We all want to have the hardest punch we can have. We want to know that, in the event of muggery, thuggery or similar evil doing, we can get the job done. What we don’t want is to be on the receiving end of a world class jawbreaker.

The fellow who delivered this dastardly strike to me, it was actually a side kick, was my friend and fellow karate classmate. His name was Gary, and we were freestyling, and I threw a kick, he parried, and he gave my ribs such a side kick! It was a powerful, classic kick, and I could feel my ribs bending inward, and it was the hardest strike I had ever experienced in the martial arts.