My brother taught me how to fight, and he always said inflict as much pain as possible quickly so you can escape. Never did the straight blast...but I did rip off a couple of ears...not in same fight 😆.
100 percent. Even in a recent use of force incident. Fantastic shock tactic... leading right into a body control and simple takedown. Enter the cuffs. Keep up the content brutha!
Remember folks just because you saw the video doesn’t mean you’ve learned the technique, practice and repeat until your muscles can remember it because in a real threat situation your brain will go in survive mode and it’s no longer about what you know, it’s about what you can deliver in that state of mind! That’s why stress management is absolutely essential in self defense training.
What if I'm a coward? I've been in fistfights. Gotta be aggressive. Gotta go into the enemy punching at neck, nose, balls, stomach, heel on their toe. Anger is a must but you said keep emotionally balanced.
The main lesson here is once you start in on your attacker don't stop till they are neutralized. The fist is known as a hard body weapon and should only be used on soft targets like the solar plexus, liver, neck and the groin. Hard targets like the head should only be hit with soft body weapons like hammer fist, palm strikes and edge of the hand.
@@awalton9024 This is true but if you do that a good prosecutor will use your hardened hands against you in a trial if you get sued for beating someone. Also the average person doesn't train in Wing Chun.
Was attending a Filipino martial arts school years ago when Vunak introduced this technique on a national level. I have used it successfully several times, and still practice it to this day. Important to remember, and many of the commenters below missed this point, this is only an entry technique. It gets you into trapping range where you can deploy your headbutts knees and elbows. You dont start with the straight blast. You start with your eye gouges, throat shots, ear slaps, knee or crotch kicks. You cause pain and distraction first, THEN straight blast, THEN use your finishing techniques. Thanks for the video Jason. Keep up the good work!
@@jerryvandevort2366 You could get started practicing on a speed bag to train the rolling motion of the fists during the straight blast but the straight blast gets its effectiveness by your body forward momentum while pummeling with those rolling fists. I wouldnt stay on the speed bag after learning to roll your fists because the speed bag requires you learn a cadence on an object that is providing an equal amount of resistence. When you are straight blasting a person you are not getting that equal resistance with each punch. Typically when you straight blast on a person you will first encounter their arms as they either cover or stick an arm out trying to keep you at bay. Your body forward momentum and rolling fists will overcome their arms and then get you into trapping range where you can transition to your headbutts, elbows and knee strikes. Also, one of the main points when learning the straight blast is where to position your elbows so that you maintain maximum power and quickness while rolling the fists. If your elbows are too far out to the side you give up power for speed. If the elbows are too close together you give up speed for power. You have to practice to find the best position for your elbows so you have a good mixture of power and speed. As a side note, if you are straight blasting in on a person and they stick an arm out to keep you at bay, dont pass up that opportunity to wrench that arm and disable or break the elbow joint if the opening exists. You very well could finish the fight right then, before you get inside of trapping range, by taking advantage of them sticking their arm out and keeping it there. Train for that possibility as well. Hope that helps.
That technique is actually taught in Wing Chun and is called chain punches. The fists come from the center like you mentioned, as most techniques in Wing Chun, and with the thumbs up. The arms have to be fully extended in a quick manner to increase its efficacy. It seems easy, but takes some time to master proficiently. Thank you for the video!
As a martial artist since I was 15 in 1973 (I'm 64 now), I love this technique. The motion of the fists reminds me of the action of the wheels of an old western locomotive, like "The Wanderer" from Wild Wild West, with good old Jim & Artie. I think another great name for it would be "The Locomotive", because you drive forward with that motion until the threat is neutralized.
What you demonstrated was Wing Chun but not the Jeet Kune Do straight blast. Lee’s straight blast is a non-telegraphic strike with your strong side forward. It’s like a fencing lunge that Bruce applied after watching his brother who was in fencing. It’s more powerful than a jab and it sets an opponent up for whatever finishing move it opens up. It is best applied before or after a stop kick and sets up reverse punch or whatever follow up finish you like. I like your videos by the way.
Thats what I thought...I don't see how this could actually hurt a dangerous criminal type. He would just step back. Lee's "lunge" would reach out and get the guy, and knock him into a chair near by...In the arena... kddg...saw it in old footage.
@@peterruiz6117 Not to be confused with Lee's one inch punch he used for demonstrations which would knock someone back into a chair.The one inch punch was more of a gimmick though like breaking boards.
