Hey Nick K, Well the main point of the argument is power is NOT GENERATED from the hips. The hips help augment power to the target, but power/thrus...

Hey Nick K,

Well the main point of the argument is power is NOT GENERATED from the hips. The hips help augment power to the target, but power/thrust starts from the legs. The hips, ball of foot, knees, shoulders & elbows are all pivot points that aid in transferring thrust from the legs all the way up to the target. Mr. Purdue describes a drill in the book which basically locks out all these pivot points & the resulting affect is a weak crappy punch. But opening all these pivot points up loosely results in leg thrust being transferred resulting in powerful punches. There is so much he goes through on this topic that I can’t put it all down here. My suggestion is read the book, it isn’t long, 2nd section “Dynamics & Execution”. I think you will find it interesting to say the least. He does also go through what you’re talking about in terms of the hips stopping where your techniques stop-referring to “stance” and “set”. I’m sure Mr. Purdue knew he would stir up controversy, all his points were valid to me. Good luck.

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