What Part Of Your Body Moves First When You Throw A Strike?

When you throw a strike, a punch for example, which moves first, your hand or your body?

Many people say the hand moves first and the body follows through.

If you’ve practiced the Silk Reeling exercises of Tai Chi you know that movement begins in the feet and channels upward through the waist and is released through the hand. In other wards, the hand completes the movement, it doesn’t begin it.

It’s like snapping a towel.

You can generate tremendous force for knockdown punches, but you need to practice correctly or you’ll have big problems with telegraphing.

The History Of Muay Thai

With origins in Thailand, Muay Thai is a popular sport in many Eastern countries. Surprisingly, it began as a martial art known as Krabi Krabong (a Siamese martial art) in which weapons were used. This is quite unique, considering that in modern Muay Thai, weapons are not used at all. Krabi Krabong students will, however, use similar hand to hand combat techniques after they or their opponents have lost their weapons. This can be considered the true origins of Muay Thai.

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