or "slapping" your attacker. There's a lot more to think about than which lets you hit harder without breaking a bone. Personally I would tend to advise people to use palm strikes for self defence, particularly the Fairbairn combatives type of palm strikes, can't beat a good chin-jab. Punching 100% does work though and it's fine if that's what you're into, boxing is massively popular in the UK and a lot of people have the whole "if all you have is a hammer then all of your problems look like nails" mentality, lets be real you'll probably find 100 martial arts classes that teach punching for every 1 that teaches palm strikes, and none of the palm strike classes are actually sparring with palm strikes. It's understandable why punching would be massively more popular even if it's maybe not as "good".
@@AktarusGoldrake-zb8fs if you punch with good technique, and your hands aren’t conditioned, and you punch in the wrong place, all that power will break those little bones in your hands.
@@raullm6820 Proper self defense skills does include good “punching” skills, true. But I think my two issues are:1) open hand striking is not effective. 2) Boxing skills translate well to both open hand striking and the use of tools (knives/fist loads). We have brains and opposable thumbs, that’s why we kill tigers, elephants, and bears even though we are smaller and slower. Good content though, great channel.
@@ziggydog5091 thanks a lot for the feedback! I disagree about the palm striking though... They can shake your brain and break your nose quite well if used well
Godbless you two guys that knife defence works you safeing some one life how do.no lt works because tried lt your so right all this master wong rubbish spider knife defence grab wrist does not work lam boxer done wing chin can thank you enough for showing me how defend against knife lgeel really confident now yes your right ypu can be fighter put proved lts no hood against aknife lsubcrubed again thank you show much
Sorry mate, but got to disagree with you. 1988 Mike Tyson (at the top of his game) throws a single right cross at Mitch Green in a street altercation. What happens to him from that hit? A fracture of his 3rd metacarpal... (don't believe me, just google it). Is it a guarantee you will hurt your hand? No, but I'm not willing to risk my life in a self defense situation on "It'll...probably...be ok if you punch him...." use the other basic combatives
@@raullm6820 strike hard things with “soft” weapons, strike soft things with hard weapons, remember the whole body is the “fist” don’t have a preference for any particular part, use the “big bones” as weapons. Fighting isn’t like boxing, it is actually more like fencing and football.
Use the empirical data available such as bare knuckle boxing and street fights on UA-cam. Even if you break a knuckle or finger, it’s better than getting KO on the concrete. Most fights I’ve seen in real life and on UA-cam, the more violent puncher wins.
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If you land with the pinky knuckle full power to their forehead you breaking that shit 😂
If you're hitting hard enough to knock someone out or hurt them bad enough to stop them, you might hurt your hand. Whether you're using closed or open hands
Always a risk
Idk. My pinkies and my index finger are bent from landing blows when the person was blocking. Nothing serious though. The joint on the index feels a bit weak when i press an elevator button or whatever the finger aches. All it takes is one bad angle you can't take the punch back
My hands are always on sore after trying punching before. But this video has gave me such an important lesson that would be very useful for me in the future. Targeting the right areas. Thank you so much for this ❤
No problem at all, thank you for the feedback and really glad you found it helpful!👊🏻
Another excellent video. Thanks guys. Basic boxing with foul blows added in. There are so many videos out there on fists vs. palms. Using the two large knuckles, proper targeting, and some hand conditioning is the way to go.
You're welcome Chris! Glad you enjoyed the video mate and thanks very much for watching👊🏻
I've always been suspicious about the whole no punching thing; i figured it was just my hands that were built different. I punched a wall once (pine board on top of concrete), there are still dents the shape of my first two knuckles on that board. Didn't break my hand, I barely felt it, no pain, just.. a shock running up my arm all the way to my upper back.
Firstly - To use those two knuckles correctly you need to force your fist to be at a right angle i.e. the finger knuckles don't protrude beyond the large knuckles. Check your fist by placing your fist palm down against a wall. If the finger knuckles connect first you have a problem. Remedy is push ups on your fists until you have the correct shaped fist. Also a fist with palm down is weaker at the wrist than a vertical fist so note it is also possible to damage your wrist. Also note that when a fist meets an elbow your fist will come off worse and the same goes for someones head if their forehead is down. Remember if you break your hand you have lost the use of a weapon. Whether you use the horizontal fist (palm down) or vertical fist (palm inwards) depends upon the target and range. Punching correctly house bricks can be broken, incorrectly will permanently damage your hand. Remember boxers wrap their hands for a reason and still some of them break or damage their hands.
