Metalmanx
Illuminati Founder
Originally posted by jrodslam
If you were to cock you arm back (like you were throwing a pitch) and punch with all your strength, it would be much harder than throwing a punch with all your speed.Prime examples would be in boxing. You have your jab which is your fastest attack. Then you have your slower more powerful ones such as uppercuts, hooks and haymakers.
Again, you're taking my example out of context.
The jab is the fastest-to-hit punch. But I'm not talking about the kind of punch. I'm saying if you were trying to hit something as hard as you could, you punch it as FAST as you can.
I'm applying this to the haymaker for example. If you pull back for a haymaker and then just casually, very slowly punch someone, they may not even feel it. Seriously, picture that in your mind.
Now picture the same haymaker, but throwing it as fast as you can. IT HITS HARDER. Why is this so hard to understand?
Oh, and by the way. The haymakers and hooks are probably even faster (fist-speed-wise) than the jab. The jab just looks faster because it connects quicker than the other punches.
The faster your fist speed, the harder the punch.