Do you need strength to punch and fight hard/fast, or is it just technique?

Question

I was just wondering if it is still possible to punch hard and fast (and win fights) if you are not that strong but just know the correct techniques; I've got a lower amount of strength than most people my age (probably because I have a skinny build not muscular) but I'm joining kickboxing soon and I wanted to know if you necessarily need a lot of strength???

Answer 1

u need u r energyy BUT technique is mad important 2.

Answer 2

Strength and conditioning

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Answer 3

Technique is important. strength is important. Without technique much strength is wasted. "Technique is the great multiplier of strength" said my Sifu. The better your technique the greater it multiples your strength.

Answer 4

To start off I can go on and on with many facts to prove that strength does not have to do with delivering a powerful punch.   If you really want to know where all the force comes from when you punch and kick. It all really comes from your butt. it sounds as if i'am just joking by saying such a thing, but alot of force from the punch comes directly from the swing of ur hips towards throwing the punch/ kick foward. the power is originally delivered from your buttocks and sent through the body with a "whip-like" motion. It's scientifically proven. With the whole strength part, strength is mainly used for lifting not for giving a blow to someone's skull. If you fought someone who was strong and had a body weight of 250 or more and all muscle, i bet you anyone with that size would go for the take-down than to  K.O someone with a punch.  If it was really the strength that gives you the force and power of a punched thrown, than you would see big 240-300lb muscular people like -for istance- (jeff monson-UFC) throwin punch after punch to take his apponent down. but he doesn't because his punches are weak for being such a *BIG/STRONG & MUSCULAR* dude.

Answer 5

strength mixed with teqnique

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Answer 6

I'm 4 years in kickboxingl, and i can say that growing tons of muscles isn't necessary. There are a lot of good skinny fighters.  For examle Kostya Dzu

Answer 7

the following things are required:

1) Mental Senses (ability to move and save oneself)

2) Strength

3) Muscular Power

4) Knowledge of sensitive body parts.

one should know where are the key areas to strike and damage the opponent.

a normal person can even beat a stronger person, by just using his/her brains.

Answer 8

well lets put it this way, there was a meter that you punch and it registers how hard you punch and it has like a top ten leader board of all time at black beards. me and my buddy decided to try it. he is about 6'4 200 pounds benches around 315 and works out everyday. me i work out about 2 times a week and no where near as strong as him. we both took our turns on it, and i came out with top score everr about 905, he got like 784. now i don't know how accurate it is, but consistantly i came out on top, ive been doing aam ka justsu since ive een in kindergarten and am now 19. so in conclusion i don't think strength is the main factor, but it sure wouldn't hurt.

Answer 9

Strength is important, as it improves stamina and energy.

However, you are able to end a quick fight with less strength than the opponent by avoiding his powerful attacks and then counter/attack on the vital parts of the body (groin, throat, solar plexus, eyes [for dazing, then usually following with the groin], the nose, etc.

Those are the quick but severly damaging ways to end a fight quickly.

However if you want to end a fight wanting to make your opponent look miserable like a rat, then start doing weights. Just Kidding.

Therefore, techniques are very important, as with strength.

Every aspect has its pros and cons.

Strength is not very useful with no speed.

Technique is not very useful with no control.

Speed is not useful with no stamina OR strength.

Hope you do well in kickboxing.

Answer 10

In a perfect world to get a proper punch you need both technique  and strength but if you were going to choose one probably strength but i personally (I'm 15) ain't very strong but can still punch because of my kickboxing technique which has become second nature, so i would say no you don't need strength but it certainly helps..Speed to

Answer 11

Yes, you need strength.

Technique is for control.

Strength is for speed and power.

Answer 12

having more muscle = More Mass and Speed = More Power

Answer 13

if u have perfect technique strenght does not matter so much but to master the tachnique takes alot of practise.

if u wanna do muay tai or kickboxing u need 2 be extremely fit like bing able 2 jog 50ks non stop fit and u need 2 be determined

my advice dunt do a martial art juz so u can beat pplz up its for self defence and self defence onlyit may even teach how to get out of fights coz it dunt encourage violence accept 4 gradings/sparing

hope this helped

Leon

Answer 14

Technique is more important than strength and that includes using the right muscles rather than the wrong ones.  I say that because most people tend to use their shoulder muscles which are power type muscles but they are slow twitch which makes the punch slower.  Sometimes a person's shoulder will even lock up as they throw a punch and all but stop because of this.  By isolating them from the action you can punch much faster and harder and as you learn how to better relax and use the correct muscles they will get stronger and faster in firing.  

I currently have a heavy weight student that I am working with on this exact thing.  He is bigger as well as stronger than some of my lighter students but hits the bag only half as hard they do because they have been training longer and they don't rely on those bigger shoulder muscles but rather isolate them from the motion and instead use the correct muscles.  Getting hit by one of them is like getting hit by a golf ball going seventy-five miles per hour while getting hit by the heavy-weight is like getting hit by a softball going sixty.  That will change as he starts to get it right and in a few months he will be hitting the bag twice as hard as he is now and in six months it will be even a faster, stronger punch than that as long as he has good technique.