How Important Is A Punching Bag?
A Punching Bag is the most important training equipment for your striking. When you hit someone you dont tap them, you punch through them. According to Commentaries on the Martial Way, by Bruce Lee All punches should end with a snap several inches behind the target. Thus you punch through the opponent yet end the punch with a snap (211). This means from the moment your fist comes in to contact with your opponents body you dont withdraw, you continue the motion of your punch for several inches, and then forcibly move your hand back the same way it came. So for several inches your fist encounters the resistance of your opponents body weight. In order to prepare for punching through the weight of your opponent for several inches a punching bag is needed because its weight is substantial compared to focus pads which are more for accuracy then strength.
