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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 4677114" data-attributes="member: 19675">Force = Mass x AccelerationYou can generate a lot of force with small mass if its acceleration is high enough.&nbsp; Bullets are designed this way- small and light, but with high velocities...and some of the smallest rounds are among the most dangerous.A monk's unarmed strike isn't just a punch, it is an abstraction of all kinds of various unarmed attacks a monk might make- punches, kicks, gouges, bites, rakes, joint locks, breaks, chokes, throws and so forth.IOW, that halfling monk isn't just punching.In addition, I've watched a lot of martial arts masters practicing their art.&nbsp; There was one featured in a documentary- kind of a &quot;tour&quot; of the world's martial arts.&nbsp; Of particular relevance to this thread, this small (5'1&quot; max) old (early 70's) Vietnamese Master of some obscure martial art may have weighed 130lbs, but generated about 45% more force with his strikes than an untrained but healthy man 1/3 his age and at least 45 pounds heavier.The difference?&nbsp; 40 years of training- learning how to strike, building up the density of his bones by doing repeated strikes to unyielding objects and the like.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 4677114, member: 19675"] [B]F[/B]orce = [B]M[/B]ass x [B]A[/B]cceleration You can generate a lot of force with small mass if its acceleration is high enough. Bullets are designed this way- small and light, but with high velocities...and some of the smallest rounds are among the most dangerous. A monk's unarmed strike isn't just a punch, it is an abstraction of all kinds of various unarmed attacks a monk might make- punches, kicks, gouges, bites, rakes, joint locks, breaks, chokes, throws and so forth. IOW, that halfling monk isn't just punching. In addition, I've watched a lot of martial arts masters practicing their art. There was one featured in a documentary- kind of a "tour" of the world's martial arts. Of particular relevance to this thread, this small (5'1" max) old (early 70's) Vietnamese Master of some obscure martial art [I]may[/I] have weighed 130lbs, but generated about 45% more force with his strikes than an untrained but healthy man 1/3 his age and at least 45 pounds heavier. The difference? 40 years of [I]training[/I]- learning how to strike, building up the density of his bones by doing repeated strikes to unyielding objects and the like. [/QUOTE]

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