If you are a fighter or martial artist looking to develop your punching ability and you think you need to bulk up to do it, your all wrong. In fact, some of the strongest people can have the least effective punches because of the one secret in this article. Read on to find out how you can punch like a freight train even if you barely register on the scale.

There are three different keys to an effective punch, and none of them rely on bulky muscles or a shirt that barely fits. If you want to create a punch that will knock your opponent off his feet and you are any size at all (it doesn't matter) then you need to focus on these 3 things:

1. Speed- You must develop lightning fast speed. Which does more damage, shooting a tiny bullet or throwing a cinder block at someone? Although the cinder block is much heavier, it's slow and bulky. You opponent can easily jump out of the way. I'd take the bullet any day and that is how you need to train your punches, for bullet-like speed. If you train for speed correctly, you will focus on punching right through your opponent as fast as you can.

2. The target- You must punch in the right place for the most damage and power. If you focus on studying the pressure points (all over the body), you can find various places that will inflict huge amounts of pain and debilitating power over your opponent without any lasting damage. The opponent is put in submission and you both walk away (you first) without anyone going to the hospital.

3. Focus- As I said before, you need to punch as if your fist is going to go all the way through your opponent. You will imagine your fist hitting something on the other side of the person's body. You will imagine your fist traveling through to the other side in your mind. If you can picture this image in your head, your punching power will be much greater.

To recap, in order to increase your punching power, you much focus on speed, the target, and mental focus. None of these things require you to lift a bunch of weights, or work out for hours at a time. Much of punching power is mental energy and if you use your mind to out-focus your opponent, you can develop the punching power of a freight train in no time.