From the Inneres Boxen Handbook
Translated from German
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Punching Technique

To develop the deep impact of KO punches, you have to reconsider the way you move. Most people put far too much power and effort in their punches. They believe that the only way to have impact is to put all their force and power and weight into a punch and to hit the target as hard as one can.

When a professional boxer performs this kind of punch, it is very hard. By integrating the LGNQ principles into his technique, a boxer can increase his impact up to 30% at least. And I really mean: “at least”! He can even do this without really changing his
patterns of movement .
The key is located in his head and his feeling.
In his “head” because he is so deeply invested in punching “against” something. If we start to look closely at what is really happening inside the body during this kind of punching, we can see that the body/mind is already taking pre amptive counter
measures to the upcoming collision.

These measures are: contraction of the arm-, shoulder and torso muscles. These contractions happen unconsciously and cannot be left out during this kind of punch.
As a result of these contractions, the punch is being held back while it is on its way to the target, thus reducing it’s impact. That is exactly the reason why there is the so called “lucky punch”.
A punch that just happens and reaches its target without any
conscious of unconscious breaking contractions.
This kind of technique is the dream of any fighter as it is incomparably effective and cannot be blocked by the opponent.
If you want to increase the impact of your punches, the first thing you need to recognize is hat you are already creating counter effective muscle tension in the performance of your punch as you have created an “against” in it. You are creating a
target, you are visualizing a static point, even when you are aiming for a moving target.

Now it will show if you have already understood and practiced according to the LGNQ principles.

Exercise:

Stand in front of a punch bag and check what happens when you hit it the ‘normal way”.
What happens inside your head
What are you really thinking?
What happens when you hit the bag, in your head and in your body. Really notice it and recognize what you are doing.

When you do not explore in this way; nothing will ever change in your technique.
Feel how you are hitting against the bag, and how your own punch returns into you
body. How it creates a rebound. Feel the collision in your fist, in your arm, in your whole body. Now hit again and explore why there is this rebound.
There is a rebound because you tense the muscles while you hit the bag. This might be something you already know; but have you ever considered this as a “limitation” and as a “reduction of impact”?
No, you probably have labelled it as feedback of a
powerful punch.
That it really is the feedback of your own resistance during the punch, you have probably never thought of.
But that is what it is.

As a result of this unnecessary muscle contraction, the impact of your punch is reduced considerably, even when you do have a powerful punch. Another effect of this kind of punching is that your opponent can see it coming and you are using up much energy.

Holding and breaking the movement uses up much more energy and effort then a free , controlled movement. And that is what it is all about to be free and have yourself under control during a fight.
And that is what you are aiming for!
I would like to invite you to test your way of punching. I would like to inspire you to increase your performance. Because there is so much more in this as you think.
Also when you are already successful in the method you are using.
So begin to change your attitude. Imagine in your head that you no longer hit something and want to punch it; just think…”in” as in through when you are punching.
That you are punching into something, and nothing else.
And now “feeling” comes into play!
Stand in front of the punching bag and touch it lightly with your fists and feel into it.

Do not practice any impact or effectiveness, just feel yourself into it. Nothing else just keep on feeling into it.
Slowly start to increase the speed.
Work with many different types of punches and strikes. And always remember to keep your muscles completely relaxed. You will notice that on and off you will be tensing up your muscles and start to hit against the bag. Keep going back to feeling into the bag and start over.
You will notice that the bag is not swinging as far as usual. And that is ok, because we are working on you effect of feeling into the bag rather then pressuring it away from you while using up your impact that way.

I mean it literally!
As you hit “against” you push away the impact in yourself and the other. It is possible to increase the impact of your punches by just this instruction. The only thing you need to remember is thinking into, and feel yourself into the bag.
When you have really understood this you can move on to thinking “through” the bag.
It will further free up your movement and increase your impact even further.
When you are doing well with this , you will start to move the impulse of your punches from the shoulder, elbow or hip more and more into the fist. You will gain higher impact with less effort.
It will not happen from today to tomorrow. We have invested deeply in our thinking and moving patterns for years, so that old patterns and reflexes will come up, especially under stress.

Leigongneiquan - Inneres Boxen founded by Torsten Kanzmeier

from Jan P. F. Hintelmann
  
Torsten Kanzmeiers Leigong Neiquan is not a IMA hybrid but a unique and independent internal Style (Neijia) in the tradition of Tan Tien Tschuan (founded in the 70ies by Helmut Barthel)

This system is not only suitable for students of soft or internal fighting arts but almost for everybody who is interested in martial arts. Leigong Neiquan imparts very specific knowledge and ideas that are originally  propagandized in many martial arts systems, but realised only theoretically.

I try to point out this fact by some examples:

In David Petersons book “Look beyond the pointing finger - The combat  philosophy of Wong Shun Leung” (Melbourne 2001) you can read:

“In summary, the concept of “using no form to win any form” is the core  theory of the “science of Ving Tsun Gung-fu”, while “Double-sticking  hands” is the basis and key to this dialectical theory” (S. 89).
In his Book “CHEN - Lebendiges TaiJiQuan im klassischen Stil” (München 2003) well known Tai Ji Master Jan Silberstorff mentions:

“pressure produces counterpressure. Do I act without pressure Iam without “intention”, so my opponent has nothing to react to“.

