Which is harder your kick or punch

[seppuku]

depends where you are as well. standing on ice or even just in the wet, i dont trust my kicks. i do muay thai not boxing, but standing on ground i think ill slip on im not gonna try to kick them in the head. cos falling on your arse is such a bad thing to do in a fight.

as far as the shock absorbers in your arm goes, thats true, so move in closer and hit them with your elbow...

angle matters as well. roundhouse kicks hit so much harder than a hook does, but a front kick tends to propel backwards instead of hurting a lot, unlike a right cross.

trainings all that makes the difference, until you find yourself in the rain and slipping

[gong fu]

kicks pack more power. but there are certain punches that pack more explosive power than kicks, i have very good explosive short distance power but yeah kicks are stronger but slower, and garland if your kicks are faster than your punches you have a problem with punching. can you throw more than 3-4 consecutive kicks within 1 second? or even faster than that?. seriously i would like to see that a fighter with faser kicks than punches, never seen that before from a real fighter lol.

[gong fu]

who spends 100% of there time kicking and never punching? no1 or someone whos a stupid idiot. if you spent 100% of your time training your legs and never your arms then maybe you might be an exeption tot he rule that hands are faster than your legs simple. i would challenge any ma int he world to stand infront of me and on your marks get set go, you throw a kick i throw a punch see who lands first, me all the way. im not the fastest puncher alive, but i wouldent bet im far behind the fastest, speed is a huge part of my training and has been for over a decade.

[Oraenor]

who spends 100% of there time kicking and never punching? no1 or someone whos a stupid idiot. if you spent 100% of your time training your legs and never your arms then maybe you might be an exeption tot he rule that hands are faster than your legs simple. i would challenge any ma int he world to stand infront of me and on your marks get set go, you throw a kick i throw a punch see who lands first, me all the way. im not the fastest puncher alive, but i wouldent bet im far behind the fastest, speed is a huge part of my training and has been for over a decade.

Like Bruce Lee says "I use my longest weapon, my side kick, against the closest target, your knee cap"
Legs are like the artillery, long range, possibly slow, high firepower
Arms are like machine guns, shorter range, medium power, rapid fire

[gong fu]

yes what you said there i agree with, but still man my point is true fact a punch is faster than a kick, look check the speed with speed testing gear or something or look it up if you want fact, a punch is faster than a kick in terms of general speed, yeaj ok if some1 is right next to you and there kneee is in frontal stance side on and your leg is close to it, ofcourse you can kick them fast. but if a punchbag is infront of you and you kicked it from a standing still position feet grounded from the take off point to when the hit lands a punch is faster. you all know it is dont front just to argue.

[Oraenor]

yes what you said there i agree with, but still man my point is true fact a punch is faster than a kick, look check the speed with speed testing gear or something or look it up if you want fact, a punch is faster than a kick in terms of general speed, yeaj ok if some1 is right next to you and there kneee is in frontal stance side on and your leg is close to it, ofcourse you can kick them fast. but if a punchbag is infront of you and you kicked it from a standing still position feet grounded from the take off point to when the hit lands a punch is faster. you all know it is dont front just to argue.

of course a punch is faster but a leg still has more range.If someone is skilled with legs, they can keep you at bay without being hit despite your fists being faster. Many thai boxers have exploited this when they fight western boxers. up close, your arms are better than legs as the limbs are shorter so they can be swung quicker.

[gong fu]

agreed


i have to make the post longer apparently 10 charecters this should do.

[bbbb]

!!

I disagree....but none of you guys ever listen to an intellegent argument, or back your statements up with facts, soooooooo......

whatever.
if it makes you happy, do it.

O.K.
I agree that leg's are faster: but how do you gain the distance in the first place, set up for the attack with the leg, AND succeed without a corner?!! (or a drumbeat!)