Does Jack Dempsey's Championship fighting book apply to today

[j]

the chopping back fist is for deflecting like some one throws a right and you chop it down with your left to your left side instead of parrying it over your right shoulder. i belive he said that some folk will use their wrist to whisk out the punch from the inside but this is dangerous against fast punchers as its a slower movement then the chopping backfist.

I like the part about how trainers teach their students how to block first instead of how to punch and more often then not they become defensive fighters that are afraid of getting hit....thats why he puts punching as the first chapters in his book instead of defending if some one learns to punch first they wont worry about defending and be more likely to take that chance that knocks down the opponent instead backing away to safety.

thNKS for ur description. here is a secret - that chopping backfist is also a strike at a higher level.

[Pork Chop]

i used to fight with gwa saus (cantonese for backfist), but even when working on not telegraphing, they still need at least a little one in order to create the elbow bend.

defensively, the way i was taught in southern kung fu styles would still leave me open to a big cross.

my beef was the elbow-flared sideways hammer fist looking technique that is used on the speedbag that dempsey says is a requirement for defense. Well I'm a big proponent of parrying and i've never used that one nor would ever recommend it.

as a side note - from xingyi, i've been able to consistently pull off pao quan and heng quan.