I was going through and old book that my sensei has and I saw a really neat, well I guess you would call it a practice, you light a candle and then you take your shirt off and you practice to punch the candle and blow it out from the wind you create. You need to make sure you don't have a shirt on so your shirt wont create wind from your clothes. I've tried doing it. HOLY CRAP!!!! It's so hard to do, I only made the flame flicker and bit.
It's actually pretty easy. The trick is not to retract your fist, and leave it fully extended as you punch, stopping just short of the candle.
For a "first try", use a palm-heel strike instead of a straight punch. Should be easier to get the candle out. Putting out lit candles is a requirement for belt advancement in the sword art I'm studying. Had to snuff two candles simultaneously last test, without touching the wicks with the blade. Will have to snuff three candles next test, and 5 or 6 (I forget which) when I go for blackbelt. (So, do you take your shirt off so your sleeve won't catch on fire?)
Hmm, I always extinguished it by retracting my fist, but it was harder to to it without snapping back/retracting... |Cain|
I well know party piece - and nothing to do with punching power. <can-o-worms> About as pointless as breaking wood </can-o-worms>
Yeah, I was doing this in my ninja turtle phase when I was twelve, so yes, I would say power has nothing to do with it.
I never thought about leaving my punch. *shrugs* I'll try it later some time. Oh and Capt Ann, the whole point of the exercise is to do it with a punch not an open hand.
What sword art is that, Capt Ann? Haidong Gumdo? I'm trying to gather some info about sword arts lately.
we were playing around doing it with punches and with kicks. The point is to get a "snap" on your strikes, pulling back just before the flame. It's a lot harder with kicks.
why would you want to do this...is havng a snap on your kicks/punches hit harder then say just fullyextending and pushing through your target (for example fullyextending your punch and continuing threw with it V.S snapping it)
If I bothered to punch through a person and the punch wasn't devastating enough to put them out then they could easily strike back and hit me while I was trying to fully extend my punch. Not to mention if you fully extend your punch you run risk of locking out and that is a bad thing.
you should be able to put it out with a retracted fist. speed quadurples kinetic energy, while leaving it there increase the drag. check it out http://www.physicspost.com/articles.php?articleId=80&page=1
thats too ez... if you guys want a good training for punches i got one... take a hot pan (if you dont have one bye one from sears/wallmart/ there faily cheep) fill it with about 2 glasses of water.. set the water to boil. then put metal chains into the pan. punch at the chains (make sure the water is no longer boiling just very hot)
are you sure that's not just a fancy excuse for punching rusty chains in hot water? j/k seriously though, i don't see how'd that work. the hot water would jsut relax or burn your skin, while the metal would be softened.
ok now im more confussed than b4.. so if i was to punch someone how would the ideal way to do this be? Boxers don't snap there punches, they follow through with them for the kncokout!
Boxers usually go for the face, unless I'm mistaken. Strikeing arts go for the body, grappling arts distact the body then go in for a hold. Most of them are snaps not puting your whole entire body behind it and punching through.
