A fist is more powerful than a impact weapon strike. What is going on?

I agree guns are some very good weapons. And depending on the situation they beat knives and stick and everything else.

So you dont practice Iron palm training?

So carry a knife. Also lets say you need to defend yourself and you have "stick like" things around you. Have you practiced with those? How many times can you hit with them before they break? How much damage can they do versus a purpose built weapon?

In my mind the fact that a stick is harder to kill with than a knife makes it a worse weapon. Also the same holds true with a gun vs a knife or a stick.

Have you pressure tested using a stick vs a knife of similar drills? Just because it is theoretical possible does not mean it is likely. I honestly would not want to go up against a knife wielding person with a stick.

What is wrong with Iron Palm training?

 

Forget your ironpalm. Thats a facepalm right there.

 

Here's a list of weapons I have carried on my person at one time or another. All concealed and all legal where I live.

Nunchaku
Expandable baton
Blackjack
Sap
4oz can of pepper spray. Not sure what that is in metric but you can google.
brass knuckles
2 finger "nuc" keychains
Kubotan
Monkey fist
Rock in sock
Lock on chain
Curently I carry a glock knife concealed. It is a fixed blade knife with a 6.5 inch blade.

So I have looked at charts and records and such and the most common weapon used in crime according to the FBI for the most recent year of 2017 was a firearm followed by a knife or edged weapon and then empty hand and other weapons would tie or swap back and forth for the amount of use depending on the crime. If I am most likely to go up against a lethal weapon why would I want to use a less lethal weapon? Do I want to go up against a weapon or even get into a fight no. Hence why I do stuff to avoid fights like the time I talked to a stop sign. Also like I say if I ever use my knife in a self defense situation I a fully prepared to get the electric chair.

I have done stick vs knife and empty hand vs stick and empty hand vs knife and empty hand vs gun and other variations of these weapons. The way we train is that you wont see the knife till it is being thrust in and out of you. None of this "do an x block to stop the knife" stuff. If someone does a block like that we just turn the practice knife a little and cut their arm. The day job of my sifu is a chef and he has also been a butcher. When we do knife stuff he always talks about how easy a knife will sever an arm or a hand or a leg ect.

When you do stick vs knife tell me how it goes.

Here is what I say when we do it. "It does not matter if you break my arms and legs you need to knock me unconscious in order to stop me. Because I will not stop till you are "dead" because I am "crazy" and I believe the only way to stop the government from using satellites to send messages through my sisters braces is to kill you." I am trying to get the people we train with to see how deadly a knife is.

If I am lucky and live till I am 60 and I dont die tomorrow by being hit with a car I should be proud of my iron palm injuries. I am a martial artist I should be the best martial artist possible. I should research and understand my weapons. The weapons of my body and the weapons I carry. I should find the best ways to carry weapons. If this means buying a jacket that is 2 sizes to big so I can carry a small baseball bat in it conceal then I must do that.

 

Excellent. So based on the video and you do Iron Palm training...means you dont need to carry them anymore.

 

If your interested in self defence, then being ready to get put in jail for murder is a terrible plan, guess what, you will be assaulted and worse in jail, the inmates arnt separated like in kennel.

Really if your interested in self defence you should really be doing a lot of cardio, (heart attacks and strokes are the leading cause of death over 40).

Anyway weren't you the WC guy who only trains once a month?

 

No, and neither should you. It's a really bad idea.

 

Better to be tried by 12 than carried by 6.

good thing I still have 25 more years till I hit 40 I am in my 20's right now. I weight 375 pounds right now. Hopefully if I can get my weight up to 400 pounds my body will turn into a black hole and I will become skinny.

I do wing chun 1.9275 times a month. Thank you very much.

 

Fighting, Combat, Self-Defense and Sports Fighting -- the differences

 

40 - 25 =15

Are you fifteen years old?

If you look up your rate of death at that heavy, with your age, you really should start doing cardiovascular exercise, especially as you train so little.

 

Maybe start by researching the bones of the hand and physics.

You won't be proud of your hand injuries when they mean you can't operate a firearm or form a fist.

 

So...

Doesnt train
Limited understanding of weaponary
Limited understanding of self defence
Asks internet for advice. Ignores advice
Watches internet video. Sticks with video advice.

Think we're done here really.

 

Train stick
Stick train

So what your saying is I should ride a train with a stick ok

 

At least some training would be involved.

 

Take care hitting trees...unlike boards sometimes trees hit back.

 

I doubt theres some Baukaw level tree hitting going on.

 

I don't know what's going on here, but I watched the 2 videos and my conclusion is the length is making a big difference in the impact. Take any decent boxer, their max force is going to be right at the fist. When you start adding objects, no matter what they can do break or cut, you're really adding length to a strike so it's less impact if it's relatively light, but weight matters. That doesn't even factor in the fact that a knife doesn't need much force to kill you, and a stick doesn't need much density over your own old bones to break them. I must be missing the joke again.

I'd like to see him using a MUCH weightier object like a bowling ball. That'd be neat.

 

This thread got dissapointing real fast.