#punching technique

[ronnansink-blog]

1. The Importance of Foundational Footwork Powerful strikes, whether a punch or a kick, start from the ground up. Think of your feet as the roots of your fighting stance. They provide stability and control your balance. Like a bicycle’s handlebars that direct where you’re going, your feet guide your body’s movement and position you for offensive or defensive maneuvers. Proper footwork allows you to generate force efficiently, transferring energy through your legs, hips, and core, before it finally explodes into your striking arm or leg. Key idea: You can’t throw a strong punch if you’re off-balance. Without stable footing, your energy dissipates, and your strike loses speed and power. 2. Old-School Movement Mechanics Old-school boxers are famed for their elegance and efficiency in the ring. They understood that every move should have a purpose: nothing wasted, nothing flashy for the sake of it. This means: Shifting Weight Gradually When old-school boxers move, their weight transitions seamlessly from one foot to the other. The stance remains wide enough for balance but narrow enough for quick pivots. Small, Precise Steps Large, clumsy steps leave you vulnerable. Instead, small steps allow for greater control. Boxers could retreat quickly or advance aggressively, depending on the situation, all while maintaining stability. Maintaining a Centered Posture Leaning too far forward or backward disrupts the kinetic chain of a punch or a kick. The old-school greats always stayed upright, distributing weight evenly, ready to unleash at a moment’s notice. 3. Generating Power Through Your Feet Footwork doesn’t just help you move; it amplifies your strike’s power. Think of a whip: the initial crack begins at the handle and travels through its length. Likewise, your strikes begin in your feet, with a push off the ground. This force spirals through your legs, twists your hips, and finishes in your fists or feet. Each link in this kinetic chain needs to be properly aligned and activated: Feet Push Off the Ground Press down and spring upward or sideways to generate momentum. Knees and Hips Rotate This rotation increases torque, vital for both punches and kicks. Core Tightens A strong, stable core transfers energy more efficiently from the lower to the upper body. Shoulders and Arms (or Legs) Release Finally, the force reaches your extremities, creating a clean, explosive strike. 4. Drills to Strengthen Your Footwork To move like an old-school boxer, you need to train your footwork meticulously. Here are a few drills: Shadowboxing with Emphasis on Footwork Move around as if an opponent were in front of you. Concentrate on balance and quick pivots, rather than just throwing punches. Agility Ladder Drills Practice stepping in and out of an agility ladder. Focus on quick, light steps and maintain a low center of gravity. Pivot and Step Drill Stand in your fighting stance. Pivot on your lead foot, turn your hips, and step through with the rear foot. Return to stance. Repeat, focusing on smooth transitions. Light Sparring Ask your partner to concentrate on foot movement, forcing you to adapt. Keep your steps precise and deliberate, never crossing your feet. 5. Applying Old-School Techniques to Modern Training Whether you’re training in boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, MMA, or even a traditional martial art, the foundation remains the same: energy originates from your feet. Modern fighters benefit from the lessons of old-school boxers by combining time-tested footwork with advanced strength and conditioning methods. Keep these principles in mind: Stay on the Balls of Your Feet Staying light on your toes makes you agile and able to shift weight quickly. Maintain a Bladed Stance (or Adapt to Your Sport) In boxing, a bladed stance maximizes reach and defensiveness when one shoulder is closer to the opponent.

[ihateswansmorethananything]

Wild horses from The Rolling Stones blasting on full volume in the distance ‼️💥

A cowboy jack drawing for the soul

[valtsv]

hey babe i know you want to punch the wall in a fit of impulsive rage that you'll immediately come to regret when your knuckles split and tear on the brickwork, but i just wanted to remind you to make sure you use proper technique so you don't do any permanent damage to your wrists, alright? and come find me when you're done so i can clean your wounds with antiseptic and bandage them so they don't get infected. okay. love you.

[eightspringdays]

tatsuki fujimoto paneling is amazing, the way he composes his work is fascinating and really showcases his love for movies. sometimes it makes me feel like im watching a movie rather than reading a manga.

[tboy-molloy]

Lumon knew that Helly R. and Gemma could never really meet. They would burn down Lumon within an hour.

[pippin-pippout]

Of course Dadan couldn't bear to see Ace leave. She can't bear to see Luffy leave either. Of course they both leave messages for her.

