Health, Fitness and Beauty

This Korean Karate trick is one of the most powerful tricks you will ever find. As simple as it is, it requires perfect and exact timing, and a number of little bits and pieces I’m about to tell you about. Understanding these little points, and drilling the thing a bit, and you are going to have one of the most powerful tools in your martial arts arsenal.

I discovered the technique in the form Pinan Five, it happens right after you execute a crescent kick and low block. You are now standing in a horse stance, and you swing the right arm to cover the left side of the body with a weird, fingers pointed palm block. You then execute a left punch to the left, and that is your power punch.

You can do this move exactly as it is in the form, and it will work with plenty of power. But there are ways to adjust it to make even more power, and to make it even more functional. And we want more functional, because we want to understand this technique so well that we can use it in street situations.

Have your partner stand opposite you, handshake distance away. Have him step forward with his right leg and execute a fist to your face with his right hand. You step back with your left foot into a back stance as you perform a left palm block, this causes your partner’s right hand to pass in front of you, and this sets up his body for the counter.

To counter, turn the hips and feet into a horse stance as you execute a right punch to his body. Now, this has got to be snappy, and you have to sink your weight and snap those hips, and you are going to find that this technique, if executed correctly, is going to smash his ribs to splinters. In addition, if you happen to go precise, and this will happen naturally over time, you can stick your fingers into his armpit.

The point that must be remembered is that you must have perfect CBM, Coordinated Body Motion. This means that all parts of the body move at the same time and in harmony. Thus, you strike with a couple of hundred pounds of body weight (assuming you weigh a couple of hundred pounds), and not twenty pounds of arm weight.

In addition, you must make sure you have stanced your legs properly so that your arm is nearly straightened out, only has a couple of inches more to impact, when you strike him. If you decide to use the spear hand, go slower, and add fingertip push ups to your daily work out. If you decide to do a throw, you can set your legs deeper so that your punched out arm can sweep him over your horse.

I always found this to be an intoxicating trick, quick and easy, and I love the feeling of moving in quick and light and then dropped the deep power into the last snap of the fist. The damage to that mugger is going to be wonderful, and it is very usable on the street, and can be adjusted or modified as one needs. The official monicker for this trick, in my system, which is a slight modification of Korean Karate, is The Power Punch, hope you like it.