How to Make a Fist that Won't Break your Fingers

Video Transcript

"Greetings! My name is Grand Master Jean Le Grand otherwise known as the Phoenix Sensei. The name of our system is Lost Legacy Systems, University of Mixed Martial Arts. We are located in Coconut Creek, Florida. On behalf of Expert Village, we are going to show you how to become a Mixed Martial Artist. So there are different ways to hold the fist in Mixed Martial Arts. There are also different strikes you can do with that same fist. You want to hold your fist in a completely clasp position. You don’t want to have it open with the thumb out or you can break your thumb and you also loose stability in your fist. You also don’t want to have it to the side like that. It is more powerful and stronger holding it like this. You can also strike with different parts of your fist whether it’s these two knuckles or these three knuckles. In Wing Chun they use these three knuckles and traditional karate. A lot of times they twist it like that. Also there is a hammer fist which you can apply to the temple or groin and that is basically the fist how it goes. "