Of course Ace immediately gets Sabo's flag tattooed. Of course when Luffy leaves, the townsfolk wish him well, because he's Luffy, even offering their fishing boats. But all Luffy needs is Sabo (who was first to go out to sea) to watch over him.

Side note: if luffy wants 10 crewmates, then that means we are still 1 short right? 2 if not counting Luffy.

[sigomaru]

mario, the referee

[epickiya722]

Thinking about how Inumaki could have easily ended JJK 0 earlier and possibly prevented Kenjaku from inhabiting Geto's body if Geto didn't have those cursed spirits.

LOOK AT THAT BIG ASS HOLE!! INUMAKI DID THAT!! There had been no way for Geto's body to be found as possibly deep that hole is had it not been for those cursed spirits! Let alone intact given how much weight that had to be!!

[sciderman]

Do you think Peter learned how to breakdance when he got his powers just to add flare to his movement?

i think peter parker had been trying and failing to breakdance long before the spider-bite, and is just happy to discover he finally has the upper body strength to actually pull it off now

[badjohnspeakeasy]

"Good try, Genos. Let me tag in."

I've always loved how after seeing the Consecutive Normal Punches, Genos came up with the Machine Gun Blow a few hours later.

The guy really is learning from his Sensei.

[islandwaterbender]

look to Kuvira V Korra @ Zaofu for evidence on Sifu Kisu not being adequately referred to in the animation of LoK

[whiteredrose13]

AAAAAA, OKAY-- @persephone-s-moon I could not find their updated refs for the life of me, so, woe, busted old concept art be upon ye. (Excuse the wonky proportions, these were done on my phone.)

Shortest rundown I can manage:

Did someone order a tragic throuple with time-travel/reincarnation shenanigans and a side of hurt/comfort/fluff?

Candavata Bhatia: Elven queen, from the kingdom of Sona, and the baddest bitch to ever live. In order to prove herself worthy of holding the crown over her sisters, she needed to channel one of the gods. So, not only did she channel one, she called upon Bijalee, the embodiment of lightning and storms--and the most difficult one to channel due to her wild and hazardous nature. She has been the only person to do so, aside from the First Queen. This earned her the titles of Storm Bringer and Lightning Tamer. She and Qamar are married and have been best friends since childhood. Can you tell I love her?

(Side note: Editing this on my laptop and holy ashy tone, Batman. Hoping it's just my screen because my girl does NOT look like this, I promise--)

Qamar Abn awaa: Werejackal prince, devout cleric of Layl, goddess of the night and medicine, and the definition of the "I'm a healer, but--" meme. He managed to show both great power and promise from an early age when, during a political visit to the Sona royal court, he used his knowledge of anatomy to turn one of Candavata's would-be assassins inside out. This is where he and Candi's marriage was arranged. He is of a generally very sunny disposition, which often makes people underestimate him, as they assume he's useless in serious situations--but, when shit hits the fan, he's the one you want to be next to. (I started designing him when I did not understand how to map out locs or braids. Qamar, my prince, I am so sorry, I swear I will do right by you and fix whatever monstrosity I gave you.)

Vincenzo Virago: Vampire duke. The intersection of an emotionally constipated killing machine and massive nerd failure. He's head over heels for both Candi and Qamar, but he doesn't feel like he can tell them, due to the fact that he views himself as unlovable, both wanting and growing jealous of them. (He is completely oblivious to the fact that they are also in love with him.) He's terrified of turning into his father, but it seems like everything he does only turns him further down that path. He's a warlord. He's a wet cat. He needs therapy.

It's a stable, constant dynamic. You never see one without the other. Where Qamar goes, Candi is right beside him, and Vince is right behind them. Whenever something goes wrong, usually they're at the center of it, all having different roles in the trouble. Candi, the planner, Qamar, the keen lookout, and Vince, the instigator. He keeps the two of them grounded, on their toes, and they do what they can to keep him away from his father. Even after they graduate and take their places in their respective castes, they stay in touch.

The story itself begins at the worst part of their relationship.

At this point, Candavata and Qamar have been married and are tending to their responsibilities as king and queen of their joined empire. Though they try to stay in touch with Vincenzo, it's difficult--and Vince doesn't make it easy, either. Over the years, he becomes withdrawn. He stops answering their letters, he refuses to see them when they come in person, every time. After a while, they stop trying. Not because they don't love him, they do, but there's only so much you can do when a person doesn't want (or doesn't think they deserve) help.

