Bilbo (and others who've replied) - thanks for your response. Like you, I don't know why the idea of punching someone in the gut "does" it for me ... who knows where fetishes come from? I've rarely had the opportunity to indulge this, and don't want to hurt anyone. Rather, for me it would be a form of sexual foreplay, and as long as the receiver enjoyed it as much as I did, I figure "why not?" I also liked your analogy to a paddle being an extension of the hand - that put some perspective onto this ... it's a bit of an embarrassing fetish to raise with prospective partners. Your input helped a lot. Thanks again.