In one experiment, experts in karate, boxing, kung fu, and tae kwon do all took turns striking the dummy in the face.
The researchers were surprised to find that boxing is the fighting style capable of delivering the most force in a single punch.
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'Out Of Gas'
Natter 46: The FIGHTIN' 46
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Tom Scola - Aug 16, 2006 2:00:05 am PDT #2849 of 10001
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Jesse - Aug 16, 2006 3:14:34 am PDT #2850 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
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Sue - Aug 16, 2006 3:25:19 am PDT #2851 of 10001
hip deep in pie
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Fred Pete - Aug 16, 2006 3:53:31 am PDT #2853 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
§ ita § - Aug 16, 2006 3:55:19 am PDT #2854 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
That strike force post and its comments miss a lot of points.
There comes a point where how hard you hit someone stops mattering. Because you're hitting him plenty hard. Does the hit land? Have you hit them somewhere effective? What did you do before the strike? After? Did they get a chance to hit you?
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I hope I remember to take a chocolate cupcake to work today.
Calli - Aug 16, 2006 4:21:38 am PDT #2855 of 10001
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sumi - Aug 16, 2006 4:22:05 am PDT #2856 of 10001
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Jesse - Aug 16, 2006 4:34:52 am PDT #2857 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
This is really gross: I think I'm sweating out booze. I wasn't even drunk last night, although I did drink a great deal of beer. I think I smell sweet. Weird.
Nutty - Aug 16, 2006 4:54:54 am PDT #2858 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
There comes a point where how hard you hit someone stops mattering. Because you're hitting him plenty hard. Does the hit land?
IIRC, the only issue where strike force really matters is the ability to kill your opponent accidentally. I bet people are killed in competitive karate almost never, whereas the history of boxing, even rule-bound, giant-gloves, legitimate-contention boxing, is littered with skull fractures, brain damage, and death. Of course, in boxing, you can win if you induce unconsciousness in your opponent; whereas competitive karate and tae kwon doe ar strictly points and knockdowns, right? So there's no incentive to cause serious injury.
Have you hit them somewhere effective? What did you do before the strike? After? Did they get a chance to hit you?
My only knowledge of not-rule-bound fighting systems comes from Bruce Lee movies, but I figure that, given intent to kill, karate and tae kwon do can do the job about on par with floating like a butterfly and throwing haymakers. Probably more efficiently, because boxing is such a stand-up game, and other fighting systems endorse things like flipping your opponent on his head, and dipping your toes in his intestines.