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caseythelegend t1_j20mamb wrote

A close hand slap is a punch.

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[deleted] t1_j20oeae wrote

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FishAndRiceKeks t1_j218g1w wrote

I've heard the term open handed slap before but it's definitely weird when you think about it.

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gonzo650 t1_j21bade wrote

I could totally be wrong here but it could be differentiating between an "open hand slap" and a "back hand slap"

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Trifle_Intrepid t1_j24c95i wrote

People would just say backhand, which is indeed different , not a closed fist but you are utilizing yer knuckles

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captaincumsock69 t1_j22m4ag wrote

I think people say that to differentiate between a backhand or slapping someone with an object

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Ken-Wing-Jitsu t1_j21hn95 wrote

It's like in MMA when noobs say "leg kick to the head". Makes me want to open hand slap their mama.

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katokalon t1_j22mfol wrote

Yeah, but because you put the comma outside the quotation mark.

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[deleted] t1_j22t7sc wrote

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BahaSim242 t1_j22zkwr wrote

"Mentally disabled" ... and I dont think that was an insult. The same way people make assumptions that someone with suicidal ideations have depression or people that have executive dysfunction have ADHD, people assume a person that says something that sounds stupid have some kind of mental disorder.

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Caelinus t1_j21hshj wrote

My pet theory after reading that: He just has really, really crap form, and his punch was thrown with a slapping motion so his curled fingers impacted rather than his knuckles.

The witnesses, at a loss to figure out how to describe such a stupid move used to do something so horrible, called it a "closed hand sort of slap."

I like this theory because he is a professional boxer apparently, and so him being revealed to have terrible form outside of a controlled environment destroys his image.

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Stormthrash t1_j22rgxb wrote

I would say only if your knuckles are facing in the direction of impact. I could see a closed handed slap being a strike with the palm and the front of the closed fingers.

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caseythelegend t1_j237887 wrote

Close your hand and tell me if that is a fist or not? and then tell me if you throw that fist at someone is it a slap or a punch?

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codesplitter t1_j23g7n9 wrote

Open hand slap = Will Smith slap. Closed hand = fist.

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Bicdut t1_j21ilpb wrote

Is it dependant on a limp wrist? A shitty punch is still a punch I guess

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