I trained with Vunak and his version, rationale, variation, take, etc, is based off a different structure and approach. What you saw in this short video is nothing compared to how it is taught by Vunak. Vunak's method is practically a scientific approach, an updated way to apply the straight blast taking into consideration the quality of the opponent that you may be facing: a wrestler, a BJJ guy, a boxer, etc. That being said, look into Vu's videos on TH-cam, he's been around for ages, he's been called the father of modern scientific street fighing for very good reasons.
@@renehinojosa1962 I looked at Vunak’s videos and I really don’t understand the popularity. He had/has a terrible stand up fighting technique. His hands are very weak. A fighter with good hands would take him apart. I wouldn’t rely on a head butt to get an advantage. Vunak has been good at marketing himself hence the grandiose titles like “trainer of Navy Seals” or “father of modern fighting” or some such nonsense.
@@impettus you're talking about a guy that trained in Savate, with Daniel Duby, they even opened the first Savate school at one time in the country. Just in case you don't know, Savate is all standup, boxing and kicking. Nevermind the countless hours he's trained in Muay Thai and Boxing with countless other fighters. I'd take whatever you say with a grain of salt. Additionally, if you've ever trained in JKD one is never trying to outbox a boxer, out wrestle a wrestler, out kick a Muay Thai fighter, we're not trying to compete in their discipline.
No fannying about, just straight into the details, no long intro to get it last 11 mins, and no raid shadow legends sponsorship. Ahhhhh, I love it , thank you glow in the dark man!
Brilliant as always! Vunak drilled this into us over and over. We never trade blows... Entry, pressure, termination/Resolution of the conflict. It's still a solid tactic in my LEO defensive tactics program overall. Proud to have you in the family and lineage of PFS and JKD concepts brother.
I taught a coworker (security guard) a similar move. I drilled her to use body mechanics and repeated the minute-long lessons several times per shift. It was a palm strike to the face or chest, whichever was open, followed up as needed. She was shy, and the other guards would sneak up on her and try to scare her. One day the site supervisor did a no-no and grabbed her while shouting BOO! BOOM! She executed a perfect palm strike to the chest and dropped the supervisor on the floor. He had to visit the emergency room after the shift ended. She didn't follow-up because the attack stopped, she acted out of conditioned reflex, and she was shocked that she managed to put a man out of action--training works. Besides, it's not right for a supervisor to do that on his subordinates. Afterwards, that supervisor was very careful to startle that coworker from behind a barrier or well out of reach--and he didn't grab her. Training by proxy? "Don't touch!"
I call bullsht Walter Mitty. In kungfu and wing chun films- the opponent is pulled back by off-screen pullers, hence the ridiculous blocking man being pushed (in reality pulled) back by opponent's blows. There is no way 200lb fat insulated sternum solar plexus will go down without -boxing knock out to jaw -muay thai and other kick to chest-abdomen - boxing jab to larynx When irritating rabbit punches that rub up his blubber, 200lb man will step back leaving Wing Chun goof exposed and step back in with haymaker= goodnight wing chun goof. The best arguments against Wing Chun, Tai Chi and Kungfu is PLA don't even bother with them.
L O L !!! I worked corperate security jobs as a supervisor, and I always feared for two women ,in particular, I partnered with. One was inept, the other had a temper....But inept. They would lose and forget their weapons (which did not work....One shot malfunction relics). But....I did not worry about them in a fight. Only if either were to fire that one shot, what would they hit. They were a live in lesbian couple, and the "male" could probably take my head off.
I've trained one on one with Paul Vunak and have been certified in his system as a Full Instructor. I practice the straight blast all the time (along with other techniques) at the heavy bag.
Well I'm glad part way through you mention the finger strike to the eyes and/or throat as I believe that would be much more effective at slowing down an attacker - especially for a weaker 'victim'. I have never heard of the straight blast technique even though I did train in Kung Fu and Karate when I was young. However I really like your videos and practical advice they contain.
I trained this for 7 years at an MMA school in Illinois that had PFS JKD instructors. There's overlap between ring and street, but the stuff that doesn't overlap is beyond critical to know. Love me some straight blast on multiple untrained bad guys.
@Rene Hinojosa my instructors were Matt Numrich and later a student of his that started his own school, Nik Farooqui. Both have since left Illinois. Under both of them I did a number of training camps with Vu, and another amazingly skilled jkd instructor named Roy Harris.
@@NoneMcNobody I did a couple privates with Roy, excellent instructor overall. I trained with Vu, Larry Hartsell & Ted Wong and got to stick and knife sparring with lots of PFS guys over the years. Nice meeting you here.
