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Kung Fu Lessons Online – Developing Speed Without Telegraphing Your Punch

June 4, 2014 By Sifu Larry Rivera 47 Comments

Learn Kung Fu OnlineIn this kung Fu lesson Online Sifu Phu teaches you how to develop speed from your wrist.  In order to achieve a faster punch you don’t want to develop your muscle you want to develop your tendons.

Tendons allow you to do fast jerky motions. Muscles are used to over come forces, tendons are used to hold and snap. So focus on your tendons when you want to get physically faster.

How do you get faster? You get faster through technique. You get faster by cutting away unwanted distance. The way that you want to develop speed is through the wrist. You don’t want to throw your punch from your shoulders.

A lot of styles want you to throw from the body and throw from the shoulders and that’s great if you want to get a lot of power and force. However to get the speed you want it through the wrist.

Newtons Second Law says:

” Acceleration is produced when a force acts on a mass. The greater the mass (of the object being accelerated) the greater the amount of force needed (to accelerate the object).”

We would love to hear how you do with this drill. Leave us a comment below and let us know.

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Sifu Larry has been training in martial arts since he was 5. In his early years his father influenced his martial arts training. He taught him the basics of self defense, guile, military tactics, Judo and Jiu Jitsu. At age 7 his he was enrolled in Goju-Ryu which he trained in until he was 16. He took sometime off, but when he came back he decided he was never quitting martial arts again and at the age of 19 his thoughts on what martial arts was and was not got flipped when he started training with Sifu Phu and learning internal martial arts. Needless to say, he's a lifer and a guy you want on your side.
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  1. mustapha says

    June 5, 2014 at 8:52 pm

    no question thanks

    Reply
    • Bob Daniels says

      September 18, 2015 at 9:13 am

      Excellent I love it! Learned this many yes ago called muchin no chin! Mind no mind!

      Reply
  2. mark c says

    June 5, 2014 at 10:49 pm

    Yes! I can see a very big improvement in my punching speed. Thanks again for another great lesson.

    Reply
    • Jamie Pelaez says

      June 13, 2014 at 1:17 pm

      Happy to hear that Mark! Keep up the great work!

      Reply
  3. Danny L says

    June 6, 2014 at 2:01 am

    I think I see Bruce Lee’s image. lol
    I tried this with my brother immediately, and he was amazed.
    We’ve talked about how to read signs and catch tempos before,
    so he was pretty confident when I said “I bet you can’t dodge this.”
    Then after a few rounds he said “How could you hit that fast?”
    So I replied “Because I gave you nothing to read!” LMAO

    Reply
    • Sifu Phu Ngo says

      June 9, 2014 at 1:42 am

      Nice, big thumbs up 🙂

      Reply
      • Danny L says

        June 9, 2014 at 4:33 pm

        Yes, nice LOL
        Thumbs up to Sifu’s teachings!

        Reply
    • Jamie Pelaez says

      June 13, 2014 at 1:17 pm

      Love it! Yes, Sifu was super fast… So fast you can hear the swoosh sound from the wind!

      Reply
      • Danny L says

        June 13, 2014 at 3:18 pm

        We call that 「拳風」(chen fong) in Chinese, literally “Fist Wind” !

        Reply
        • Jamie Pelaez says

          June 13, 2014 at 3:45 pm

          Putting that into my memory bank!

          Reply
          • Danny L says

            June 14, 2014 at 4:21 am

            Nice! LOL

            Reply
    • Sifu Phu Ngo says

      June 15, 2014 at 10:07 am

      That’s awesome Danny!!! You can only get better if you practice it. Frankly you have a big advantage by learning this cause you can pretty much get the first strike and powerfully too that can end the confrontation before it gets out of hand.

      Reply
      • Danny Lo says

        June 16, 2014 at 1:56 am

        Yes, I completely agree.
        I’m practicing to hone my punches, as well as thinking how this technique can be applied to other moves, like kicks and grabs.
        Still experimenting though, but using the tendons over the muscles does feel different.

        Reply
        • Sifu Phu Ngo says

          June 16, 2014 at 2:07 am

          As you become conditioned to use your tendons over muscles, it’s gonna feel weird to use your muscles after a while and you will NEVER want to go back.

          Reply
          • Danny Lo says

            June 16, 2014 at 2:10 am

            Yes I can imagine that already. LOL
            Looking forward to seeing more on this!

            Reply
  4. Tanauser says

    June 6, 2014 at 5:39 am

    I really enjoy your all videos ; thank you

    Reply
  5. Ashley O says

    June 11, 2014 at 12:39 am

    Great instructions. That’s what I call smoking fast!!! an unsuspecting nose would be in big trouble for sure. thanks!

    Reply
    • Sifu Phu Ngo says

      June 11, 2014 at 1:31 pm

      Thank you, with that technique it is hard for people to see it much less stop it.

      Reply
  6. Alan says

    June 11, 2014 at 6:20 pm

    Really good vid, thanks

    Reply
  7. waylord says

    June 21, 2014 at 6:43 pm

    Thanks for the lesson Sifu, i have learned the concept of telegraphing and reducing the distance traveled when attacking, going right to the point instead of moving back do create more power. But since your strike is improved by both technique and power, i would like to understand better how the tendons work and how to increase their speed.

    Reply
    • Jamie Pelaez says

      June 24, 2014 at 6:30 pm

      I’m also learning how to use my tendons vs. muscles. It’s crazy when you learn you have been moving incorrectly in general all your life.

      Keep practicing and learning, the rest will follow!

      Reply
  8. David Clark says

    August 19, 2015 at 11:21 am

    Yes, that is about as fast as it gets! I am guessing that one could practice that using palm strikes instead of punches, which is the strike I prefer, no knuckles to hurt! Please comment as to your thoughts substituting palm strikes instead of punches.

