YOU SAID:
He thrusts his fists against the posts.
INTO JAPANESE
彼はポストに拳を突きつけます。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
He sticks his fist at the post.
INTO JAPANESE
彼は拳を握りしめます。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
He clenches his fist.
INTO JAPANESE
彼は拳を握り締めます。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
He clenches his fist.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.