@Rene Hinojosa awesome! Small word, dude. I still train all of the Vu and Harris stuff. I've been focusing a lot more on training pekiti tirsia Kali for the last 7 years now.
@@NoneMcNobody good for you! Almost trained in pekiti years ago but missed the opportunity, however, I did have a student who was training with a doce pares group out of Cali back in the day.
A few things to clarify. This is the "Chain Punch" move in Wing Chun. Learning the punch technique is critical because the damage not only comes from the speed & repetition, but you actually position your arms like a battering ram. Your shoulder, elbow, and wrist are locked straight at the end of each punch for maximum damage (so it's not a flurry of jabs). Also WC deviates from traditional styles like American boxing as you're taught to not only block and counterattack in the same move, but you follow your counterattack by closing the distance and blitzing your opponent and overwhelming him/her with this Straight Blast technique to end the fight as quickly as possible.
Carriage/wedge block into soviet check hook/elbow off centerline counters this. So many people do fight sports these days, I think the best self defense techniques need to work on combat athletes too. Like your clinch into headbut, that's great.
This can easily be countered by the Pak Sao (Intercepting Hand) technique. I've been learning Wing Chun for 4 years now and it is one of the easiest attacks to counter.
I've trained in wc/jkd for a long time and used the straight blast in the only 2 fights I've been in over the last 20 years. I easily handled the opposition thanks to it. We were not taught to execute it the way you show, with the knuckles scraping down against the target. More like a locomotive where it thrust out into the target the drops slightly out of the way of the next hit. However, if it works for you, it is correct. Thanks for the content!
I used to "play fight" with somebody who loved this move. I found, however, that this can easily be disrupted by using a forearm to stop the "blasting" motion.
My understanding of a straight blast is that a fist should go straight out towards it's target. Then it drops down slightly and retracts, in a straight line, to allow the fist of the other hand to blast out in a straight line. I was taught this by Grandmaster Victor Kan Wha Chit who taught Bruce Lee the first section of the Ving Tsun 'Siu Nim Tao' form. Your demonstration, although I'm sure is effective, has a circular aspect to it that, some wood argue, has nothing 'straight' about it.
Thank you for your video. Something to consider for a future video would be the wing chun kick. A low stomping kick to the foot ankle or knee. Does not compromise balance and easy to learn.
This move relies on fast light weight strikes. After all, your triceps and front delts are providing all the movement. Without enough power, each blow is very weak. After an eye or throat gouge, a palm strike with full body rotation is vastly more effective.
This is called a chain punch in wing chun. The the quickest route between two points is a straight line. If you do these techniques, you need to execute them with speed, volume and intensity. Let out that primal rage! Neutralize the threat and then take off.
If I could offer this advice , straight blast is used until you get a connection for most part . We want to connect so we can use our heavy tools such as head butting, elbows and knees or maybe into some type of submission like a rear naked choke . If you are blasting you must know when to stop because if any gaps in hitting time allow will allow your attacker the ability to shoot in for take or hook you whatever . Its rare when a straight blast is an end in itself because its not power punching but its rapid punching to keep attacker from getting back into a fight . Yes straight blasting is a good tool but it has its limitations like anything else .
The straight blast (or chain punch as known in Wing Chun) is great for distraction (like a series of jabs) but you need to finish off with hard punches or elbows or even a throw onto their back. People are resistant, especially with adrenalin. Most people just tire in a fight
The way Vunak teaches it, you finalize the whole street fight thing with head butts, knees and elbows, the SB just gets you "in." Punching is not the way to go into a street fight for a good number of reasons.
I didn't realize the past several years of doing Wing Chun I was inadvertently training to be a CIA Op as well. :) Jokes aside this is cool stuff to see how martial arts training translates to real life application. Thank you for sharing this Jason!
FACTS. I have been attacked by HUGE doods and I used what I call the piston punch. and its literally just a straight left going as fast as possible (really fast like a piston) and just like Jason said the guy WILL begin to buckle and fall too his knees at with point you should escape the danger immediately. Great Video.
Learn key contact points avoiding fist to bone.Strike hard and fast until your opponent is down. recommend Jasons R.A.T. FIGHT book if you have training or not.
This is awesome, I’m typically not someone who is super violent in real life unless I need to be like it’s a life or death situation, I hope I never have to use any of these moves to defend myself but the reality is at only 27 years old, I’ve hopefully got a few decades left of my life and I should probably develop some of these techniques so if I do end up in a situation where someone is trying to kidnap me or kill me or something like that I can defend myself properly
In my old fighting days I often did a nut flick with tips of fingers, this brought their head down,then grabbed as much hair on there head as possible, step backwards and they fell to there knees, then boot them in face over and over, keep moving backwards to keep them off balance, and no, none of them were bald as they were still at school. And I was the headmaster.
