Originally Posted by
bawang
breaking bricks isnt important, u need to find a force meter thing and see if you can consistently produce knock out force with punch
Context is everything.
Breaking can help gauge your progression and, as David mention, can be an eye opener in regards to how much force you need to break.
Of course not all bricks and slabs and breaks are created equal.
I have had used various force meters in the past, some of the industrial type ( benefits of being an Mech. Eng) and even those used in crash test dummies.
Based on what I have done and seen others do, almost EVERYONE can generate enough force to KO or hurt anyone else WITHOUT IP training ( kind of obvious when you think about it of course).
The only advantage I see IP practitioners having is when they hit where they are "not suppose" to hit.
Iv' done IP for close to 10 years now and notice that I hit harder simply because I am less worried about hitting and I also notice that I feel a sense of "heaviness" in my hands that seems to translate into more depth in my strikes.
Of course I have always had "heavy hands" so...
Psalms 144:1
Praise be my Lord my Rock,
He trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle !