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    Oct 7, 2007, 09:49 AM
    Martial arts and physics
    I have to write an extended essay on the application of
    Physics in martial arts any sort of help would be welcome.:confused:
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    Oct 7, 2007, 10:18 AM
    There are quite a few articles on this relationship. Look at the following and take your pick of reading:
    physics and martial arts - Google Search
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    Oct 10, 2007, 12:30 PM
    Is there any particular information about the application of physics in martial arts that you are having trouble finding or understanding? If so, what are they, please?
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    Dec 9, 2007, 08:12 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by Clough
    Is there any particular information about the application of physics in martial arts that you are having trouble finding or understanding? If so, what are they, please?
    I have answered this question many times.

    basic physics

    moment arm = weight times length from focal point ==measured in pound feet.
    torque = rotational energy measured in foot pounds.
    to hold a 100 pound weight still at the end of a 1 foot long pole requires 100 foot pounds of torque because the 100 pound weight at the end opposite the end at which the force is exerted has 100 pound feet of moment arm.

    energy = mass times distance.
    rate of change of distance is v.
    e=(mv^2)/(2) kinetic energy.

    the velocity squares the energy of impact. The mass only multiplies.

    you hit with twice mass you two times harder.
    you hit with twice velocity you hit four times harder.
    you hit with twice mass and velocity you hit eight times harder.
    you hit with three times the speed and hit nine times harder.

    velocity is much more important than just mass. And that is before considering if you move that fast you can hit them before they can hit you, even if they start to swing first!

    and the smaller the surface area the more pounds per square inch for the same amount of applied force so a smaller amount of contact area with target hits better than a wide contact area, if you want to increase pounds per square inch.

    p=mv. Momentum equals mass times velocity

    also consider the movement of the hips, shoulders, legs, length of stepping forward, or the arc distance of angular velocity when pivoting, in your calcutations of distance moved.

    if you are off the ground (like in kendo), and let whatever you make contact with become the point of you trying to stay off the ground (put your body weight into it) then you have put your entire body weight into the blow (strike). And your entire body weight is more force (f=ma==w=mg.weight is mass times gravity, and a type of force, i.e. has the same dimensionality or units) than most people bring to a strike.

    I hope this helps. eawoodall
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    Dec 10, 2007, 01:12 AM
    Originally Posted by Clough
    Is there any particular information about the application of physics in martial arts that you are having trouble finding or understanding? If so, what are they, please?
    Quote Originally Posted by eawoodall
    I have answered this question many times.

    basic physics

    moment arm = weight times length from focal point ==measured in pound feet.
    torque = rotational energy measured in foot pounds.
    to hold a 100 pound weight still at the end of a 1 foot long pole requires 100 foot pounds of torque because the 100 pound weight at the end opposite the end at which the force is exerted has 100 pound feet of moment arm.

    energy = mass times distance.
    rate of change of distance is v.
    e=(mv^2)/(2) kinetic energy.

    the velocity squares the energy of impact. The mass only multiplies.

    you hit with twice mass you two times harder.
    you hit with twice velocity you hit four times harder.
    you hit with twice mass and velocity you hit eight times harder.
    you hit with three times the speed and hit nine times harder.

    velocity is much more important than just mass. And that is before considering if you move that fast you can hit them before they can hit you, even if they start to swing first!

    and the smaller the surface area the more pounds per square inch for the same amount of applied force so a smaller amount of contact area with target hits better than a wide contact area, if you want to increase pounds per square inch.

    p=mv. Momentum equals mass times velocity

    also consider the movement of the hips, shoulders, legs, length of stepping forward, or the arc distance of angular velocity when pivoting, in your calcutations of distance moved.

    if you are off the ground (like in kendo), and let whatever you make contact with become the point of you trying to stay off the ground (put your body weight into it) then you have put your entire body weight into the blow (strike). And your entire body weight is more force (f=ma==w=mg.weight is mass times gravity, and a type of force, i.e. has the same dimensionality or units) than most people bring to a strike.

    I hope this helps. Eawoodall
    I'm not into martial arts, so I don't know if the above information is correct. I am going to assume that it is correct, though. Thanks for providing it!

    However, it would be good to know how the above would be applicable to someone writing an essay, as Ahmad Bilal has indicated in the original question, since we don't know what kind of essay Ahmad Bilal was supposed to write? Simply "Application in Physics" does not tell us the type of essay that was to be written. So, it would help to also know from Ahmad Bilal as to what type of essay was to be written and how the above information could be integrated into the essay.

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