Chapter 318 - 289: I’m Going to Break This Gun
Los Angeles, in a private villa.
Feng Lin was in his room watching a video, the match between Wu Li and Charles.
When he saw Wu Li throw three consecutive Splitting Fists with his right hand, immobilizing Charles, Feng Lin smiled, "Hmm, Tiger Hugging Head."
To laymen, or many who don’t understand Hua Country’s Kung Fu, it might seem miraculous how someone could be stuck in place, unable to move. But insiders like Feng Lin could easily understand that Charles was temporarily immobile because Wu Li had penetrated through with the power of those three punches.
The last hit of Tiger Hugging Head carried the power of Splitting Fist. To those who truly mastered it, throwing a Splitting Fist was like hammering a nail with a sledgehammer, pinning people to the spot, rendering them unable to move.
In fact, it shared the same principle as the Tai Chi Hammering Technique, which breaks through points on the surface to shake the entire body’s Qi, blood, and tendons - it was just a different way of releasing power.
Actually, seeing the effect of the Splitting Fist Power wasn’t enough to surprise Feng Lin, what truly astonished him was: Wu Li was wearing gloves!
Although MMA gloves with separated fingers aren’t as thick as boxing gloves, they still have a layer of padding, and the impact force delivered with gloves is completely different from that of a bare fist.
There was an experiment conducted once, with a former UFC champion asked to punch a force measuring device wearing different gloves. The results showed: With MMA gloves, the impact was 651 pounds; with boxing gloves, it was 641 pounds - hardly any difference. However, when he punched with bare fists, the impact reached 776 pounds!
That is to say, without gloves, the former UFC champion’s impact was 20% higher than with gloves! And this was only because he was used to punching with Ming Jin. If it were someone like Wu Li, who combines both Ming Jin and Dark Force in his punches, then wearing gloves would significantly reduce his effectiveness.
If Wu Li hadn’t worn gloves, Feng Lin estimated that he wouldn’t have needed three punches. With just two, Wu Li’s opponent would’ve obediently fallen, and their arm would either be fractured or cracked.