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So I just tried to focus on movement more so as oppose to trying to hit the pads harder... and the improvement was immediate.
exactly!!!! this is huge in my opinion.
the stance, core, balance and movement basics (footwork included) is part of your foundation... the punches and kicks are on top of that and limited to that imo...
Where I to teach the way I wanted 100% (don't have same group all the time and skill levels vary etc and many want to bang etc) I would focus on the stance, balance, posture, movement etc first then add the moves limiting power and speed etc to the degree that the foundation is maintained...
-increased power - when your whole body works together of course power and speed etc will increase (with less effort too!)...
The nervous system will use less energy and focus when the body is balanced (this also applies to muscle imbalances of strength and length etc)
I say it like this. You have the most powerful/fast sports car (not a car guy here so fill in good car terminology lol) put slicks on it and put it in snow and its not going to be overly useful....
Your stance/balance and movement etc is the tires ability to grip to move you, to transfer power into your punch etc etc
The core links the upper and lower body and in function bodies the core is where all movement starts... like dropping a pebble in water the ripple starts at core and goes down legs then back up through core into upper body and moving out through the arms (and everything inbetween etc)
give me a car that can grip the road over the power of the engine etc any day... once you can grip - rock and roll on the power and speed etc
I hope to watch video's soon....
So all this is huge in my opinion and important however it is mind work and that may one way to do it and for some needed... but in our western societies we can get overly stuck in the head... the heart, feeling it, awareness of the body is simply something one can DO - there is a trust that develops with the body and it can do things you have never trained for just because it works well...
For the first time I sprinted across this beach... good size rocks that most people would be careful walking over... I was literally going all out... my dog couldn't keep up at all...
(there are many things my body isn't doing so well these days due to life, work, lack of movement etc - but the lower legs, ankles, feet and whatever needed to do the above seemed to work.. my ankle rolled a few times but it has the movement and awareness to go that way and my body doesn't panick and goes with the flow...
My point is its not just training to fight its training to have a highly tuned functioning body AS WELL as learning to fight and then, it is my belief and limited experience, that the mind/body can take performance to new levels.