The double sticking hands (also known as Chi Sao) of the modern Ving Tsun as well as the Push Hand concept (Tui Shou) of the modern TaiJi both work with “focussing pressure” (=Intention!) In Ving Tsun this concept is the key for understanding the free concept “Using no form to win any form”. In TaiJi the Push Hands Or “Tui Shou” concept also archieves a free (intention-less) movement. [...]

by gasmaster from emptyFlower Forum
     
Well, I guess it’s my turn to join the torsten admiration society… there’s not much more to say though. The main thing that I took away from meeting him was his enthusiasm for sharing. In todays world it’s refreshing to find someone who is more interested in being a nice person, and a friend, instead of using teaching as a way to stroke his ego.  I really liked what he was doing for the simple fact that it is principles that can be used to improve any martial art. I particularly liked the shamanic elements of his style for the simple fact that they are not some esoteric set of strict rules. Instead, they are a playful set of thoughts that can be used in day to day experience. If anyone is interested in attending one of his seminars I would highly recommend it. 

by JessOBrien

Author of

Nei Jia Quan: Internal Martial Arts Teachers of Tai Ji Quan, Xing Yi Quan, and Ba Gua Zhang

from emptyFlower Forum

Hi I just wanted to chime in.  Torsten invited me to check out what he does yesterday when he was passing through town.  So I took him up on it.
 
Fun stuff.  As everyone says he’s an exceedingly nice guy who is eager to share his art.  I can see why he makes friends easily because he is a gentle person.
 
As far as his art, I got to spend an hour with him, so I don’t have a really comprehensive view of what he does.  What stuck with me are two big principles that he is into.
 
1.  Let gravity guide you.  His goal is to harmonize with gravity so that you don’t need to use any force or resistance when you fight.   Similar to IMA ideals, he feels that if you put a bunch of strength in your torso and shoulders you are telegraphing too much and taking too long.  He wants to hook into the power of gravity and somehow use his feet  in coordination with his hands.  The result is a series of very swift strikes, with very little notice that it’s coming.  He’s very into the idea that dropping one’s weight internally can provide you with a lot of power.  And I enjoyed some really powerful strikes to the body that had all the tell tale knock your wind out, tingly, feeling of a good Beng Quan.  Nice. [...]

by Andrew from emptyFlower Forum 

I had the pleasure of meeting Torsten Kanzmeir this last Sunday and wanted to share my impressions. 
 
Torsten practices a very interesting and idiosyncratic art clearly related to taiji, though differing in mechanics and approach from other neijia lines I have encountered. In this difference, he seems to have found something very subtle.
 
My take home points-
 
1). Mind-intent- look at the world with an open heart and joy. In day to day life this is a more pleasant way to live, in a combat context, this allows you to join with the other person, and be more sensitive to
them, without triggering the sort of automatic defensive responses that an overtly predatory intent will. 
 
Use your intent to drive your motion and feel what’s going on inside the other person. 
 
2). Work with gravity- rather than drive up out of the ground or use a ground vector. Torsten advocates surrendering to gravity as his primary move of motion, attempting constantly fall, bonelessly and smoothly.
He trains this using a medium length and weight stick (4ft or so), allowing it to simply drop and twirl, [...]

Many seminar participants tried to write about what they saw, felt and learned. Here are some examples from emptyflower forum:

by dimitri + 8gua from emptyFlower Forum
  
Hi all,
 
Just wanted to report on the seminar, FWIW and strictly from my personal POV…  Others’ mileage may of course vary.
I think it belongs in the main forum, because it is not a seminar announcement, but the admins will of course move it if they deem it necessary.
 
(Started writing a very long post but deleted it, as it was turning into a book…  I realized that I can’t express how it *felt* in an online post — and how it *felt* is the key.  So I’ve re-written it to hopefully be more concise and make it more of a summary instead of a detailed description.) [...]

The Tai Chi Chuan of the legend?

In 1976 a new internal boxing system was founded by Helmut Barthel. And until today it still remains like a secret where his enourmos skills come from. Barthel never learned TaiJi or any other so called “internal Martial Arts”. Believing Barthel, his knowledge comes from a shamanic enlightment after he met a north-lapland shamanic master who introduced him in different techniques.Whatever the truth is, everybody who met Barthel can and did approve, that nobody ever was able to hit or beat him. His skills are unbelievable and he is true master of non-physical-contact-fighting. Many Masters of any kind of Kung Fu-, Karate-, or Tai Chi-Schools met Barthel to experience his skills. Al Dacascos and many of his black-belt-top students, Wong Shung Leung, Jan Silberstorff (European Representive 21th generation of Chen Style TaiJi), Manfred Steiner (Jeet Kune Do & Chinese Boxing master, direct student Christopher G. Casey) [...]