It’s always fascinated me how many martial arts experts will tell you to never punch in a fight. In my experience, the guy who punches more almost always wins. Cool channel man!

I feel in my heart that this guy gives lectures mid street fight

"Extra padding can't protect you from stupidity" I love this guy.

I decided to watch this video while falling asleep and for some reason was imagining myself being tied down by this dude as he punches me constantly while explaining how to throw a punch correctly.

The way bro explains just satisfying

There's a legitimate psychological effect behind being "armored". People feel more vulnerable naked than in light clothing, that clothing offers little to no real protection but it gives a psychological confidence boost. I noticed it when playing soccer, I play goalie, and when I had my full jersey and padded pants I played far more aggressively and confidently than if I wasn't wearing them. I genuinely felt protected by .5cm of foam.

Once you're out there actually throwing punches you learn really quickly it doesn't take much power. Love this video.

Hi! Great video. I got input on this debate that’s been raging across forums for decades 😂 I taught street focussed MA for 12 years and have done night club security for 15. 1. Yes martial arts people can be dorks who just can’t stand doing what “regular” people do. 2. Having hit resisting people quite hard with palms and punches I can tell you this : human hands are small and fragile. If you hit the wrong target with your hand open or closed it will hurt. If you hit the right target at the right angle everything will be ok. No exceptions. The majestic Palm strike will still damage your hand if you hit bone hard enough just as much as a regular punch. 3. There is more versatility to a punch than a Palm plus more of a chance of a KO. 4. The only time a Palm is great is if you want a slap a drunk to shock them out of their silliness as a pattern interrupt or if you have a big clear opening to a strong wallop across the jaw for a KO. Which by the way could also be done just as well with a fist. 5. If people want to chop and slap 👋 because they think it’s sexier I can no longer be bothered to argue, but I will never teach it myself.

I think one thing overlooked about glove use is why boxers started using them to begin with. Gloves were originally only used in sparring and training because they reduced facial lacerations which made the sport more palatable to upper class practitioners.

I'm super impressed you got through all that without even sounding slightly winded. When I was a kid, I was play fighting with a friend, pretending to hit, like how stuntmen do in movies, you just miss and the other person falls down. I would always fall down, but my friend didn't and would say "You missed". Until one time I misjudged my distance and didn't 'miss'. A big swinging left hook caught him right in the eye and down he went. I just stood looking at my fist in amazement while he ran inside crying. It was like a perfect golf swing when you hit the sweet spot, the ball goes miles and it didn't feel like you even made contact. Ah, memories.

I love how you are hitting the bag the entire time while talking and you're not winded at all.

This probably is the most interesting video about martials arts I've seen in my whole life. You're getting to the point in such a condensed, clear and witty way, all this while giving us a good demonstration !

"The only reason I'm telling you the truth about all this is because I'm an agent of chaos and I just want to see the world burn." I felt that energy building in the back half of the video. You are the man.

Old time bare knuckle boxers knew all this . They did not know less they knew more . Which is why their stances , guards and punches were different . When you box with gloves you can throw tons of combinations to open a space . Bare knuckle you cannot without a risk of injury . It’s a different game that necessitates different style of punching.

It is so rare to find a video these days that is honest, educational and hilarious at the same time. Cheers mate!

“When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom.” ‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭11‬:‭2‬ ‭NIV‬‬ God bless you all and this kind and good teaching youtube channel Amen❤

As someone with extremely limited martial arts experience and zero real world experience, I'm glad that the random bit of advice I was given as a kid on how to make a proper fist and keep those knuckles in line with my forearm was actually legit.

I start off this video thinking this guy is an arrogant, grating, annoying, know it all who has no punching power and almost thumbs down and close, but he kept making salient points. By the end, I realize he's a brilliant fighter and a true martial artist. Very impressive. Thank you for your video.

This man is that wacky side-character who shows up 30 minutes into any 2000s action movie to explain some important plot mechanic, whom the protagonist thinks is an annoying nerd but then you realize every single thing they said was an absolute fact.

