[SirokiFighter]

Originally Posted by Chapel

Punches and blocks from a horse stance are drills that are meant to train speed/coordination in your arms and endurance in your legs. Once you get the 'turn your fist over while punching' motion in muscle memory, punches from other stances (where you do use your hips and legs) will have more power. A proper reverse punch only differs from a boxing cross punch just as the standard fighting stance in Tae Kwon Do differs from the standard fighting stance in boxing. (Specifically, the TKD punch will take longer because it requires a larger twist of the hips. The boxing stance is more open to begin with and so starts closer, thus also allowing for better penetration.)

As far as learning to fight with your hands is concerned, there is a reason I started to learn boxing after getting 1st Dan in TKD. Different tools for different jobs.

i too took up boxing to better my hands. but after a month, i came to relize that it was unnessesary and quit.