There aren’t many people that leave the house during the day or at night that intend to get into a street fight. There are some that do but those people are few and far between as the average Joe has no intentions of getting into a physical altercation…EVER.

However; a common misconception is that when throwing a punch, particularly in a street fight or self-defense situation, that punching power is paramount….well Shane Fazen, as he explains in the video below, begs to differ.

As Shane explains: Power is not the most important aspect when throwing a punch in a fight. Too many beginners over concern themselves with getting that knockout punch, and in turn tense up their muscles, waste energy, inhibit their accuracy, and slow their punches down. You’ve probably heard people say it before: stay calm in a fight. They don’t mean like a wet noodle, overly relaxed, but wait to tense up your muscles just before making contact!

An example of a great fighter who tenses his muscles at the right time is Gennady Golovkin, better known as GGG. He stays calm and composed just before his punch lands, then you see his muscles and face both tense up. And look at his knockout percentage! This works for him because he makes sure his punch is going to land in the right spot, it gets there on time, and THEN he tightens up to pack a harder punch.

So to learn some techniques and for a visual explanation of the aforementioned, check out the video below as we discover why power is NOT the most important thing to consider when throwing a punch.

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Jacob C. Stevens is a lifelong athlete and cerebral martial arts enthusiast who is also skilled in the art of linguistic manipulation, his published work, Afterthoughts and Handgrenades, can be found here…