How do you root yourself to the ground on both legs when you punch?

In kung-fu as well as other martial arts styles, you root yourself to the ground on both feet and twist your hips and punch. Say if I%26#039;m in a 50/50 stance (50% of weight on one leg and 50% of the other) I can%26#039;t feel the root on my legs and feet. I feel that the root is more right down between my legs and feet. Same thing applies to the bow stance and horse stance.





In contrast, in boxing, where you root on one leg only and pivot the other, you can feel the connection to the ground on that one leg.





But in kung-fu with two legs trying to root, you can%26#039;t feel the root. It%26#039;s more down the center between your legs and feet.

How do you root yourself to the ground on both legs when you punch?
The simplest answer is:





You lower your center of gravity.


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Reply:I%26#039;ll ask Bruce Lee for you.
Reply:try in the bow or horse to pull your feet toward each other without moving them....its a mind leverage thing...you%26#039;ll feel solidness as tho you were part of the floor...its an isometric move and takes practice.....good luck
Reply:ok, take your toes and grip the ground, and pull your feet inwards, but still make sure they%26#039;re pointing forward. Try to push the bottom half of your leg outwards and the top half inwards. Bend your knees. Take your stomach and push it out, like you%26#039;re trying to make yourself look fat (don%26#039;t ask.). All at the same time. Just tighten your body up. and punch, going forward and back, not out to the side at all, because then it takes too long and they see it coming. Pull the corresponding hip back before you punch, and then lunge it forward.
Reply:one of the problems that the good masters recognize is difference in body types - asians and caucasians have different physiques. asians are squatters, caucasians are sitters. the asian has a lower, concave center of gravity that can be easily oriented toward the knees in a balanced fashion.





thus it%26#039;s easier for an asian to bend the legs and root the feet to deliver a blow. it%26#039;s easier for caucasians (northern europeans especially) to root one leg, bend the torso and pivot above the waist. this is why caucasians have far more devastating punches, because they command the full arc of a swinging blow without losing any power at contact (watch asians fist fight, they almost always use sharp, fast jabs and thrusts). as you would expect though, asians are much more powerful kickers and have a much greater range of kicks originating from a rooted position.





my recommendation: listen to your master, but feel free to improvise on your balance to a certain degree. all pure fighters do this to some extent.
Reply:Your upper,mid,and lower abdomen muscles are what connect the upper and lower body.


When punching,at impact,your abdomen tenses making the connection between upper and lower body.


A well developed abdomen is a must for delivering fully effective punches.


Back in the day as students we often were struck in the abdomen with a broom stick when doing our punching drills.


Just as we punched,it came,%26quot;Wam%26quot;, very quickly you form the habit to tense your abdomen when delivering a punch.
Reply:Bend your knees slightly


Let your weight sink into your hips and legs


Relax and shift your hips when you throw


At point of strike, grab the ground with your feet/toes and push off with your back leg while making sure you stay low, in fact you should sink a little more.
Reply:It%26#039;s an ability that you need to train, there are exorcises to help with your rooting. Most of them weird. Go learn Wing Chun kung fu and you will get a very good grasp of rooting quickly as that is how the art usually is introduced. Rooting, and meditation are among the first things you learn.
Reply:Drop your weight and grab the floor with your toes, even if you%26#039;re wearing shoes.

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