Which Knuckles Do You Punch With? 

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hes an instructor. he doesnt teach anything.

@@jdzen8548 An Instructor Instructs, which is the same as teaching. Look it up.

@@thullraven1 instructing and teaching totally different things. look it up.

I agree, the power line runs from the last three hand bones into your arm. Trying to land with the first two knuckles is not a good idea.

bottom three are the best to land with.

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Good luck with that in a real fight

if you plan to land with the last three you will do yourself a great service. It's a larger impact zone and there are more bones supporting your strike. Land with the last three - middle, ring and pinky.

@@seanlive6975 Sarcasm dude

Well, cheekbones are hard. Nose is a bone, it's hard. Ribs can be soft as are the core for most people. Sometimes you might have to hit a hard spot, depending on what's available. Look at all the big power punchers in boxing or mma, they will all strike and land with the last three knuckles, the middle, ring and pinky. Landing with those knuckles will utilize the best kinetic chains and allow you to land with the most power possible. I have some videos about that if you want to check it out.

@@ThePunchDoctor I am nobody, I have a 4. degree in Wing Chun. You are 100 times more educated in fighting than me. But I don't think a regular person should have hands as if he works on the railway, or he works in a mine. It is ridiculous that some karate masters have more thick and more rough hands and knuckles than my soles. It is really stupid. Cheekbones are not as hard as the jaw, because you can easily break your arm if you hit the jaw. The nose is more than soft, I broke it twice, it was on the basketball. So easy to break. When you have some plastic surgery, they use a rubber hammer to break your nose bone in pieces. You don't need even to hit the ribs, you have stomach, liver, spline, and balls. I hit with the last 2 knuckles, I learned that in Wing Chun. And I think it is OK, you don't hurt your hand, in comparison to the punch with the two first knuckles. And if we talk about strength, you are (I think) a Wing Chun man, you know how hard the full-body punch in Wing Chun is, which starts from the heel, goes through the whole body, and finally, explodes through the fist, the body with the full body strength. To hit somebody in the stomach is the end of the story. I don't know, but the power is not crucial. Eyes, balls, nose, stomach, throat, a lot of targets. If you need to hit harder things, use your palm or hammer fist. And I really don't know why we practice karate, kung fu,..., THEN we go to the self-defense courses??!! What is the use of these martial arts, if a standard boxer can beat us easily??!! While we use bong sao, tan sao, and other things, the other fist is in our faces. Wing Chun is great, you must love it, but if somebody has some short punches like boxers do, you will get 10 punches while you use one WC block. So sad.

@@cyberyoda1611 I have huge appreciation for jeet kun do. HUGE appreciation. The Tao of jeet kune do and Bruce Lee's books were paramount in my development and in how I view striking. You are somebody. You have expertise in your discipline. The ability to change your striking target mid movement is very advanced. I suggest that the check bone is much more dense and a much worse target for your punches. The jaw is a much better target. If you hit the jaw effectively you can create a knock out due to brain acceleration, or even break the jaw with a forceful punch. The cheek is very hard. I teach three methods of creating a knock out. Angular acceleration - hitting the chin to create rapid rotation in the skull, linear acceleration hitting with a forceful straight punch, or angular acceleration with a punch to the head or temple. I advocate hitting with the last three knuckles - middle, ring and pinky. I create an argument for that in my latest video.

middle, ring, and pinky together are stronger than the first knuckle and middle knuckle. Plus when you intend to strike with those you can recruit more kinetic chains to power your punch. I have some videos about that if you're interested.

you want to land with your last three, middle, ring and pinky. Focus on those and you will recruit better muscles to power your punch. Jack Dempsey, one of the most devastating punchers of all time talked about this in his book "Championship Fighting." You want to lead with your ring finger. I explain that in my latest video if you want to watch that.