I expected to be given tips on how to not be stupid with my punches and I got them. Good knuckle and fist placement, and good tech. And I also got to listen to a man who can talk mad smack to prove a point about bare-knuckle boxing. Respect to ya and this video, man.

I'm only 2 minutes in and I absolutely love the aggression toward "no-fist" martial arts. Educational AND hilarious

Additionally, gloves make combat sports more sportive and entertaining. Having gloves on means more time fighting aka competing (less stoppages via cuts) and more exciting sequences and combos (fighters being more confident in throwing shots). Great video as always Mr.Violence

This is by far my most favorite video right now. It really put a smile on my face. Thank you.

Regarding the first study, the proportion of pure/impure punches is important because you could expect more injuries toward knuckles 4-5 if a majority of punches thrown were pure, so the percentages alone don't tell you anything about which type of punch is more prone to injury.

As a member of the scientific community I can't tell you how giddy it makes me that you cite your sources

I don’t know man, I’m pretty deadly with a pool noodle. Never lost a pool noodle duel in my life.

I love the tone of this video so much

Incredible video! Never cackled more while learning things! 🥊

Coming from a physical therapist, your 4th and 5th metacarpians aren't fused (you can move them independently, try to move them up and down with your hand relaxed) while your 2nd and 3rd are "fused" (kind of). This makes the force of the impact more likely to find "weak spots" in the 4th and 5th. You can still break your 2 and 3 punching some surface too hard for your bones, but your 4th and 5th breaks way more easily.

Growing up with a punching bag in the backyard and doing bare knuckle work while waiting for new gloves you learn pretty quickly how important form is. It is very unforgiving if you get it wrong. Once the form is down you should only get some light bruising after a long session. Add the power after you get the form down. Great video.

Fantastic. You got talent beyond combat sports.Meaning teaching.That aint easy...Then take comedy. That is a hard and sometimes very unforgiving art of itself too. Very entertaining as well as informative. Thanks, man!

As a professional bare knuckle boxer I have to say this video is excellent! I've never liked the open palm strike philosphy for many of the reasons you mentioned but also because in a self defense situation, you need to cause damage quickly in the most efficient way. The fact that you are forced potentially to be fighting for your life, negates the fear of hand injury. Most people searching this won't ever have to actually physically defend themselves, and if you do have to then that first strike you throw has to be devastating as yours or your families lives may depend upon it. I'd be much more concered with being knocked unconscious and at the mercy of a bad guy than having my hand in a cast for 6 weeks anyways. Adrenaline will get you through the chaotic couple of seconds before you can get the hell outta there! Great video, thanks

Respect for your stamina, I would have hard time take a breath just talking that fast without punching a heavy bag

This is reminiscent of how Gladiator bouts were arranged. Typically, you'd match an agile fighter with a long weapon and very little armor against a strong fighter with lots of armor and a short weapon. The idea was, if you had styles that could neutralize each other's advantages so effectively, it made the bout last longer so the crowd got their money's worth.

Great points mid video on pure vs impure punching. As a martial artist, in my style I was taught that there are "right" and "wrong" knuckles to punch with.... the wrong ones being the more easily breakable metacarpals in the pinky and ring fingers, and the right ones being the metacarpals in your index and middle fingers. This is a style thing, I understand. As you said, wing chun practices dispersing the force across the mentioned knuckles, which I always had a hard time understanding. The reasons my sensei gave for the pinky and ring finger metacarpals being the more breakable ones is if you wiggle your fingers around and curl/spread your palm open, which bones move? Yep, the ring and pinky bones move around the most within your palm. I was taught that bones meant for mobility are not great striking structures, which is why the main stuff we are trained to strike with are the sturdier knuckles, elbows, knees, shins, and heels, etc. It's one of the reasons we protect our neck, not strike with it. Illuminating presentation impressing the importance of knowing how hard to strike to conserve the bones of your hand and knowing you're doing "enough" damage with a sharp, abrasive weapon like a fist.

