I’ve always been a stickler for detail in many areas of my life.  But that attention to detail has helped to understand martial arts much better and to be able to analyse the movements and applications in a lot more depth.

This is why I do these videos from time to time to try to help others.  In the video below, I look at using the chest and lateral muscles to help generate more punching power.  Most traditional Eastern martial arts keep the shoulders down, relaxed and engage the lats, whilst Western fighting systems like boxing and kick-boxing tend to raise the shoulder and turn it into the punch.  In the West, broad shoulders and a narrow waist is seen as a powerful build.  So if big shoulders are powerful, it would seem sensible to use them and turn them into the technique.

Yet in the East, big hips are more often seen as a powerful build and this is reflected in their fighting systems focusing on moving the hips/waist to generate power. Read more