There are comments like your super fast but no power, your are very powerful but too slow, etc. When I was doing a bit boxing in the old days my coach forbidden us to do any weight training, but in Judo weight training is a must if you are competing. Now they talk about cross training in MMA. So any thought on the subject from your experiences or learning?
Strength is nothing without speed, speed is nothing without strength. We have to be fast enough to hit the opponent before they can hit us, and strong enough to make sure the strike was effective. That's it.
and also to a certain extent "muscle=strength" quite often guys come into class that you look at and think , strong guy, but then they throw a punch and you think was that it, you attack their attack and they are like, ow! that hurt I think if you train often,correctly and hard at whatever you do the speed and strength will come
IMAS, what are your thoughts. Did you/do you agree with your boxing coach. What are your current thoughts on training with weights and how do you apply this to your student's needs? What is your understanding when it comes to speed, for there are different types of speed?
Taking a sport specific approach is not a problem as an athlete will achieve a balance in the speed and strength continuum over time. But it is a problem if a sprinter wants to be a top marathon runner, or a top boxer becoming a top Judoka, etc., then it is a dichotomy.
I think the answer goes back to the yin yang of water. A great something once said, "The Yin Yang of water is a bit technical and most people will have problems in classifying following and recoiling in terms of the Yin Yang system." I mean, if you just google "yin yang of water" you'll have your answer.
Thanks, and you are right in producing more power by the movement of the hip. There is a paper on the differences between boxer and karateka doing the reverse punch, and boxer has stronger shoulder muscles while karateka has more hip movements. Maybe, my question is not very clear. How about is it easier to put an armbar on a baseball pitch than a weightlifter? Assuming that they are beginners in BJJ.
Can you post a link to that paper? As someone who uses a lot of boxing in his style I find it interesting you think the shoulder is involved. I would also argue the case about the Karateka having more hip movement. It may be a longer movement due to the stance difference, but the mechanics is what we should be discussing. So explain "more". I ask again what your understanding of speed and strength is, as it seems you quote papers, but cannot give an explanation yourself.
Reverse punch - IUMA www.iuma.be/reverse punch.html Biomechanical Analysis of Reverse Punch Technique in Karate & Boxing. The Effectiveness of the Reverse Punch, by Prof. Emeric Arus, Ph.D., MS. This article ...
