Small hands/bone structure better for fighting?

Question

Bone structure doesn't limit your muscle mass.

So assuming the same muscularity/strength, we have an equal punch force.

Now, force = mass x acceleration

If the hand is small, lets say, half the mass, it'll have twice the acceleration.

So a muscular person with a smaller bone structure (say short guys, or tall slender guys) actually have a speed advantage to their punches and can punch very fast with the same force (and also target their hits better)

Answer 1

Hi, actually it does not matter. Its all depend on your experience and how you made your technique fit to your body instead of trying to fit your body into type of fighting. It will never be complete if you did that. Learn your body and make it fit.

Answer 2

yeah but if you have the same size muscles it will probably be about the same mass (maybe like a 3 pound difference for bone mass and size)

Answer 3

You need to add reach to your equation the longer your reach the more force you can put into a punch.  I dont think speed or strength can match intelegince in a fight though.  Anyone who has really studied martial arts will agree.  Different styles for different peopel I guess.

Answer 4

well your logic  is a bit flawed--Lets make the comparison between a 9mm and a .45 caliber bullet. The 9mm is smaller and faster, but on impact packs less of a punch. Saw a person who survived a 12 round assault with a 9mm--He did however have a very very bad 6months in the hospital. The .45 caliber on the other had was developed to be a one shot one knockdown weapon.

A small hand by virture of the fact that it weighs less than a large hand, if all other things are equal, will do less damage force =MASS X acceleration. Plus, the Mass is mostly bone  since the hand muscles are small.

Now a small fast person may be deadly accurate but if they don't pack the power to deliver a knock down blow then they will be at a distinct disadvantage. A man can hit a grizzly bear in the head about 50 times and still not knock him down, The bear--well, you get the picture.

This is why we have weight classes in sporting events.

But in a street fight there are not any rules--anything goes, so a little person who gets in a good groin blow may beat yo a$$.

Answer 5

F=MA is correct, but your translation is a little skewed. In order for a hand that has half the mass, as you used for your example, to have the same amount as force, you will have to have TWICE the acceleration to equal the same amount of force. For someone to punch at twice the speed as their opponent is, in my opinion, almost impossible if they are the same size. Dont forget now, in order for them to have twice the acceleration, they have to have very fast hands. Fast hands equals to lean muscle that is taut and very explosive. They can punch fast, but the force they hit an opponent will be significantly less then a bigger heavier hand that moves slower. There is a reason that bigger hands hits harder, no matter how fast they are swung. Imagine a sledge hammer and a regular hammer. How fast would you have to swing the regular hammer to be comparable to the sledge hammer?

Answer 6

"Now, force = mass x acceleration

If the hand is small, lets say, half the mass, it'll have twice the acceleration."

not true.  if the hand has half the mass, then it will need TWICE the acceleration to equal the same force.  look at your equation again, and do the math.

Answer 7

It would be tough to say if a smaller hand would accelerate faster, but I would be more inclined to say yes, it would.  As for the force of impact (i.e. pain caused from impact), it would be my assumption that it would do less damage as a whole.