(Weapons can be a whole different thing.) :asian:
Perhaps we need to sort out a few basics terms first. What we are discussing has absolutely nothing to do with 'basic physiology'. I doubt even that concepts of advanced striking would even be considered part of 'advanced physiology'. Physiology is the study of the whole body including movement but often at a cellular level.
Oxford Companion to the Body:
Physiology is defined by dictionaries as ‘the science of the normal functions and phenomena of living things’. The physiology of animals emerged in Europe out of the Renaissance nterest in the experimental method, as exemplified by the work of William Harvey (doctor to Charles I). Harvey's book of 1628 on the Motion of the Heart, ‘Exercitationes Anatomicae de Motu Cordis’, brilliantly analyses structural and functional observations (quantitative as well as qualitative), which remorselessly led him, and similarly lead the present day reader, to the conclusion that the blood circulates, in man as well as in other animals. This volume remains central to our current understanding of the word ‘physiology’ because of its emphasis on experiment, data analysis, and hypothesis testing. Harvey's work also exemplifies the natural symbiois between physiology (‘function’
Historically, the subsequent meaning of ‘physiology’ is well illustrated by the way in which the word is used in the two following quotations. The first is from 1704 (J. Harris, Lexicon Technica): ‘Physiology, is by some also accounted a Part of Physick’ (i.e. Medicine), ‘that teaches the Constitution of the Body so far as it is sound, or in its Natural State; and endeavours to find Reasons for its Functions and Operations, by the Help of Anatomy and Natural Philosophy’. The second (a definition of Charles Darwin's colleague T. H. Huxley), 150 years later, is virtually identical to current usage: ‘whereas that part of biological science which deals with form and structure is called Morphology; that which concerns itself with function is Physiology’.
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Perhaps we need to sort out a few basics terms first. What we are discussing has absolutely nothing to do with 'basic physiology'. I doubt even that concepts of advanced striking would even be considered part of 'advanced physiology'. Physiology is the study of the whole body including movement but often at a cellular level.
So perhaps we could call what you are discussing, 'bio mechanics'.
You statement, without embellishment is ...
Normally a right handed person fights with their left foot forward. (I hope we can agree on that.) In a boxing scenario that would probably, not always but most times, mean that the right punch is going to be the most powerful, and it would normally be delivered with the left foot forward.
However, if you look at WC and Okinawan karate and probably other styles that I haven't looked at closely, then the power generated has nothing to do with the foot that is forward. (Tournament point sparring is a whole different issue and doesn't require power, just speed.)
So, I don't think it's fair to label anything in this thread 'foolish'. There are many ways of delivering a powerful punch and having your dominant side foot forward is one of them. :asian:
