Thread: Why Is It So Difficult To Fist Fight In Dreams?

why is it so difficult to fist fight in dreams?

in reality im kinda good , but in LD's i suck, mi fists just goes so so so slow

I dont know i have the same problem! Like when i punch it makes contact but it feels like i just poked them. And i feel like my arms are retarded. It sucks!

Originally Posted by Elwood

I dont know i have the same problem! Like when i punch it makes contact but it feels like i just poked them. And i feel like my arms are retarded. It sucks![/b]

Just try and ground yourself more, focus on the feeling in your hands and arms. I have found i'm pretty good... except when I got decked in a dream last week (Non Lucid).

^ That also sucks! It feels like........getting hit with a hammer and a 2x4 at the same time while 20 feet under water.

i had that problem when i was younger, but i'm a big fan of Mixed martial arts and now i have dreams where im in a cage beatin the hell out of someobody (non LD) try getting them on the ground and ground and pound.

Oh boy i can't wait to take out a start beating the crap out of people who bullied me, its gonna be so fun and it will feel rewarding

My arms are also extremely slow in all of my dreams. Because of this I strangle enemies in my dreams.

Originally Posted by King

My arms are also extremely slow in all of my dreams. Because of this I strangle enemies in my dreams.[/b]

I have the same problem in non-lucids - but strangulation works fine!

The slow-mo thing is a bit of a dreamsign for me and often turns a dream lucid. Running through treacle and trying to pull at objects as I pass them to go faster... so weird. Perhaps its more the fear of what I'm running from that induces lucidity though? I'm such a coward in my dreams that most nightmares (or even just mildly ominous dreams) induce lucidity e.g. I'm being chased into a dead end, then I fly out, and its like "WTF?", or I just get half-woken by the adrenaline, realise I have a sleeping body, then go back in before I fully wake.

Another related problem: when I'm trying to shoot someone/ something, if I tip the gun past horizontal, the bullets just roll out of the end - or if it does fire at all, they come out with virtualy zero kinetic energy.

Freudian fear of impotence???

Originally Posted by King

My arms are also extremely slow in all of my dreams. Because of this I strangle enemies in my dreams.[/b]

Haha, that sounded kinda' sick.
I can't fight for shit in dreams either.

I had the same problem once. My arms didn't do what I told them to, and all my agility and speed just sorta disappeared

I get the slow punch once in a while as well. I'm thinking it might come from all those slow motion action shots in the movies and on television.

A surefire way to cure that is to watch dragonball z before bed.

Originally Posted by The

I get the slow punch once in a while as well. I'm thinking it might come from all those slow motion action shots in the movies and on television.

A surefire way to cure that is to watch dragonball z before bed.[/b]

That's funny. I had a dream, after watching Dragonball Z, where I could punch at incredible speed

Originally Posted by Marvo

That's funny. I had a dream, after watching Dragonball Z, where I could punch at incredible speed [/b]

i had a dream fight last night (non lucid)_ my punches were incredibly slow but i knocked him out after a few good well placed blows to his jaw.
i (believeing it was real) thought my muscles were dieing lol

Originally Posted by lucid_seeker

Oh boy i can't wait to take out a start beating the crap out of people who bullied me, its gonna be so fun and it will feel rewarding [/b]

Make them beat the crap out of themselves. More rewarding

Originally Posted by RetepNamenots

Make them beat the crap out of themselves. More rewarding [/b]

thats a great idea!

you aint got the right attitude and lifestyle, cause with me i have no problem with fist fighting in my dreams

I had a lucid dream last night that for part of it I wanted to fight (I had shown pretty badly at a karate tournament earlier in the day) so I tried to pick a fight and found out that it was very difficult, so I turned and conjured up on of the other blackbelts from the club and we fought fine. I think it has to do with memories, someone who I've never fought before didn't work, but someone I fight all the time gave me a good fight.

I don't have this problems with dreams, I just do it. How ever it might pay you to plan whats going to happen and think your way through the fight.

when I tried to fight in my last lucid it was hard at first, like punching in water. But then I tried kicking some and it went better, and after breaking some windows with my legs I could fight awesomely with my fist again, I just had to awake that part of my brain, and apparently it was easily done with some kicking

If you punch really slow, make them punch even slower?

I don't know; I'm no expert.

In my non-lucid dreams, whenever it feels like I'm running or punching or whatever, underwater, i.e. there is a lot of resistance, I feel weak, slow: relaxing does wonders.

Relaxed effort.

it occured to me while reading this that you might be moving too slow because you are concentrating on the action and form of your manuver... instead focus only on the point of impact...dont move your arm to hit, just hit!

also i've had the problem of my hits not having any power to them. it's like i swing and hit as quickly as ever, but my fists carry no weight... even when i side kick some people they are barely knocked back, i've never even been able to take someone off their feet with what should be the strongest physical blow the human body can deliver... it sucks... im working on a fix for this.... my idea for next time im lucid -or next time i get into a fight for that matter... unlikely though- is to have an explosive reaction, or some strong energy discharge at the point of contact.... lucid combat is one of my favorite subjects by the way

but yeah, let it flow... just dont lose your precious lucidity

Originally Posted by Nathaniel

it occured to me while reading this that you might be moving too slow because you are concentrating on the action and form of your manuver... instead focus only on the point of impact...dont move your arm to hit, just hit![/b]

Would that we could at once strike with the eyes! In the long way from the eye through the arm to the fist, how much is lost!

Sharpen the psychic power of seeing in order to act immediately in accordance with what you see. Seeing takes place with the inner mind.

~ Bruce Lee, Tao of Jeet Kune Do

Originally Posted by Nathaniel

also i've had the problem of my hits not having any power to them.[/b]

Yeah Bruce is a legend...

Relaxation is essential for faster and more powerful punching. Let your lead punch shoot out loosely and easily; do not tighten up or clench your fist until the moment of impact. All punches should end with a snap several inches behind the target. Thus, you punch through the opponent instead of at him.

~ Bruce Lee, Tao of Jeet Kune Do

w00t

thank you, i am a big fan of the lee, and it shows in my dreaming, and thinking in general, you got the exact right idea

i have the same problem. I lost a fistfight with Vladimir Putin thanks to the fualty collision detection in my dreams >