Striking
Blue Belt Striking: White Lotus System Foundations
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April 24, 2026No Comments
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Striking is the foundation of stand-up combat. A punch or an elbow is only as good as the structure behind it: the feet, hips and shoulders have to work as one chain, or power leaks away before it ever reaches the target. Most of the work in training is not about adding techniques, but about removing the extra movement that costs speed and balance.
The articles collected here cover the mechanics of hand strikes, the targets worth pursuing, and the combinations that hold up when someone is actively resisting. You will find material on the jab and cross, hooks and uppercuts, elbows at close range, and the defensive habits that keep those strikes from landing on you instead.
Read the pieces in any order. If you are new to striking, start with the mechanics and defensive structure before the combinations; if you already train, the pieces on common errors and pressure testing will be the most useful.
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The jab. It is the fastest and safest strike, it measures distance, it sets up everything else, and it exposes the least of your own structure.
Usually because the arm is doing the work instead of the chain from the ground up: rear foot pivoting, hips turning, shoulders following. If the base is not turning, the energy never reaches the target.
Short two and three punch combinations come early because they teach rhythm and recovery, but only once the mechanics of a single strike are stable.
Repeat at low speed in front of a mirror and on the bag with the non-punching hand fixed to the cheek. The habit is built by repetition before power, not after.
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