Hello,
So I was going over myTKD forms with my original teacher for the first time in many years. One thing that he spotted was I was turning my fist over way too early, which is akin to not twisting it at all.
In TKD and I guess in karate the punch is meant to twist through the target so the twist is the last part of the punch.
I occurred to me while practicing this that I had stopped doing it because other arts that I study don't punch like that.
So, is the twist on the punch.
- bona-fide technique that increases the damage created by a punch
- theoretical but not practical
- an idea that was laid over the motion of.going from the hand on the hip to a punch. To maybe give it a.more martial.meaning.
- or something else
This is a good one :D
My Sensei is also very insisting that the hand twists ONLY at the end and I'm not convinced at all that it makes any significant difference.
Hitting the sandbag, I feel the more pleasant result is a continuous motion from when the punch starts, to touching the target and finally stopping a little behind the surface.
Maybe, waiting till the last second is a way of not committing till the last second to any specific action.