"LUBERATOR" <badger578@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message 
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> Raker wrote:
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>> I suspect that the exagerration you describe might be to emphasize to
>> beginners the need for the rotation. It doesn't seem entirely practical,
>> although I'd estimate my own hip rotation in the 45- to 60-degree range.
>>
>> Todd
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> In all probability this is not an exageration, as such, but it is
> probably not being correctly executed. A rotation is entirely practical
> if it is done in the right way, with knowledge of how to get the
> benefit out of it, otherwise don't bother.

I wasn't suggesting that the rotation wasn't practical, but that 90 degrees 
seems a bit overmuch. Generally when I spar, I'm between 30 and  45 degrees 
relative to my partner's front. Given a rotation past the 0-degree mark, I 
still don't do as much as 90 in most punches, and certainly not reverse 
punches.

Todd