daniel pfister wrote: Some would argue that not using a bag exercises the body more, ...
Are you talking about fight or are you talking about health? If you don't knock down your opponent in sparring. If you also don't punch on your heavy bag, how will your know that you have "knock down power"?
- In throwing art, you can throw your opponent down 1000 times and he won't get hurt.
- In striking art, if you just knock down your opponent once, he won't be your training partner any more. The heavy bag is the only tool that a striker can develop his knock down power.
The force that
- will disappear into the thin air will be useless force.
- can hit on your opponent's body will be the useful force.
In CMA, you train 筋骨皮 muscle, bone, skin outside and train Qi inside. If you don't hit on solid object, how will you train your "皮 skin"?
I have a 80 lb throwing dummy that's not in good condition for throwing any more. I may hang it on a tree and use it to replace my 100 lb heavy bag instead. Has anyone used the throwing dummy as heavy bag?
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