Comparing this blast to strait hook or uppercut I think it's better to through one or two huge punches than 10 little ones. Eyes poke must be effective.
Agreed, uppercut as he’s speaking, if you’re in close it’s nearly impossible for him to see coming because it’s below his line of sight. You can use the palm of your hand as well to prevent injury.
My life was threatened. Im out of country. Im still possibly in danger. Im about to attempt an escape and so glad to learn this. I’ll comment if I make it out safely.
These are normally called 'chain punches', at least what you were demonstrating, called that, because one punch comes after the other in a straight line. A straight 'blast' is typically one quick straight punch that blasts in to the target, and of course can turn into chain punches. You showed Bruce Lee clips, notice he just did one punch that blasted through the opponents defense.
Everyone is geared to protect the face. Bringing up your hand to punch the face triggers the opposite protective reaction from the bad guy. There is no such thing as a fair fight. You have to be proactive and strike hard and fast without telegraphing your strike. I think the "straight blast" might be a good movie effect but in CQB when it really counts and you have to use your hands, either a hard and fast stab to the larynx or a hard upward palm strike to the nose is really going to be effective at giving you the element of surprise and stun the opponent. The other option if you have the room is a powerful open-palm slap to the ear. Very painful and stunning allowing a further continued attack with other strikes.
So to look at the fact of how many school type tests Bruce Lee went through to get to where he was, which is a standard to martial arts, watch the UFC competing with Bruce, is this: A helpful hint of learning self defense, is look at it like being in a school, take one section at a time, studied it for a week, and then as in any class take the test. In other words, see if the movement is complimented to wanting to be accomplished, or is it zig zagging on its own, preventing you to be fluent to go through a start and finish recognition quickly that now will over time allow for this move to continually improve, because it is just that, a simplified move, one of self defense that need to be accomplished when the opening is available, and not confusing to repeat as its zig zagging will influences.
But try the rolling blast that turns to elbow up close take out of your attacker fast, and hard to stop for the hands are moving so fast they can hardly get to see them; but do feel them and the elbow blast as well is ready at any time to finish the attacker ! takes practice but effective !...
I fought 3 guys once & straight blasted one, then all 3 fled cos they saw my hand speed. It worked well enough to save a life, but another time I got attacked I ended it quicker with a single, accurate punch. Not nice to have to use these skills, but you'll be glad you learned
A good way to train the straight blast would be to practice the rolling fist on a speed bag using a vertical fist strike rather than a horizontal fist like a boxer would.
Excellent tip! I'm very fortunate in that Guro Dan Inosanto is also my teacher :). Vunak has great material though. I have met him but not actually trained with him but have been privy to his stuff...very effective
I think that move could be effective providing the assailant is standing there and not moving his head but I probably would never resort to it, myself.
So an ex CIA APPROVED Bruce Lee and that chain punch Wing Chun method. Dude, you gotta talk this to those BJJ TH-camr. Seriously, dude. The toxic community in BJJ culture need to learn facts. Love your channel. Very educational.
@@JasonHansonSpyBriefing A combat veteran recommended the Vunak Rapid Assault Tactics to me recently, Having sparred with it I like it very much. Excellent video. Additionally there is another UK based self defense program that looks a lot like a very simplified version of the RAT system. It is called The Approach by Eddie Quinn(I learned this one first). Have you ever looked at it? What are your thoughts? Personally I think the RAT system would hold up much better against most opponents. Those center line chain punches are real hard to stop. In sparring I found aiming for the chin with them was better than the face, because if you are too high you hit the teeth or nose, and if you are too low you get their throat, both of which do a really good amount of damage.
Get the throat or palm strike under chin or nose upwards. Rabbit punches on a big guy or boxer will just make them even madder. I did WC for 6 years and boxing.
This is good when I studied Teoul Moon Kung in Korea, Songtan-chi, we here taught & demonstrated to hit in the eyes and throat. The Chin, Nose, mouth are hard bony areas that can injure you. Strikeing a person in the eyes while cause pain and temporal or permanent blindness. A attacker that can see you , can effectively attack you ;)
I’ve seen this technique fail miserably against anyone that can move and throw a real punch. Now an actual straight blast to the sternum, maybe using the pint of your elbow is a different story.