The other day I was sharing the corner with a very successful trainer who has produced 4 World Champions. He has been wrapping hands for 50 years successfully and it surprised me how little his wrapping method was... And when I asked why... He said that the smallest and the most simple/basic the wrapping is the better... And he has been successful with it for 5 decades
Also myself, I wrap professional boxer hands like MMA ones... So very small hand-wrapping and up until now, after years... we got no hand injuries ever 🤞🏻
Depends. If you got weak ass wrists. Those two larger knuckles are not good because of alignment. So it messes up the wrist. When it all comes down to it. Its just training you fists on whatever method toward realistic scenarios. From toughening up knuckles. Strengthening wrists and alignment.
I was about to correct this video with bare knuckle lessons from karate about using the top two sets of knuckles.... But.... you gave the exact same lesson. Awesome! I would add one thing, when we twist, its not for safety & its not for power. Its for "targeting". Ideally you want your punch to land in same direction the bones of your target are aligned, to spread the force over as few targets as possible. Example: ribs, they go side to side, they are stacked horizontally. So you want to hit them with your fist turned (palm down or palm up) so that you're hitting one or two of them and not spreading the force over 4-5 of them. It can easily be the difference between breaking one and a nasty bruise. The face is arranged the opposite way and vertical punches hit smaller areas everywhere but the mouth/jaw. One way might wiggle some teeth lose the other is a ko.
Taking that onboard. Gracias Marcus
This is great feedback! Thanks Marcus. Very much appreciated👊🏻
I can't take the credit for that, it comes from karate, okinwan Shorin-ryu karate. Which is an og karate. I fortunately had done some boxing before and shopped a lot of Karte schools before finding that one. It has allot of great self defense tips. You fight with tight movements. It looks like Muay Thai and boxing had a baby. That's not to say it's perfect. Like I said, I had some boxing before and so I definitely gleened more from class than most and it has problems. Kata for one, slowest down progression and skill caps you. You don't do head contact until green belt (has 5 belts green is in the middle) and it wastes time with weapons. Unlike boxing which is super focused and raises your skill fast. However boxing has some stuff that doesn't work as well outside the ring. Like hooks that connect with the pinky (as you pointed out) or not having those big gloves to hide behind irl. Plus it's incomplete, no leg attacks no take downs. But given how hard it is to throw kicks in most self defense scenarios because of range boxing by itself leaves you better off than most. Unlike taekwondo, which was useless, The two have left me more than capable of defending my self and I can say have both saved my butt on at least 3 occasions. 2 times I was defending someone else and the third I had no choice it was 3:1. One of those I dropped a guy so hard he didn't wake up for several minutes. Which leads me to another point you need some ground game. That guy, was drunk and could have been restrained, instead of ko-ed in a parking lot. I wish I had known a better way to deal with him. That's why I was looking into Judo / Jiu-Jitsu just before covid. I liked judo it seems to mesh nicely with my stand up game, your milage may vary. If you're still in school go wrestle, while it's free. Anyway the point of all this is
1. I don't think any one thing has all the answers. You should always cross train a couple of things, preferably one striking one grappling.
2. Some things are useless, martial arts are buyer be ware. I find the short list are Boxing, muay Thai, Karate (legit actual karate) - wrestling, judo, BJJ. With the only caveat being something that uses two of those things. Like kudo is karate & judo or sambo judo+grecco Roman wrestling. Everything else is a big maybe.... There is even a problem with finding a place that teaches you the thing is advertised to teach you. Like, some places say "karte" but then it turns out they don't even teach karate. They are using it like an advertising word and instead teach some bs that doesn't work. Or they teach "Muay Thai" but it's really a thai-bo cardio class. It's bs. It's so hard to find a real gym / school. People really should not train wherever they have fun. Those fake mcdojo places should die & the bad styles should die. How is taekwondo in the Olympics? But Karte is not and they made judo modify itself to stay in? That's insane.
