| The back fist is one of the most fastest hand | | | | between the ribs can be very painful indeed. |
| techniques available. As it uses a snapping | | | | |
| motion rather than a thrusting one, (like | | | | One of the best ways to use the backfist is |
| most other strikes), it can be whipped out in | | | | with a lop sao. Used highly in Wing Chun the |
| a flash. So why is it not used more | | | | lop sao involves grabbing your opponents |
| frequently by martial artists. Well it is a | | | | guarding hand, pulling it down and towards |
| technique that relies heavily on the striking | | | | you while simultaneously executing a |
| point to achieve the best results. You must | | | | technique (in this case the front hand |
| use the actual back part of the knuckles to | | | | backfist). By pulling your opponent |
| strike. | | | | vigorously into the backfist strike, it can |
| | | | be made twice as powerful. This is a |
| Seldom people strike with the padded hammer | | | | technique that could be adapted into MMA |
| fist or the back of the hand, which will not | | | | training and fights as it softens the |
| do much damage at all, but a strike with | | | | opponent up while pulling into a range for a |
| knuckles to targets such as the eyebrow or | | | | take down or further clinch striking. |
| upper lip can be very painful. Also when | | | | Occasionally a spinning backfist is seen in |
| wearing gloves, it is impossible to strike | | | | kickboxing and MMA fights, but that is all |
| with the boney knuckles, and many fighters | | | | and this is a shame, because it is a very |
| tend to disregard the technique because of | | | | useful strike for softening opponents, like |
| this. Kyokushinkai fighters although, (who | | | | the jab, and for closing the distance for |
| fight without gloves) should use the | | | | further strikes or grappling. It should be |
| technique more often. A hard strike in | | | | studied more. |