Vincenzo, after years of sitting with the jealousy and battling his father's horrendous treatment, broke. He didn't just spiral, he nose-dived, doubling down on every bit of gossip and rumor, until he's changed and warped into something even he can't recognize. He shuts out Candi and Qamar. Maybe he doesn't want to taint them, maybe he thinks this is how it was meant to go, maybe he can't stand their gentle hands or the pitying look in their eyes. Maybe he just wants the excuse. Whatever it is, Vincenzo becomes a monster, with blood on his hands.

In the end, Candi and Qamar had to be the ones to put him down.

Which is where we get into the time/reincarnation fuckery.

Because, when the pain fades and Vincenzo opens his eyes, expecting to see whatever eternal damnation looks like, he sees his university bedroom. Littered with textbooks and letters from Candi and Qamar, and his graduation robes hanging on the back of the door.

He's got a second chance to go back and unfuck everything, but only time will tell if he'll succeed or end up exactly where he was before.

Something, something, breaking cycles and being open with your loved ones, allowing yourself to be loved by others and yourself, and sometimes men are at their best covered in blood and a little bit pathetic.

(Oh, and, you want a really fun fact? Vince isn't the only one who remembers the original timeline.)

[seilon]

my friend and i were talking the other day and he brought up how his (autistic) coworker asked him if he thought he might be autistic. and my friend was like uhh i mean i have adhd but no i dont think i’m autistic. why. and the coworker explained that it was something about how “you just like to do things the old fashioned way…”

they were referring to how my friend eats crabs by punching them open with his bare fists instead of using tools

[thesaintofaquarius]

the funniest part about assassins is that they REALLY put an emphasis on Camus's eight packs (why does he have eight packs, idk it's so fdkjjfd) and they are Committed to the bit, like, you can see his abs through his shirt Committed to the Bit 😭

[epickiya722]

Yuji 🤝 Megumi

Their existence is seemingly intolerable to some of the fandom 🙄 so there's takes on them that is just borderline bashing

[torgawl]

i wonder what this means

we know judgeman's appearance is similar to lady justice, who has a blindfold over her eyes, to represent impartial or blind justice. it's interesting that during sukuna's trial, and subsequent death penalty veredict, the stitches break on one side and that eye opens. something that didn't happen during the first death penalty delivered to yuuji despite both eyes opening up. we know everything higuruma is aware about his own ct, and ce in general, he grasped through reverse engeneering. his surprise about judgeman confiscating sukuna's cursed tool and not the cursed technique highlights that higuruma is only aware of his own technique due to things he was able to experience and deduce from the short time that has passed since he became a sorcerer. it's safe to say he had never persecuted someone who used a cursed tool before and therefore was unaware of this aspect of his technique (similar situations have happened before to characters like geto and even the way mahoraga works). this makes me wonder if judgeman's abilities are something we and higuruma have limited information on and there's something else going on, hinting at a possible outcome for higuruma/higuruma's character.

judgeman's eye opening is especially interesting because that is exactly the stance higuruma decided to take once he lost faith in the justice system. jujutsu kaisen and the concept of cursed energy and cursed techniques are very based in buddhist philosophy, or rather the power system is, and more specifically the concept of suffering. buddha recognised there was suffering in life and started guiding people into following a practice to get rid of that suffering, through the four noble truths the noble eightfold path. which ultimately would result in liberation from the samsara, cycle of rebirth and suffering. a lot of that lifestyle is learning how to properly process suffering in a way that's beneficial to the individual with the goal of achieving enlightment. in jjk suffering directly creates cursed energy and when that suffering sort of accumulates it originates cursed spirits. jujutsu sorcerers are basically people able to process their own suffering and their own ce to fight and exorcise the suffering that's constantly emerging from humanity (tying deeply with the core theme of jjk and a big plot point - the merging). you could even draw parallels between ways individuals cope with their own pain and their cursed techniques, which is very obvious in characters like geto (ingesting curses through cursed spirit manipulation akin to bottling up his own feelings and letting that suffering eat him from the inside out), for example. where am i going with this? i'm not sure (sorry if you read all of this expecting a really cool theory) but what if this is sort of an awakening moment for higuruma? a moment where his technique will finally align with his beliefs? i just don't believe the differences in judgeman throughout the story are a coincidence. not when judgeman also has this form, with both its eyes completely shut.