Many people today want more power in their punches. Some people actually say that speed is not that important because a fight goes to the ground and becomes more grappling. So why bother to work on speed if it's not going to be of any use?
Developing speed will also increase the power that is delivered to your target. This is actually based on a physics formula to discover the amount force delivered from one object to another. So, if your punches become faster, then the amount of damage, you can do also increases.
To increase the speed of your punches, I will cover three of the top pieces of advice I received from my instructors over my thirty plus years of martial arts training. There are many ways to increase speed, but many incorporate power training as well. The training I will outline deals with only speed.