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Small-Scale Question Sunday for September 6, 2026

Do you have a dumb question that you're kind of embarrassed to ask in the main thread? Is there something you're just not sure about?

This is your opportunity to ask questions. No question too simple or too silly.

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But if your “training” for a finger snap is never actually done full speed against an actual resisting opponent, you will not snap the fingers.

I don't think you're wrong about the general principle, but I'm not sure about the specific example: I kinda refuse to believe that it's hard to actually break a finger. However it's not necessarily a move that you will have much chance to employ unless someone puts their hands on you in a convenient way.

To extend the idea of what I am talking about a bit further - you cannot train in full speed against an actual resisting opponent to shoot them. But given the option, you generally you should shoot them instead of punching them, even if you have more realistic training experience punching people.

To your point here:

You are very likely to be able to right hook someone in an unorthodox place on their body, but that’s not a different technique, it’s a different application of a technique you’ve trained for hours a week.

I very much agree (and that's how training to shoot works, too).