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<blockquote data-quote="Ovinomancer" data-source="post: 8378597" data-attributes="member: 16814">That's an odd video.&nbsp; They make that claim, but then fail to prove it, or do so in a way that's not clear.&nbsp; The first &quot;punch&quot; is a jab from a partially extended arm -- the fastest punch throwable -- and doesn't have much power to it because it's a fencing move.&nbsp; The followup is a right hand that starts when the hand dips at .57 and finishes followthrough at .85, taking .18 seconds -- 3 times slower than claimed.&nbsp; It's also not blocked at all -- the other fighter hasn't even started a motion to block.&nbsp; Human reaction time has been well measured at about .25 seconds, which this clip claiming to show .06 second punches clearly shows that the other fighter, who should have a faster than average reaction time, doesn't react to the .18 second punch thrown.In other words, your source seems iffy -- it's written in a very hyped manner and seems to have taken a non-scientific analysis of a not-high-framerate fight and cherry picked a straight jab as it's source -- one that for your purposes isn't actually reacted to so much as the fighter coming into it anticipates it.&nbsp; But, better still, actual, well documented science says that reaction time is .25 seconds, and not the .06 seconds you're saying is normal for fighters (it's not).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ovinomancer, post: 8378597, member: 16814"] That's an odd video. They make that claim, but then fail to prove it, or do so in a way that's not clear. The first "punch" is a jab from a partially extended arm -- the fastest punch throwable -- and doesn't have much power to it because it's a fencing move. The followup is a right hand that starts when the hand dips at .57 and finishes followthrough at .85, taking .18 seconds -- 3 times slower than claimed. It's also not blocked at all -- the other fighter hasn't even started a motion to block. Human reaction time has been well measured at about .25 seconds, which this clip claiming to show .06 second punches clearly shows that the other fighter, who should have a faster than average reaction time, doesn't react to the .18 second punch thrown. In other words, your source seems iffy -- it's written in a very hyped manner and seems to have taken a non-scientific analysis of a not-high-framerate fight and cherry picked a straight jab as it's source -- one that for your purposes isn't actually reacted to so much as the fighter coming into it anticipates it. But, better still, actual, well documented science says that reaction time is .25 seconds, and not the .06 seconds you're saying is normal for fighters (it's not). [/QUOTE]

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