    Reply
  9. John C says

    October 18, 2015 at 3:53 pm

    Thumbs up from me to I like it

    Reply
  10. Paul says

    December 28, 2015 at 12:41 pm

    Great video showing the wrist/hand leading with the body following. Coupling this with your video on alignment of the wrist, elbow, and shoulder is great for quick, strong strikes.
    Looking forward to seeing videos on kicks and dealing with weight transfer and overcoming the tendencies to telegraph a kick through various body movements.
    Well done on the info conveyed in the various videos I have seen to date.

    Reply
  11. Jayesh says

    January 17, 2016 at 11:47 am

    Excellent explanation. I have seen a dummy lesson on you tube and I appreciate the way of teaching techniques.

    Reply
    • Mike north says

      November 6, 2016 at 6:01 am

      Great video, great explanation, I will be practicing the technique wish I had found wing chun when I was a little younger
      Mike

      Reply
  12. Dean Jarema says

    February 3, 2016 at 9:19 pm

    I just finished watching the whole series of Human Weapon, a History Channel series from 2007. They said the hardest punch they saw of 15 different martial arts was the Wing Chung punch. It was close range but it had the same principles that Sifu Phu, was demonstrating. It was also was also quick as lightning. SPEED x mass = power. Cool thanks Sifu.

    Reply
    • Jamie Pelaez says

      February 5, 2016 at 2:32 pm

      That’s awesome, thanks for the info. Sifu Larry and I love documentaries and will see if we can find that to check it out. 🙂

      Reply
  13. Timmy says

    June 8, 2016 at 12:43 am

    I’m interested in wing chun and I watch a lot of videos about it. In most of the videos there’s a partner required. I was wondering if there is a way to practice it solo.

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    • Sifu Phu Ngo says

      June 8, 2016 at 7:28 am

      Of course you can, in fact most a lot of your training you are solo training for the technique. You would eventually need a person to test out your training, but you can definitely train by yourself for a lot of it. Evidently, are you Vietnamese? You have a Vietnamese name in your email. I too am Vietnamese. 🙂

      Reply
      • Timmy says

        June 8, 2016 at 9:38 am

        Wow, that’s really interesting. I want to start training asap but I don’t really know what to start first on wing chun

        Reply
        • Jamie Pelaez says

          June 8, 2016 at 11:58 am

          Hey brother, it’s super simple in the member’s training area here: http://www.entershaolin.com/training-courses/

          Go to the Wing Chun section and start at the beginning which is Sil Lum Tao. 🙂 If you need help on a specific lesson, just ask your question in the comments section below that lesson and we will help you out. Blessings!

          Reply
  14. LaTausca says

    August 27, 2016 at 6:26 pm

    I watched your punching with speed verse shoulder telegraph. I shall practice it tonight. I shall let you know the results.

    Reply
    • Larry Rivera says

      August 29, 2016 at 9:31 am

      We would love to hear about your results 🙂

      Reply
  15. LaTausca says

    August 30, 2016 at 1:10 am

    I finished practice with punching with speed verse telegraph with shoulder. It went very well and Fast enough that I could not block it if it was coming at me. I was using punching techniques Sifu Phu taught with throwing my wrist 1st and keeping my arming in the right position to maximize power.

    Reply
    • Larry Rivera says

      September 5, 2016 at 2:03 pm

      That’s awesome! Isn’t amazing how simple tweaks can make such a huge difference?

      Reply
  16. Pops Ryan says

    September 6, 2016 at 6:30 am

    Is the technique the same for a right hand follow up? How do I practice with the right hand? Many thanks.

    Reply
    • Larry Rivera says

      September 6, 2016 at 3:43 pm

      Hey Pops, yes it’s the same. Just take it slow. Generally we practice to be able to do what we do on both sides of our body.

      Reply
  17. Ameer says

    October 22, 2016 at 8:50 am

    👍
    Amazing explaining.
    It will be perfect when you make subtitles on your wonderful videos.
    Wish you luck, and more success.
    Go on.

    Reply
    • Larry Rivera says

      October 23, 2016 at 12:31 pm

      Thanks Ameer!

      Reply
  18. wilbur c says

    December 1, 2016 at 8:33 pm

    Good relaxed tension without straining!

    Reply
  19. Eddy taouk says

    December 22, 2016 at 5:17 pm

    Now I understand how to use the wrist , instead of shoulder !
    Many thanks
    👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

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    • Sifu Larry Rivera & Jamie Pelaez says

      December 22, 2016 at 5:48 pm

      You are welcome Eddy, glad you enjoyed this lesson! 🙂

      Reply
  20. Steve says

    March 12, 2017 at 7:20 am

    Great video explaining concept and showing technique step by step. Thanks.

    Reply
    • Sifu Larry Rivera says

      March 14, 2017 at 12:49 pm

      Awesome! Glad You enjoyed it.

      Reply
  21. Brent D says

    March 12, 2017 at 6:43 pm

    Hi, NDN family. I was working with a tournament fighter the other day and noticed he kept his wrists and hands bound tight. As I am not a competition fighter, I can only assume this is to prevent impact damage to the hand and wrist by keeping them stationary. This also has the effect of preventing the wrist snap and the bending and turning of the wrists to generate the acceleration required to produce the EXTREME power I have seen from these techniques. Is there some way to compensate for the wrist wraps?

    Reply
    • Sifu Larry Rivera says

      March 14, 2017 at 12:48 pm

      Off the top of my head the piston shot comes to mind. https://www.entershaolin.com/module-3/striking-power-drill-develop-3-piston-shots/

      Reply

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