🐲🤜🏽💥Kung Fu Tuesdays Post #51: ‘Training for Punching Power Part 1’:
🐲 Bruce Lee concentrated heavily on the straight lead punch in his daily training using different apparatus. He used punching pads, the light shield, canvas bags filled with different materials, and a 1/
🐲 Bruce Lee concentrated heavily on the straight lead punch in his daily training using different apparatus. He used punching pads, the light shield, canvas bags filled with different materials, and a 1/
heavy bag. He liked to use various hitting equipment because each part of the human body has a different composition; you may hit a hard, bony area or a soft, fatty one. Also, hitting with gloves on is very different from bare knuckles, but 2/
using bare knuckles on a partner is not practical.
The shield is more solid than the punching pad and offers a different feeling on contact. If the holder stands firmly with both hands on the equipment, it will not give like the pad will. For a more punishing punch, 3/
The shield is more solid than the punching pad and offers a different feeling on contact. If the holder stands firmly with both hands on the equipment, it will not give like the pad will. For a more punishing punch, 3/
Lee selected the canvas bag. He usually had three bags hanging on the wall – one filled with sand, another with gravel or beans and a third with steel sawdust. In the beginning, it is wise 4/
to wear light gloves on the canvas wall bags as well as on the heavy bag. You must toughen your knuckles before going bare fisted. /End
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