Quote Originally Posted by HumbleWCGuy View Post
I have been throwing the "casting punch' for nearly all of my martial arts career. I always considered it a ridge hand variant. In fact, it was the second looping technique that I learned to use.
yes this is pretty much just an exagerrated ridge hand

http://www.vidoemo.com/yvideo.php?i=...-casting-punch

we have the same in goju ryu you can use the side of the hand or strike with the forerarm