This guy really knows what he’s saying, I’ve been training boxing for roughly 14 months now, but after this video I’m going to change my way of training a little, that means being more careful when hitting bags with the gloves on, and definitely hitting more with my bare hands.

Things like this make me glad I learned from my uncle. "Martial arts made for sport were created by nobles, martial arts made for war were formulated by generals." He had a big emphasis on testing, sparring and only results matter. So, as a lovely example. As a kid I found some fun stuff in a movie about a kung fu technique called iron sand hand, which involed spiking heated sand with your fingers to harden them, and I wanted to try it. Naturally, Uncle knew this was dumb, attacking people by poking them is not effective, and he told me that it was dumb, but not to listen to him. Test it and prove it, find out if there is any value, and throw it away if there isn't. So, I did. Heated the sand, poked it, hands hurt, kept going. Did it for an hour a day for a week. Tried poking a test dummy. Completely useless. BUT, my hands had new callouses so the basic principle had done something at least. So, I switched it up, punching the sand instead of weird stuff. My hands hardened and grew rougher and more importantly, the sand was more forgiving then a sand filled bag. With Uncles guidance I ended up learning a far more valuable secret technique. I learned how to put a pile of sand on a frisbee and punch it so that only a certain amount of sand fell off. Essentially, I learned how to react to quick drills to make adjustments to my punching output, even changing to miss my target last minute when Uncle would change suddenly from 'ALL!' to '1 Grain!'. TL:DR I learned at a young age that while taking holywood 'martial arts' at face value is silly, there is a 'grain' of wisdom in all things.

...and it is important to mention, that if you manage to get two punches, in the head, between 300ms-800ms appart the force required to knock someone out is 10-20 times less because of the bounce effect the soft brain have on the hard skull. So two softer, but faster punches are easier to get and harder to defend from.

Wow. You've thought about and researched this to another level. Never heard this common sense advice before. Such an articulate delivery too. Really impressed.

"It's not about power, it's about placement". Finally someone said it This is quite irrelevant to this subject but i used to argue alot with people about sidekicks. People who admired Joe Rogan and traditional martial artists who said "knee up twist your leg" is "right" and "powerful" while "knee down, heel up first" is "wrong" and "weak". That's usually not the case of course when Stephen Thompson blasting people in the cage with the "weak" and "wrong" sidekick and i have been using it ever since i learned from him. Who gave a damn if my kick is "slightly weaker" because chambering knee straight up is just asking people to jam it and you just added a long wasted motion. Just pick a nice position with your footwork, lift that heel up and blasting people with your kick from their blind spot

Not sure I would agree with all of this, but unfortunately I think you are dead right about gloves and headgear being about making spectators feel better rather than protecting fighters. The actual fighters always seem to come last in safety, in pay and in the way they are treated.

This epic rant earned you a sub. Nice work!

First video I've seen of this guy. I like to think he's usually an even-tempered, well-structured person, and the last video was just the last straw :D. Hillarious video, and very informative!

This was a super refreshing perspective and I love how you present it with a legitimate sense of humor. 10/10

"martial artists want to seem like they know something regular people don't" I've been saying this for years, charlatans are not only dishonest and selfish, but make it really hard to discern what information is and is not useful. Thanks for being data-focused and scientific, debunking nonsense people repeat like it's true.

Underrated part of this video is how smooth your articulation is while you’re hitting the bag and practicing footwork. Amazing breath control here brother, I imagine it’s even better today.

I agree with you. Punches can be used effectively in street situations. Though in my couple of street fights when I was young I broke/hurt fingers (especially thumbs), the actual pain would only be felt after the fight, and it was pretty effective.

Brother I just searched for bare knuckle punching and found this. Yes! They tried to sell me the same palm strike crap years ago didn't buy it and stuck to boxing and Karate. And it helped me a lot more than any of these "street defence" they really try pressurise you into believing your knuckles are suddenly fragile like paper. I just completely threw that shit out of my ears respect to you for calling them out!

This is my introduction to your channel and I already love it, instant sub and like😂

thanks for this, ive always thought there was a secret perfect method to punch without getting hands hurt, but my god was it all that simple! and also the last part was an eye opener lol

I definitely broke my metacarpal a few times when I was a teenager learning to box. It took me a while to learn not to throw as hard as I could so often, that was the hardest thing next to learning to duck and slip.

This entire video was a cardio flex

This is incredibly awesome information, subscribed

The range gain alone makes it important. The only time palm strikes are better is if you already have an advantage. However scratching, gouging, and slapping are all excellent open hand techniques that rarely get used and are all at least as good as palm strikes. And don't forget that the rotational force of that "impure" punch creates a force that drives deeper instead of spreading out so they can do more damage but are less effective at creating space (which isn't what punching is usually for)

"to the untrained eye it looks like they are taking a nap" this right here is why I always go WTF when my friends cheer about people being knocked out and hitting their head on the sidewalk or something along the same situation.

There's one more use for palm strikes I think you didn't mention here or in the last video. Straight palm strikes can be a viable option, when you're fighting in closed quarters and want to land straight shots. Bas Rutten for example showed this in an episode of punk payback (I know, I know....hear me out please). The example was a struggle in a car and the distance was too close to properly punch with a fist. But a palm strike had just the right length to be used to great effect.

Omg, I love the tone of voice you use. It’s so damn funny!

I have been saying all this for years. Awesome video. I can’t believe no one sent me this before today. Instant fan 😂

Bro has been punching for about 10 minutes straight, mad respect

I once gave myself a HUGE black eye walking into a wall in the dark while trying to find the light switch. Can attest, it doesn't take much force, just the right/wrong placement.

goddamn ,mind blowing, love the style that you explaining things fast while you keep throw punches at the same time.

Lol the ending song deserved a sub alone the info was amazing and it made sense ima watch every video this man's has

I've worked out on traditional heavy bags kzfaq.infoUgkxp9-sf95nqfjey-uyzxUzQ7m9MXRPK1BE a spherical stuffed "wrecking ball" bag, and now this thing. What I like about it is that it has the heft to stay largely in place so I'm not chasing it around. It's tall enough to allow for headshots and body shots, but it's short enough to give an uppercut somewhere to land. I'm very happy so far. Filling it was a bit of a cluster. For top-offs, I've learned that you can screw the supplied nozzle onto any basic plastic water bottle. I can't speak to durability as I've only had it a week.

You're clearly not punching correctly because you're not punching with only the second and fifth knuckle

I love this. Super good point near the end. Dope video

Such a great video, especially the end.

I just love how he proceeds to beat the punching bag as he’s explaining this 😂

I've been punching bags (usually not super-heavy ones, but those too sometimes) without gloves since I was a kid (now over 40) and I've never had a problem. The only ways I've ever hurt myself with a punching bag has been by hyperextending my leg when trying to kick it while it's swinging. This insistence that your hands will instantly shatter into a million pieces has always mystified me.

very cool vid, dunno how I ended up here but big sub for ur knowledge and presentation sir!!

Dude this video was insanely simple and interesting! And science-based! Cause, who said fighters can't or shouldn't use their brains, right? Thank you.

Im so glad you talked about how padded up gloves and headgear causes more longterm damage to fighters. I Hope that someday that fact is realized but who knows

I can't help but chuckle nonstop at this. Absolutely true and perfectly addressed.

I'm trying to get back into shape and re-take my ol' practicing gloves so better start up to regain what I've lost. This is very insightful! thank you. Surely it's been a year old but hey it's never late, I do like the explanation about hitting too hard and breaking a bone obviously, after all most experienced fighters will look to hit you in the most vulnerable of places, like the chin. After all you don't need to put a lot of force into knocking someone by a well placed hook to the chin.

