When your elbow is acting as a downward wedge on top of someone's forearm at the same time as you are hitting them in the belly (or bladder), it is a very cool (and safe!) feeling.Originally Posted by Mat
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When your elbow is acting as a downward wedge on top of someone's forearm at the same time as you are hitting them in the belly (or bladder), it is a very cool (and safe!) feeling.
-Lawrence
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Yeah, sure. That would be an optimal position.
But when all things are equal, especially when fighting someone who doesn't come from a non-sparring Chinese style and will automatically be pulling their arm back as soon as they've punched, it's very very difficult to achieve.
That's when you need to follow their arm back as they retract, to exploit the opening they will probably leave to their body... and on the inside in this situation a somewhat round-elbowed downward-palmed horizontal punch will defend your centreline and open theirs much better when punching downward, IME.
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