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Hey how does one discover their own striking power because my coach says when I’m sparing I’m holding back and I haven’t discovered my striking power but I’m afraid I won’t have control of my striking power if I throw 50% so how does one find there striking power? Or unlock there striking power?

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You dont want to risk to hurt your sparring pard?  its wise, of course.

Try perhaps to spar with an experienced fighter, whom is used to get and manage some rough handling.  Tell him / her its what the session will be about, so he / she wont get sour you are going all out although this is a friendly sparring...

 

If necessary, jump straight inte the deep water, ie take a real fight, preferably with an opp more experienced than you.

Because otherwise you will have the same problem: you want to win and beat up your opp, but you dont want to hurt him / her, not a beginner whom barely  had began the carrieer....

 

A note re female Muays.  In clubs in the West;, many of them are really into fitness.  So yeah, they will probably be shrieking and protesting as soon it begins to hurt.   Female muays do complains too about this phenomen.

If you want to sparr reasonably hard hits, be sure you spar with a female whom is herself a wanna be fighter.  These manage roughness much better than fitness models.    🙂   Ask them before you begin in the sharp mode version.

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In my experience, strikes are more powerful when they're relaxed and not "trying to be hard." Trying to control power usually tenses up the limbs and makes you both less able to control them and too slow and too light. Loose, relaxed and still fast but controlling the impact. "Letting your strikes go," is almost always a trying less "hard" and being relaxed. 

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7 hours ago, Sylvie von Duuglas-Ittu said:

In my experience, strikes are more powerful when they're relaxed and not "trying to be hard." Trying to control power usually tenses up the limbs and makes you both less able to control them and too slow and too light. Loose, relaxed and still fast but controlling the impact. "Letting your strikes go," is almost always a trying less "hard" and being relaxed. 

Ah, so this phenomena is the reality behind the karate films.  When feks Mr Miyagi barely touches the opp, and he falls down although a big strong fellow...   Or when Daniel san crushes a big ice cube in the same film.

This is so because its a movie, but there IS a core of truth in there...  Exactly as you try to describe it.   A focused and  relaxed strike tends to be more powerful than brute strength.

 

Tx for this moment of insight!

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