Most devastating strikes?

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  1. EdiSco

    EdiSco Likes his anonymity

    Just wondering what the most devastating strikes are? Are thai knees and elbows more damaging than basic boxing power punches?
     
  2. Pretty In Pink

    Pretty In Pink Moved on MAP 2017 Gold Award

    Monkey Steals The Peaches.
     
  3. Hannibal

    Hannibal Cry HAVOC and let slip the Dogs of War!!! Supporter

    The one that lands
     
  4. gapjumper

    gapjumper Intentionally left blank

    Southern Trains
     
  5. Dan Bian

    Dan Bian Neither Dan, nor Brian

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    :cool:
     
  6. holyheadjch

    holyheadjch Valued Member

    No. Elbows aren't that powerful compared to punches and knees aren't powerful compared to kicks. You don't get many elbow KO's in Muay Thai, they're good for cutting eyebrows though.
     
  7. Mushroom

    Mushroom De-powered to come back better than before.

    shot to the heart...
     
  8. aikiMac

    aikiMac aikido + boxing = very good Moderator Supporter

    I think you mean brain, not heart. That's the only way to stop zombies. Therefore, it's more powerful. :) :p
     
  9. Mushroom

    Mushroom De-powered to come back better than before.

    Yes but whose to blame?
     
  10. Frodocious

    Frodocious She who MUST be obeyed! Moderator Supporter

    Because they give love a bad name!
     
  11. BujinBoston

    BujinBoston New Member

    Wow. I was not expecting a Bon Jovi reference. *thumbs up*

    For myself, I concentrate on making the strikes I know, as strong and powerful by continually working on the mechanics, accuracy of placement, strength training, and dynamic practice with a partner (delivering strikes while we both are moving).

    If I had to define for myself what the most "devastating strikes are", my definition would lean toward what is the target, rather than the delivery system.

    I agree with Hannibal, "The one that lands", is the most important in the conflict.
     
  12. aikiMac

    aikiMac aikido + boxing = very good Moderator Supporter

    :happy: to Mushroom and Frodo.

    I think in theory a spinning back kick is the most devastating.
     
  13. gapjumper

    gapjumper Intentionally left blank

    Jovi-tastic!
     
  14. El Medico

    El Medico Valued Member

    Have things changed? Back in the 80s a friend of mine who was a MT coach told me more deaths in the ring in Thailand were due to elbows than anything else.

    As to full power application w/out padding I'd much rather connect w/an elbow hook to a person's head than w/a hook punch-my forearm is less likely to break than my hand.
     
  15. MI_martialist

    MI_martialist Valued Member

    So, there are special Thai knees or elbows? Are their's different from everyone else's? The one that is most devastating is the one that does exactly what you want it to do when you want it to.

    But in all reality...the most lethal is the one that kills instantly...as long as that happens, does it matter what struck?
     
  16. EdiSco

    EdiSco Likes his anonymity

    I agree with El Medico, elbows have a lot of advantages over punches however the biggest weakness is range - they're very short range strikes:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtUn2Q1NisY

    Muay Thai has got to be the most well rounded, effective martial art around. It even has grappling ie the clinch!
     
  17. Simon

    Simon Administrator Admin Supporter MAP 2017 Koyo Award

    Elbows are for a specific range, just like a kick and therefore it isn't a big weakness.

    Specific tools for specific ranges and targets.

    Of course those lines do get blurred.
     
  18. Mitch

    Mitch Lord Mitch of MAP Admin

  19. holyheadjch

    holyheadjch Valued Member

    Elbows aren't padded, so that might be why, but they're not as powerful as punches - which if you consider the biomechanics involved, makes sense.
    I'd sooner land a punch at 2/3rds power than close the distance to land an elbow if I was trying to put someone on the floor.
     
  20. kandi

    kandi Valued Member

    Holy smokes.

    I wonder if that last video was a slap with the force coming from the base of the palm, more powerful than a regular slap.

    I also don't think the bouncer needed to throw that slap, but that's a debate for a different thread I guess.
     

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