My issues with Sine Wave explained...as best I can in writing

The over exaggeration of the sine wave is immature and needs to be developed. If you are a black belt and are still teaching, or only understand, the over exaggeration then you should not be a black belt. No offense. So where is the power coming from. Over exaggeration would teach it one of two ways. One; the power is originally generated at the strike. Ex, the fist is what you want to hit with so the power originates at the fist, for instance when the move is pulled back. Two; the power originates at the ground and everything else would be added power to the delivered strike. I think both are right but still don’t give justification to the over exaggeration of the movement. The true power comes not from the momentum itself but from the very most, last split second of the move (the delivery), located inches away from target added to the momentum. Look at the one inch punch, Bruce Lee was illustrating this concept; it is still the “Sine Wave”.

One version of the wave looks as though a dragon’s tail is swooping, power is a wave like motion that crashes in the end, but a mature sine wave is more like this. Power is already in motion, regardless of how, rather it be from sine wave or just straight force, but the force is already behind the move. The sine wave technique would not come in until right before the delivery. This can be seen clearly on an upset punch but is really in play on all moves. In writing I would describe it as the twist of the punch or the snap of the kick.

One major problem that I see when teaching the sine wave is that most of the moves in the patterns are focusing on move to move technique not consecutive motions. My point can be made as early as Do- San, moves one and two, high side block with outer forearm followed by a reverse punch. I don’t really care what anyone tells me, regardless of rather or not they are a Master instructor. Teaching the sine wave on both techniques is impractical.

I go to the ITF website for this;

“4. The exercise should be performed in a rhythmic movement with an absence of stiffness.”
No what in this video is rhythmic?



I am not bashing the creator of the this video as if I don’t think he can or can’t beat me, that is not where I am coming from, but as a protector of my art I will try and point out what I see as a weakness.

Think of a water balloon.



To the balloon the face is the object that obstructs its way, but to the water the object of obstruction is the balloon itself. So when looking at a block that leads into a strike, for all practical purposes, they must imitate this motion. The only chance, with an immature view of the sine wave, for the sine wave’s origination of power would be at the beginning of the block. For instance someone throws a punch at you like Chuck Liddell’s signature knock out punch, you move to block it with your outer forearm, and let’s just say you do block it then what?

“Then what” is that you better have generated enough power to follow straight into your counter punch, because you don’t have enough time to freak’en Sine Wave up!

The only way you could realistically sine wave on the second move would be to apply it at the end of your move not the beginning. Learning how to apply the sine wave technique within inches of your target is the only way you can be advanced in sine wave theories. Practice the 1” punch because it’s the only way you are going to learn this.