When You Have The Hardest Strike You Hit The Home Run!
When it comes to the martial arts a knock out is a home run. I don't care if you study kenpo or pa kau chang or savate, if the end result of your strike, or chokehold, is that the guy does not go unconscious, then you have not hit a home run. In short, you didn't complete the work.
If you swing and miss with your fist, it is a strike. Enough of these and you're going to strike out, because the other guy is going to get his chance at bat. And you cannot bet that when he gets to bat he is not going to hit a home run.
If you swing and hit your opponent and there is no damage, it is a foul ball. If you hit a foul in this manner, you have wasted your time and effort, and he is that much closer to taking his turn at planting a fist on your face. So foul balls are a thing to be avoided when it comes to the martial arts.
If you swing a punch and hit him and hurt him, that is a definite base hit. If he takes a step back you have an advantage strategically, and you get to take another swing. You have gotten to first base, and you may, depending on your next swings of the fist, make it all the way around to home plate and knock him out.
If he staggers or shows weakness in any way, then you have made it to second base. You have done some damage, and lessened the chances of him hitting a home run. Further, you have an advantage, no matter how fleeting, and you need to really rock and roll on your opponent.
If you swing a fist and knock him down, you have made it to third base. Now you know he is hurt, you see the look in his eyes, you see the awareness that you might be able to knock him all the way out. Knocking somebody down is awful close to knocking him out, and home base is in sight.
Now, the above being said, getting a base hit is fine, but they are not the home run, and there is risk of being put out yourself before you make it home. So you have to make sure you knock your opponent all the way out. You have hit him hard, you have the hardest punch in the world, and that is the ticket to the real home run.
The truth of the matter is no matter what martial art you happen to prefer, shaolin or aikido or uechi ryu, you have to knock him out. If it goes to a decision, then nothing has really been decided. If there is no knock out then the fighters were only dancing, slapping at each others faces, and not really fighting, and neither fighter was able to get the job done, and they better get back to the dojo and study The True Martial Art.
If you swing and miss with your fist, it is a strike. Enough of these and you're going to strike out, because the other guy is going to get his chance at bat. And you cannot bet that when he gets to bat he is not going to hit a home run.
If you swing and hit your opponent and there is no damage, it is a foul ball. If you hit a foul in this manner, you have wasted your time and effort, and he is that much closer to taking his turn at planting a fist on your face. So foul balls are a thing to be avoided when it comes to the martial arts.
If you swing a punch and hit him and hurt him, that is a definite base hit. If he takes a step back you have an advantage strategically, and you get to take another swing. You have gotten to first base, and you may, depending on your next swings of the fist, make it all the way around to home plate and knock him out.
If he staggers or shows weakness in any way, then you have made it to second base. You have done some damage, and lessened the chances of him hitting a home run. Further, you have an advantage, no matter how fleeting, and you need to really rock and roll on your opponent.
If you swing a fist and knock him down, you have made it to third base. Now you know he is hurt, you see the look in his eyes, you see the awareness that you might be able to knock him all the way out. Knocking somebody down is awful close to knocking him out, and home base is in sight.
Now, the above being said, getting a base hit is fine, but they are not the home run, and there is risk of being put out yourself before you make it home. So you have to make sure you knock your opponent all the way out. You have hit him hard, you have the hardest punch in the world, and that is the ticket to the real home run.
The truth of the matter is no matter what martial art you happen to prefer, shaolin or aikido or uechi ryu, you have to knock him out. If it goes to a decision, then nothing has really been decided. If there is no knock out then the fighters were only dancing, slapping at each others faces, and not really fighting, and neither fighter was able to get the job done, and they better get back to the dojo and study The True Martial Art.
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