How To Throw a Knockout Punch ...
First things first, I don't support any kind of violence. It is always better to abstain from violence but sometimes you have to fight back and when you do You Gotta Do It Right. In this post, I'm going to teach you how to throw a good punch.
The kinetic energy of an object is the energy that it possesses due to its motion. In other words, an object that is in motion has the ability to do work thus it has an energy. This energy is called kinetic energy (kinetic means something concerned with movement). The equation we use to calculate kinetic energy (in joule) is
m stands for the mass while v stands for the velocity. Therefore how much kinetic energy a punch has upon impact is related to how fast you move your fist. The faster you move it, the more kinetic energy it gets thus, the faster you hit the harder you hit. A punch's velocity is much more important than its mass because it's a squared value. The velocity of a punch is highly affected by distance, therefore, you should try to minimize the distance covered to gain more speed.
A knife cuts stuff by applying huge pressure to a very tiny area, so why not use it in a fight? Just kidding, I am not talking about the knife but rather the physics behind it. You see when you throw a punch you should try to minimize the surface of your fist as much as possible thus a closed tight fist can do much more than an open one. Also, if your thumb is inside your fist upon hitting your target, you will break your thumb. So remember to Keep Your Thumb Out.
Besides all of the above, power is generated from your base. the idea of a powerful punch is that your body weight is transferred to the opponent. In order to transfer power from the legs to the fist efficiently, you are going to need a proper punching technique, start by putting your opposite leg forward, meaning, if you are going to strike with your left fist, put your right leg forward. Pressing down helps project your hip and shoulder forward, launching your entire weight forward Also try to tighten your muscles as much as you can. Just like baseball, you should also twist your waist and torso to give your punch more speed thus force. This technique should put a lot more power behind that punch of yours.
Now you know how to hit but the question is where to hit to cause the most possible damage?
There are several vulnerabilities in the human body including the Liver, the Diaphragm, the neck and the head, martial art fighters get the advantage of them consistently but what's really happening?
Liver shot:
The liver is the biggest gland in the human body, it's located in the upper right side of the body just below the diaphragm, the punch is usually made under and to the front of the ninth and tenth ribs upward to the base of the shoulder blade.
The liver is a full organ protected by a capsule and it's an extremely richly innervated.That's why when someone takes a blow on their liver, it's extremely painful.Besides, it triggers also the autonomic nervous system causing a chain reaction.Dr. Michael Kelly, a sports-medicine physician describe this phenomenon as a vasovagal attack where the parasympathetic nervous system is involved.
It causes a vasodilation of the blood vessels and bradycardia (decreased heart rate).
Normally your cardiovascular system tries to compensate a blood pressure drop by accelerating heartbeat, therefore, the ejected volume but because of the overactivation of the parasympathetic nervous, your heart rate decreases instead, dropping your blood pressure even more.An extreme fatigue occurs and the target collapses.
Because of the overall vasodilation, the brain thinks it’s not getting enough blood pressure so it constricts the blood vessels in the brain thus decreases the blood flow and may cause a loss of consciousness.
Diaphragm Hit(solar plexus strike):
The diaphragm is the main respiratory muscle, it separates the abdomen and the chest.
The best impact point is just below the center point of your nipples, the epigastric region or more commonly referred as the solar plexus among athletes, an area that's extremely unpleasant to poke.
Just like any other muscle a good punch can cause a spasm.A spasm is a sudden involuntary contraction of a muscle or group of muscles and in our case a diaphragm spasm means no breath.Your opponent is literally suffocating but make no mistake the abdominal wall is well protected by a large strong muscle mass and fat tissue, so your punch needs to be powerful and unpredicted when all the muscles are relaxed.
The Neck:
The neck region is very sensitive, because of three major factors.First of all, it carries blood to the brain and contains carotid sinus.Second, the trachea and larynx are wide open and vulnerable to a hit and last but not least it's not well protected by a firm muscle mass.
A neck tick or a punch is forbidden in most martial arts largely because it's very dangerous, it can cause a tracheal crush or a laryngeal spasm.The victim will suffer an extreme pain and suffocation.Acute injury can lead to death in some cases, so don't ever try it unless you are in a life or death situation.
The carotid sinus is a dilated area at the base of the neck just superior to the bifurcation of the internal carotid and external carotid, blood vessels destined to the head region.It contains numerous receptors called baroreceptors controlling blood pressure, it's a sensitive site of the body which can cause a rapid decrease in blood pressure, cerebral ischemia and bradycardia upon strong stimulation manually such as strangulation.The brain ischemia causes a rapid loss of consciousness which can have severe scars if it exceeds 2 min.
References :
http://fightland.vice.com/blog/fight-doctor---the-liver-kick
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK53061/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC481156/
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Very interesting article, as a fan of watching MMA it was a great read and now I understand more why fighters go down after getting hit in the liver.
It's also great knowledge to have for self defense, just hope I never have to use it!
Thank you :)
Nice little breakdown of human anatomy through a king of strange media lol.
Could have added a spleen or crotch shot too :p
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Okay, a question of engagement is why is it that with bullets you strive for maximum kinetic energy while also minimizing momentum as much as possible but when hitting you want to increase both (to a point)