punch dynamics this video is essential for punching because it just kind of covers some of the fundamental concepts that you have to keep in mind anytime you're throwing a punch in order to not break your hand amongst other things any punch really you want to strike with your middle knuckle number one it's the biggest it's the thickest bone and it's the most in line with your the the radius and the other bones in your forearm boxer's fracture is the common name for when you strike with your pinky and ring finger knuckle because those knuckles break easily they're very easily broken so you don't want to strike with those your pointer finger knuckle is pretty strong so if you had to make an error on either side I would say that one's a pretty good one to throw but for the most part NUMBER_PERCENTAGE_TOKEN of your impact should be taking place with the middle knuckle that's how you remain the safest and that's how you can keep your hand for the duration of a fight trust me nothing is worse than when you try to rip a punch at somebody and you catch an elbow or you catch a forehead and if you happen to hit with the wrong knuckle your hand is done and you're gonna have to figure out a very creative strategy to win a fight one-handed probably utilizing some round houses and knees and such next twisting your hand do your twist do you turn your punch over what's the deal here a lot of boxing coaches talk about the fact that twisting cuts somebody because you end up turning their skin that's absolute PROFANITY_TOKEN cuts don't occur by virtue of a twisting force with your hand the reason why people twist is primarily for reducing instances of what I call elbow lockout so wherever you are right now I want you to put your thumb up I want you to hold your arm steady and I want you to flick your arm out now clearly you can feel kind of a little discomfort on your elbow there because you're locking out the joints almost like you're almost hyper extending your joint you're stressing the ligaments in your elbow now I want you to do the same exact thing except I want you to end with your thumb facing down okay so you snap your hand out you snap your hand down and I can snap my hand that was ridiculously hard and I don't feel it at my elbow anymore just because I've turned my joint the opposite way I'm no longer stressing my ligaments so that reduces elbow injuries in boxing that typically happen when you miss a punch and bottom line is you're gonna hit every punch you throw so sometimes you think you're gonna blast you with a right cross and you're like and you throw a punch out there you're like oh PROFANITY_TOKEN my elbow in those circumstances you didn't turn your your hand over correctly and now you've screwed up your elbow a little bit it's not really screwing up your elbow you're not gonna break your elbow it's almost like a very mild sprain but it will cause inflammation and swelling in your joint and it can affect your power for the remainder of the fight now there's two other concepts in punch dynamics that are incredibly important one of which is called maximum of fiber recruitment and the other is elastic recoil both of these are just simple kinesiology it's
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