Hi, my name is John,
I have done alot of research into developing or making my own style for myself. I know, Im thinking most dont have any interest in a style that sombody has come up with and i have heard that as far as style almost everything out there has been coverd as far as..."Style"... I happen to disagree. Every style can be taylored or learned as it is and just left the way it is, but i think sombody can develop a style to meet their own needs with what works best for them. That is why I say Martial Arts is an Art and it is also a science ( or at least thats the perspective or way that Im looking at it. I would call my own style " THE FLOW...(T.F.O.) Bcause I remember my first kicking combination i used, that i got off a Chuck Norris movie,...It was like a rush, it flowed, and everything that workes seems to flow. so i Call it The Flow ;)........ I have chose Boxinng & JKD/Wing Chun for my hand tecniques and Tae Kwon Do, Muay Thia, Wallace Kicking system and Wing Chun for my kicking techniques. Im still getting into Wresteling & Jiu Jitsu for my grappling plus some other tecniques from other styles.......
One of my concerns is "SAFTEY"....... Recently for the past year (more or less) I have been studying punching with hand positioning for the best results & saftey as far as not breaking the hand ( the 4th and 5th Metacarpals, which is the ring and pinky bone behind those knuckes). These are the most often hand bones broken from injury when throwing a punch, although the bone behind the index can, but rarely unless hitting a protruding hard target as well as the middle knuckle but very rarley, not like the ring and pinky which are fragile. the Pinky bone (5th Metacarpal) can break with as little as 9 pounds of pressure which is very easy to do with a wrong angle...
To make this short, I have done alot of research to see what works, BUT and i say BUT, Im still learning, what I have been doing is using the 3 knuckle landing ( 3rd, 4th, and 5th metacarple- which is middle, ring and pinky) For the JKD/Wing Chun - Straight Punches, using all three and the whole surface created by the three to make a power Straight Punch or Power Jab that my opponet will take seriously. not peppering him with the non-Power Line two knuckle Horizonal Jab that some opponets will just plow through...but for the rest as I see it.... the Hook Punches, Upper Cuts, Over Hands, I use the double knuckles like they do in Karate and some Boxers, these are the first two...the 2nd and third Metacarpals (or wrather the index and middle knuckle)..... are 3 times stronger i have heard. and for another angle i use all my Cork Screw Punches also with the same double knuckle for saftey.....So...... Bottom 3 knuckle for Power Line Straight Punch to face, and all other with the Double Knuckle.....
What do you think? Questions? Comments? Opinions? Methods you use? Id like to hear your response...............
I know that alot of Martial Artist around the world use the front 2 knuckle punch (using the index and middle knuckle) some like to chamber the punch from the hip and some throw it from the chin like a Boxer which seems safer. :) My 2 cents lol