In the world of combat and martial arts, there are a variety of striking forms in which people have incorporated speed, power and torque to deal damage but what most martial artists who practice secular martial arts without training in others can not tell you is that there are three types of damages that a person can perform. In boxing we see jabs, straight punches and hooks as the main primary strikes; relying on pure form and precise rotation it sets the fist into the target zones horizontally, without any twists or such at the wrist- This is the first type of damage: Brute force.
In Karate, a punch is performed by twisting and rotation mixed to deliver a punch based on torque that is to give sharp, precise damage unlike boxing; which is based on pure brute force to knock the opponent out.- This is the second type of damage: Sharp Damage. The quick punches in Wing Tsun/Chun are based entirely on a whip-like motion that delivers a slap-types strike mixed with a balled fist to deliver a very breaching strike that knocks opponents towards the back a few inches, its through this concept they have created strikes to hit farther than intended range, this insures they give out a little more power while striking, even at close range - This is the third type of damage: Whip/Slapping Damage.
However, among all these three, none had relied at all on pure physics and bio-mechanics. All were created to apply pure- Head on collision with any part of the body. It however, has not even tried embracing the potential gravity can play in the damage.
Blunt force damage and heavy-handed strikes are usually based on weight but what people do not realize is gravity is the reason these damages even give a knock-back effect when executed. In Russian Systema, in all forms i.e Ryabko and Kadochinkova mainly, they utilize a fluid wavelike motion of movement and approach when striking and countering which transfers energy throughout the body in the form of momentum, this is the physical aspect that dominates the path of the punch however, it is the simple bending of will to the natural motion of the human flexibility that allows the punch to pack that snap and punch at the end that is accompanied with pure weight and projected force in the form of the ending chain for the energy transference.
How this is explained without such complications is simple. Try this simple exercise and see the difference in power and force:
With a training partner, get anything that is to absorb force such as a small punching bag, a kicking mitt, etc. Let your partner hold it up at chest level with both hands and you stand directly 2 feet away from it. Your partner should stand with legs apart at shoulder width with a slight spring in their knees; it can be spread one forward, one back or just beside each other - the spring in the back of the knees is important.
Execute any punch you know, be it a Karate punch, a boxing straight or even a hay-maker, just make sure you hit the mitt and not your partner.
After the execution, ask you partner if it was strong and gauge whether he/she was moved at all by the strike or punch, no matter how much the force.
Now standing exactly 2 feet away from the bag again, create a wave motion from legs upwards till your arms, when it reaches your shoulders roll them up and forward in one continuous motion then allow the hand to gather speed by slightly tightening the muscles at the forearm and near the elbow, let this roll carry your arm up until the elbow is already chest level then let the motion of the roll forward take effect, force your back to shoot the shoulder forward in the roll and allow your arm which should be slightly limp until the last moment it touches the bag, stay in fluid motion, the minute your knuckles crunch due to the applied pressure of both the bag and your arm forcing it horizontally unto the surface, clench your fist and project some muscle power and fully straighten out your arm while at the ending of the forward roll.
After execution, Measure how far you have moved your partner or how far he/she has bent their back to absorb your punch.
Done correctly with effective speed and precise fluidity and shooting of the arm, the shoulder and timing, the punch could easy be heard louder than a slap and the force would be projected beyond the mitt your partner was holding. The force that "pushes" your partner back will come from one simple shoulder roll and if you knew the other techniques involved, you could have put a man on the floor with the force of a sledgehammer hitting a person in chest.
This is the primal and natural instinct of flowing with energy and motion that it gives extreme momentum to perform this powerful strike. To understand the concept, its momentum + speed+ gravity+muscle force = A successful Systema punch.
A Systema punch is not slow, it can be done in similar speeds of a boxing punch or could be as fast as a Wing Tsun whip. It is purely based on circular motion, which makes this style of striking, an endless stream of forceful strikes, slaps, mauls, etc.- Always mixed with the pulling and heavy force of gravity.
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