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Remember that boxers wear heavy gloves when they punch with their fists. Under the gloves, their hands have been professionally wrapped and are protected by yards of gauze and tape. Even with this kind of padding, a professional boxer will occasionally break his hand in a fight.

Your hands are made up of many tiny bones that are easily broken. If you don’t know how to punch correctly, you need to learn the proper technique so that you will not break your hand in a fight on the street. I’ve been lucky; I’ve never broken the bones of my hand in a fight—but I’ve been working on my punching technique for over thirty years.

The majority of the time, if I have to strike, I strike with a palm heel strike. With this strike you make contact with (obviously) the heel of your palm. Your fingers should be tightly held together and your thumb tucked in. (If your thumb sticks out during a strike, it runs the risk of getting damaged. I speak from experience in this department!) The heel of your palm should be thrust out, and your fingers are pulled back—both for maximum impact with the heel of your palm and so that your fingers don’t get in the way (see Fig. ssss1).