The study in the link provided, which shows a lower rate of hand bone breaks in bare knuckle boxing, is based on sanctioned fights in the US in recent years. Afaik those all involve hand-wraps, so they are not bare-knuckle in the same way a street fight is. Your insight on the pure vs impure hand bone breaks, based on emergency room injuries, is invaluable. I have been trying to find out about this for over 20 years! Thank you

Not only was this an extremely informative video it was one of the most captivating and funny martial arts related I've ever seen.

This guy is more unhinged than regular youtubers and straight to the point. I might not actually care for this topic right now but I will still watch it

The absolute sass in this video is amazing 😂 Great stuff!

Funny and straight to the point, earned my sub

This is my favorite video yet. Felt very forthcoming and authentic and that's the #1 thing that I value in KZfaq videos

I prefer turning over my long range hooks so that my front 2 knuckles make contact. Similar to what Fedor does, and I've seen this from Dave Leduc in Lethwei also.

How does this guy talk so breathlessly and hit the bag non-stop for 10 minutes at the same time ?? His aerobic fitness is elite.

You are so fucking entertaining as well as informative. This video is great and it flew by, didn't feel like 10 minutes at all. You are an amazing creator, and I will be subscribing. Keep it up bro.

No idea how you popped up in my stream, but this was pretty awesome! I can personally attest to your points about padding and the pinky knuckle. I've learned to use the knuckles of the index and middle finger to punch. Still, I have recurring injuries on my pinky knuckles from bag training, where I will throw full force punches (it's a great way to alleviate the stress of the day). I know I'm getting most of the force on the right knuckles, but even with that and the added padding, still it's the pinky knuckle (or the bones behind it, I'm not well-versed in anatomy) that get injured.

Simply because of your data and the fact you convinced me, I am subscribing and liking this video.

Dear god the sarcasm hits harder than those punches 🤣

very informative! And U made a lot of excellent points & cleared up a lot of 'myths'. TY

I completely agree with your main points and conclusions (and well said). Also, kudos to the bag work, which was impressive and demonstrated a lot of the practical knowledge (hand placement, head movement, etc) and things that impressed me. Small quibble I do have is that comparing broken fingers from boxing to MMA isn't comparing apples to apples, since some MMA fights happen without much punching at all, where with boxing, punches is ALL they throw.

Not even a minute into your rant and i found myself subscribed, great vid

Just found you and man, awesome content. Your breakdowns and analysis are spot on an your explanations of principles are so helpful to me as an amateur mma fighter. Really really appreciate it, you will be a fantastic coach.

Eye opening video. Good shit.

This is the first video I've come across from your channel and I love it so much. keep up the great work!

Awesome video, filled with useful, massively overlooked info! If there's more to throwing a bare knuckle long hook (lead or not), could you maybe make a tutorial vid on how to throw them? I was under the impression that during a violent situation, one wouldn't have the composure to consciously move the thumb out of harm's way when throwing a long, lead, bare knuckle hook so it was a case of throwing that punch and hoping for the best. Odds are, your tone rubs some folks the wrong way because you 1. can articulate your views 2. are unearthing others' ignorance / compliance to orthodoxy (as shown in this video) 3. and because you're young-looking / -sounding (even though age is irrelevant as long as what's being said makes sense). But I think your delivery is hilarious & entertaining and equally as important as your intellectual content.

Whelp, thank you for this, I am now subscribing, I believe you're the only person I've ever seen who actually used science to back up why a specific fighting style is more effective than another, and that's something I can't believe I never thought of in all my years of researching different topics.

Very interesting points, thanks for sharing man!!! Cheers from the Mighty Alberta-Canada.

Outside of the videos context, you have very very good consistency and power. I admire it

your voice to explain this is absolutely perfect

Absolutely love your style of presentation!

I love just about everything you said here... and I wish more martial art teachers would say it more often.

I laughed my butt off, this was funny and educational at the same time. Thank you for this video!

Simply loved all of it. Keep on going and thx for sharing your knowledge.