3. People need a lesson on how to know if where they are going is even legit. They need to know how to sniff out the bs. I care so much about this, as a kid I went to taekwondo. Like I said. Then one day in high school I was attacked by an adult on the street. I got the crap kicked out of me. Fortunately I didn't get permanently injured. Fortunately my grandfather was a former semi professional boxer. He then started teaching me. With that I could sus out what was legit and what wasn't. Without that I would be a victim, both in the street and in the school.
I hope you can, with your platform, come up with a way to pass that knowledge on. The targeting ribs lesson is cool and all but if you can teach people how to find training.... Come up with some kind of a list, like testing under pressure (sparing) at least once a week. Simple moves being the bread and butter (no crazy spinning kicks that don't work when you're cornered), and it being effective against resisting people.... Etc. That is more important for people to understand. And press upon them they have to go out and do it irl. At least then they can get the basics and put up some kind of a fight if the get attacked. Punching back effectively is more important than punching perfectly.
Very engaging lads 😎
Cheers😁
first time i punched someone i broke my finger, it was agony for the first day or two
Devils advocate: if you punch with a vertical fist. How can you hit with he top 2 knuckles? Only bottom 3 knuckles bottom would land the index knuckle doesn't. Unless you bend your wrist but then your wrist could sprain?
Secondly if you do a push up on the top 2 knuckles - your wrist always buckles. Isn't this proof that the top 2 knuckles for most people are weaker? Not because they'll break but because you aren't as stable?
With vertical fist and specially if you have some conditioning done and your hand is mildly strong at least...your fist still works like a block, nearly like a stone if it's properly close.
The irregularity you mentioned actually makes the first 2 knuckles to land first than the other 2 normally in any case.
* Very good points in any case
@@raullm6820 thanks for the reply... But how do the first 2 knuckles land in a vertical fist? If you put your fist against a wall in a relaxed position, does your index knuckle touch the wall?
At least in my case I am literally doing it now out of curiosity.... Sorry I can't post a video in the chat apparently!
The vertical punch is quite normal in Bare Knuckle Boxing for instance
* In any case it's better obviously not to land completely vertical BUT turning the hand and having the index knuckle lets say it at "5 past 1" at least.
** Strengthen the grip and the wrist is also a great thing to do regularly too, so thanks for pointing that out too
Whoever throws the most punches usually wins... unless you're Jack Johnson.
Absolutely👍🏻
Brilliant upload
Also you do loose a small amount of range with a palm strike
Myke Tyson knows how to punch and knows how to make a fist, why did he break his hand when he punched Mitch Green on a street altercation?
Also, in MMA with hands wrapped and gloved the most common injury is broken hands.
What is you explanation?
Thank you in advance for your answers.
See my comment. Don't believe everything you see/read on UA-cam.
@@VicNorth2023 Tyson did not break his hand punching Mitch Green in a street altercation? Tyson's fight with Frank Bruno did not get postponed because of that? Broken hands are not a common injury in MMA?
What happens if you stop a fall with your closed fist knuckles instead of you palms?
Thank you in advance for clarification
@@rodvan-zeller6360 where did I say he did?
Probably because he was drunk, secondly because no matter how good your punches are there's always a risk and a good chance of hurting your hand ... Also probably Mike landed dozens of punches and it takes only one to get hurt... And of course because Green was also a hell of a fighter and probably knew all the dirty tricks from the book to protect himself with elbows and forehead.
@@raullm6820 Never underestimate your opponent, err on the side of safety, minimize potential damage to yourself.
is it always best to keep your thumbs in when punching?
Just normal closed fist so your thumb is indeed in 90° shape....Unless you are trying to gauge the eyes or pull the nose up
👆🏻 what he said!
How are you going to knock your way through the wall and get the million pounds without a tool? Going to punch your way through or use palm strikes?
That said, I agree with the core idea that in order to avoid injuring yourself, you're better off using some sort of weapon in a fight (probably not a cumbersome sledgehammer though) because it lets you hit something hard with something hard and when one of them breaks it's not a part of your body.
To directly compare a punch with a palm strike you'd want to try to keep the body mechanics as close as possible (IE throw a lead hand straight punch vs a lead hand straight palm strike etc.) hit something hard like a brick wall at 10%, 20%, 30% and so on until you break yourself. I'm totally guessing here because I don't want to break my hand (again), but I'd probably break a metacarpal at about 30-40% with a punch and I'm honestly not sure what would happen with a palm strike, it would probably be 60-70% at least before a wrist fracture.
