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Your striking will be given its power and potency through your aggression and your emotion; a poorly executed strike delivered with full emotion and aggression will be more effective than a technically perfect one that lacks any emotional commitment.

Upper-Body Combatives

Many people who practice punching on focus mitts are surprised when they’re not able to generate the same type of power when striking the head with bare knuckles. The same will often be experienced by individuals who train/spar wearing gloves—the bigger the gloves they wear, the more difficult they will find the transition. When you strike a focus mitt, you are hitting a flat surface, so you are able to hit it square on and deliver driving force through the target. Gloves create the same effect by “flattening” the striking surface and spreading the force into the target. When you punch bare-knuckled to the head, you are rarely striking a flat surface—especially if you are striking someone who is directly in front of you. If, on the other hand, you move to the side of the person and strike, you can present the face as a flatter surface, and you can deliver greater concussive, damaging force. The effect of punching a face positioned directly in front of you is that your punches will often “roll” off the target. The risk of this increases if the head moves with the initial impact of your strike. This is why, if you are going to deliver straight punches, positioning yourself before striking is so important.