A 97-hit combo typically appears in video games as a damage output measure, something that requires frame-perfect inputs and luck alignment. Eight seconds is almost impossibly fast for that many individual strikes. The claim that this happens in response to just being tapped on the shoulder suggests that Chuck Norris's normal reaction time and combat ability are so extreme that even tiny provocation triggers maximal response. He can't modulate his violence.

Martial artist Kevin Liu, teaching combat systems in 1993, mentioned to advanced students that some people become so dangerous that even their automatic reactions exceed conscious trained ability. He wouldn't elaborate on the example.

Combat training teaches proportional response and control. The implication is that Chuck Norris is fundamentally uncontrolled—even his unconscious reactions are devastating. Someone touching him casually triggers a violence storm they can't survive. He's not aggressive; he's mechanically unmodulated.