Soft vs. Hard

Just a quick reminder: Punches are for soft targets. Palm-heel strikes are for harder targets. I foolishly ignored this rule yesterday while executing a speed-break punch. Although the board broke, my hand is now swollen and somewhat less usable than usual. *shrug* Oh well. Live and learn (in theory). It's so T'ai Chi to apply a hard surface to a soft target and a soft surface to a hard target. Only a schmuck studying Taekwondo (or some other hard/external martial art) would think otherwise. *raises hand* Yes, that would be me. *sigh*