It's like if someone pushes you over from behind and you land into a press-up to stop your face hitting the floor, you're not going to double punch your fists into the ground are you, you'd stop yourself with your palms.
I realise there are other factors to consider, punches concentrate the kinetic energy into one or two points (the tips of the knuckles) so they have more piercing sort of damage and do much better on soft targets, palm strikes have an inch or two less range than punches, palm strikes leave your fingers floating so they might get caught up in clothing and potentially break like that, palm strikes look better on CCTV and in court because you are "pushing" or "slapping" your attacker. There's a lot more to think about than which lets you hit harder without breaking a bone.
Personally I would tend to advise people to use palm strikes for self defence, particularly the Fairbairn combatives type of palm strikes, can't beat a good chin-jab. Punching 100% does work though and it's fine if that's what you're into, boxing is massively popular in the UK and a lot of people have the whole "if all you have is a hammer then all of your problems look like nails" mentality, lets be real you'll probably find 100 martial arts classes that teach punching for every 1 that teaches palm strikes, and none of the palm strike classes are actually sparring with palm strikes. It's understandable why punching would be massively more popular even if it's maybe not as "good".
Thanks for the feedback. We also did a video about palm strikes. Well used are indeed a great option too
fantastic video guys! 🤘
Thank you bud👊🏻
2:45 this is absolutely wrong.
The less power you put into a punch, the less likely you are to break your hand, the less effective your punch is, so what is the point?
If you punch with good technique it is guaranteed that your punches will have a good bite
@@AktarusGoldrake-zb8fs if you punch with good technique, and your hands aren’t conditioned, and you punch in the wrong place, all that power will break those little bones in your hands.
Obviously the better you know how to punch and the colder blood you have to use it the better
@@raullm6820 Proper self defense skills does include good “punching” skills, true. But I think my two issues are:1) open hand striking is not effective. 2) Boxing skills translate well to both open hand striking and the use of tools (knives/fist loads). We have brains and opposable thumbs, that’s why we kill tigers, elephants, and bears even though we are smaller and slower. Good content though, great channel.
@@ziggydog5091 thanks a lot for the feedback!
I disagree about the palm striking though... They can shake your brain and break your nose quite well if used well
Godbless you two guys that knife defence works you safeing some one life how do.no lt works because tried lt your so right all this master wong rubbish spider knife defence grab wrist does not work lam boxer done wing chin can thank you enough for showing me how defend against knife lgeel really confident now yes your right ypu can be fighter put proved lts no hood against aknife lsubcrubed again thank you show much
Thank you for watching amigo
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Sorry mate, but got to disagree with you. 1988 Mike Tyson (at the top of his game) throws a single right cross at Mitch Green in a street altercation. What happens to him from that hit? A fracture of his 3rd metacarpal... (don't believe me, just google it).
Is it a guarantee you will hurt your hand? No, but I'm not willing to risk my life in a self defense situation on "It'll...probably...be ok if you punch him...." use the other basic combatives
Good point but Iron Mike's power per punch was unnatural... Still he punched a lot outside the ring and broke the hand only once
@@raullm6820 yes, but in the article, mike stated he’d not been in a street fight in years. So, his punch was a solid boxers hit and it injured him.
@@dfullerton93 that was 35 years ago... Believe me, Tyson punched bare knuckle quite a lot after that without breaking his hand
That’s why boxing is the base for survive in the street 🥊🥊🥊
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Why don’t you talk about hand conditioning? You need to watch Lee Morris buddy.
Another video coming indeed ;)
@@raullm6820 strike hard things with “soft” weapons, strike soft things with hard weapons, remember the whole body is the “fist” don’t have a preference for any particular part, use the “big bones” as weapons. Fighting isn’t like boxing, it is actually more like fencing and football.
Wrong. You will break your hand. Don't punch, use palm strikes, elbow strikes, knees and kicks. Pretty bloody obvious.
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Use the empirical data available such as bare knuckle boxing and street fights on UA-cam. Even if you break a knuckle or finger, it’s better than getting KO on the concrete. Most fights I’ve seen in real life and on UA-cam, the more violent puncher wins.
Absolutely👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