Kung Fu Side Punch

Video Transcript

"Hi, my name is Dan Schmidt from the Chinese Martial Arts Center and today we're going to be showing you the proper Side Punch. Okay, Side Punch, you can start from the feet together, fist to hip position. Okay, you want to step out with the right leg, bend down into Horse Stance, and you want to punch out with the right fist. Okay, if you notice, my fist go straight from the hip, you want to grind your form against the hip as it slowly starts to go towards the target and twist out at the last second. Okay, so details to the Side Punch, okay, all the shoulders, if you look from the front view, the hand all the way to the rear shoulder is in a completely straight line. Okay, you don't want to bend back, you'll loose power. You don't want to go forward, you'll loose power. You want to be nice and straight down, okay, tuck the buttocks in, keep the head facing where the punches and you want to focus the attack with the front knuckles in the flat of the hand. Now, the rear hand, it's very important, okay, if I do it from here, you want to keep the elbow back, you don't want to stick the elbow out. That compromises the power and the extension of the fist. So you want to squeeze the elbow back almost as if you're trying to hide it, punch straight out. Okay, now this punch is good as for like a slip, so, if he punches, okay, I can come this way, step straight in and punch straight to the rib. Okay, this way. Or if he punches, okay, I could step over, punch straight to the face. Okay. And you notice, the chest is out, shoulders are flat, okay, and I have a straight line between my shoulder and the target. That is the proper way to perform a Side Punch."