Set On

May 14, 2014

Location

Altavista, Virginia

Info

I began to experiment with punches for speed, for power, and for accuracy while writing a book about self defense that is humorous, but with effective techniques. I googled to see how fast people were punching and found my technique placed me near the record speed for straight punches in one minute. I decided to start with one hour to build endurance and couldn't get my full video to upload, so changed to go for the 20 minutes instead. Of course the punching is slower than my fastest to allow me to punch for the longer time. This twenty minutes was a portion of the hour. I maintained this speed for the full hour! Pretty good for a 59 year old! I wore gel cushioning to protect my knuckles/skin and used a metronome to keep track of the seconds to help pace myself. All the hits were on the first two knuckles of each hand, martial arts style. The knuckles were still sore after even with the cushioning! Conditioning before doing this is worth it.