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Wave energy involves the entirety of the principles to achieve its goals. As any karate-ka and martial artist knows, using the legs and hips augments power generation. Power begins in the legs and hips and moves up through the body until released through the arms. Power is rooted in the feet, generated in the hips, and expressed through the fingertips. Ideally, the body acts as a whip. (Note: all of these are more enhancers that augment energy use to power and force generation while mass movement and gravity are the true power generators)
The lower portions of the body should generate movement of the upper portions, meaning that the upper body should not move of its own volition.
Wave energy moves one body part at a time rather than turning the entire body at once. If a striker remains relaxed, the force of the wave can continue into the opponent’s body in ways that exceed the mere momentum of the striking hand. Wave energy generated from movement of our mass is enhance when we let it spiral upwards from the lower body, with the upper body merely its conduit.
We view the lower body as the handle of the whip and the upper body as the whip itself. The whip it must be emphasized is another enhancer to augment power generated properly. In the human body, the upper portions can also amplify the initial force. Keep the upper body relaxed or else tension will consume some or all of the energy generated by the lower body. Positive relaxation facilitates wave power.
One flick of the legs and hips creates a single burst of force augmentation and enhancement that passes through the joints.
First, better to allow the force to flow directly through the loose fist so that the force transfers directly into the adversary on contact. Punching with a loose fist can be dangerous to the hand and the wrist until proper methodologies is internalized. The arms generate no power, it might supplement the power with some structure and motion. The arm merely conveys lower body power to the target.
When applying wave energy the percentage principle results in, in the case of striking, that translates to a small and sharp, though not necessarily hard or tense, motion. Large, big turning motions effectively spread out the finite percentage of force over a relatively long period of time and distance. Condensing the motion results in a more concentrated impact.
Remember, energy in motion does not want to turn.
Caution: If we use wave energy we can be guilty of telegraphing our techniques because our adversary will see our hips move before our hands move. Be very careful to avoid exaggerated hip motions in creating wave energy. The generation of wave energy should be imperceptibly small and refined, and should propel force from the spine forward without creating turning or spinning in the body. Note that if we and our adversary are moving and dependent on the direction each moves is effected by wave energy and whether those two are moving in a specified direction contributes to force and power applied to one or the other.
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