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Knockout Punching 1: The Biomechanics Active Lecture An Upper Battalion Lesson by Mark Hatmaker

 


Two Men in the Know on Educated Knockout Punching

“There are born sluggers and made sluggers. Born sluggers age out, made sluggers improve like a good whiskey.”—Hype Igoe, circa, 1924

“There is no such thing as a natural puncher. There is a natural aptitude for punching and that is different. Nobody's born the best. You have to practice and train to become the best.”—Cus D’Amato

The Primacy of KO Punching Power/Education

A good fighter requires all of the additional technical attributes:

·        Good Blocks

·        Good Evasion

·        Good Footwork

But…You Cannot Win a Match, Bout, Street-Fight Without a Strong Punch.

EVERY Rough n Tumbler wants to hit as hard as possible.

Is the KO Necessary?

No, but…

Strong punching ability also Suppresses an Opponent.

·        Reduces his activity, acting as a large part of your defensive strategy. The less they act the more opportunity in your court.

So, don’t sweat if your power isn’t THE best, you are striving to make YOUR Power YOUR BEST.

I already throw hands, have for years; is this information gonna be too basic for me?

Absolutely not.

The job here is not to revisit fundamentals but in Plato’s use of the word, periagoge in regard to education.

Periagoge loosely means “To turn around.”

Periagoge in regard to Knockout Punching is less about adding new knowledge to what you do now, as it means to turn around and reevaluate your entire schema.

Power Punching Biomechanics

Center of Mass [COM]

·        Center of Gravity/Center of Mass, Axis of Control

·        Call it what you will—punching is a game of finesse that is always conscious of COM.

Support

·        Power is also dependent on the strength of the power delivery system.

·        Your weapons [punching arms] are chained to your torso [COM] which rest atop your legs.

·        Strong punching needs strong legs educated to explosive strength.

·        [See The Unleaded Conditioning Program for MUCH on this topic.]

Stability Zone

·        Your Support is NOTHING without an understanding of the space between the two powerful legs. [More on this in a moment.]

Projection

·        Your Stability Zone changes with EVERY step, every shift, juke, & jive of the upper body.

·        Your Stability Zone and understanding of Projection go fist in glove.

That’s enough of the freebie taste.

This 1st volume in Rough n Tumble: The Whole She-Bang aka “The System”

Goes on to cover…

·        The KO Punching Stance

·        How to “Charge” Punches

·        PUNCHING PHYSICS RECONFIGURED

·        The Four Mechanical Values of Power Punching

·        Why Physical Mass is NOT as Important as Educated Mass

·        Why F=ma is a formula for inert matter.

·        The Two Classes of Punches

·        The Force Formula Re-Stated

·        The 4 Factors to Increase Body Mass Behind Each Punch

·        Two Classes of Punching To or Thru

·        Penetrators ARE NOT Push Punching

·        Avoiding the Cushioning Phase

·        “Eating Momentum”

·        Whip/Snap Punching Addendum

·        The 5 Maxims for Building Speed/Power

I will not lie to you, this Project is a Labor of Love. Taken years to coordinate.

This first volume is Primarily Active Lecture to lay all of the required groundwork for all that follows.

DO NOT READ THAT AS UNIMPORTANT.

This info if key, vital to building that KO.

To snag your volume and get to bangin’ hit the LINK.

Wanna save some money and or go along with us as we unfold the Rough n Tumble Whole She-Bang Program. More info on just what that is below.

Big News: Rough n Tumble: The Whole She-Bang aka “The System”

Lookin’ for the A-Z, step-by-step 1-2-3 to infinity authentic “Here’s how it was done” but…but, wished it were all synthesized into a single coherent “Start Here, Insert Tab A Into Slot B” curriculum?

One that addresses what the Old Timers called The Upper, Lower and Mixed Battalions?

One that laid it all on the table and then provided a “If the opponent does this, well, here are the responses” in a Convenient Strategic Flowchart?

A System that has a Start and a Visible Goal on the Horizon.

One that has Progress Benchmarks to chart the way?

Well, if that speaks to your combative soul, got big things coming your way…

Been working on this for a Loooooooooooooong Time.

More details later.

In the meantime, let’s allow this drop of wisdom from neo-Thomist philosopher, A.G. Sertillanges to tell us how to approach the Wisdom of the Elders.

“Let us not be like those people who always seem to be pallbearers at the funeral of the dead. Let us utilize, by living, the qualities of the dead. Truth is ever new.”—The Intellectual Life [1920]

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Resources for Livin’ the Warrior Life

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The Rough ‘n’ Tumble Raconteur Podcast

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