Can't be afraid. Must have the gift of aggression. And you goto move forward into the enemies face and keep punching. So what if it hurts your knuckles, you are saving your life.
That's the WC straight blast. The jkd straight blast is a squared up boxing blast. Both are good the WC blast is like a boxing shoe shine. The Jkd straight blast has more power and is a little less quick. Both are good. I use the wC blast to get some one off of me quickly if they get in top of me. The Jkd blast, is more of an offensive weapon
Criminals rely on shock and speed mixed with extreme intention as they look for an easy target. Train this way and it is possible to shock them and turn the tables! 🧠 💡 👏
Wow I was a skinny strong kid. Working for my dad's tree business . Anyway I used this technique very successfully many times. I called it the chainsaw. Saved my butt when bullies wanted a thin victim
Do you do a demonstration on the blackout technique because I have been practicing it but I'm not sure about form or if I'm doing it right. Like how close do I have to be. What is the appropriate speed? Do you put your hands up to block first then get within a couple of feet standing directly in front of your attacker to implement this combat technique?
Have you ever used the straight blast technique? 👇
My brother taught me how to fight, and he always said inflict as much pain as possible quickly so you can escape. Never did the straight blast...but I did rip off a couple of ears...not in same fight 😆.
yes i have trained wing chun.
I’ve killed more people than syphillis
100 percent. Even in a recent use of force incident. Fantastic shock tactic... leading right into a body control and simple takedown. Enter the cuffs. Keep up the content brutha!
Yes I have.
Remember folks just because you saw the video doesn’t mean you’ve learned the technique, practice and repeat until your muscles can remember it because in a real threat situation your brain will go in survive mode and it’s no longer about what you know, it’s about what you can deliver in that state of mind!
That’s why stress management is absolutely essential in self defense training.
Your 100% correct
What if I'm a coward? I've been in fistfights. Gotta be aggressive. Gotta go into the enemy punching at neck, nose, balls, stomach, heel on their toe. Anger is a must but you said keep emotionally balanced.
Absolutely Agree,,,
Amen to that one..
Hey! I saw it once.. i'm a master now! Nobody mess w meee...
The main lesson here is once you start in on your attacker don't stop till they are neutralized. The fist is known as a hard body weapon and should only be used on soft targets like the solar plexus, liver, neck and the groin. Hard targets like the head should only be hit with soft body weapons like hammer fist, palm strikes and edge of the hand.
Zackly.
True, but if you punch train with sand or lead-shot bags as Wing Chun does the head becomes a soft target pretty quickly.
@@awalton9024 This is true but if you do that a good prosecutor will use your hardened hands against you in a trial if you get sued for beating someone. Also the average person doesn't train in Wing Chun.
@@asiseeit1782 i dunno. it seems to me like everybody wing chuns tonight as much as everybody has fun tonight.
@@SteveOvsFidel yeeeessss you went there.
Was attending a Filipino martial arts school years ago when Vunak introduced this technique on a national level. I have used it successfully several times, and still practice it to this day. Important to remember, and many of the commenters below missed this point, this is only an entry technique. It gets you into trapping range where you can deploy your headbutts knees and elbows. You dont start with the straight blast. You start with your eye gouges, throat shots, ear slaps, knee or crotch kicks. You cause pain and distraction first, THEN straight blast, THEN use your finishing techniques.
Thanks for the video Jason. Keep up the good work!
Nah bruh,a straight blast shot to the bridge of the nose will quickly blind them with pain,bleeding eyes watering and very painful
show them no mercy AHHHHH!!
Is that practiced on the speed bag?
@@jerryvandevort2366 You could get started practicing on a speed bag to train the rolling motion of the fists during the straight blast but the straight blast gets its effectiveness by your body forward momentum while pummeling with those rolling fists. I wouldnt stay on the speed bag after learning to roll your fists because the speed bag requires you learn a cadence on an object that is providing an equal amount of resistence. When you are straight blasting a person you are not getting that equal resistance with each punch. Typically when you straight blast on a person you will first encounter their arms as they either cover or stick an arm out trying to keep you at bay. Your body forward momentum and rolling fists will overcome their arms and then get you into trapping range where you can transition to your headbutts, elbows and knee strikes. Also, one of the main points when learning the straight blast is where to position your elbows so that you maintain maximum power and quickness while rolling the fists. If your elbows are too far out to the side you give up power for speed. If the elbows are too close together you give up speed for power. You have to practice to find the best position for your elbows so you have a good mixture of power and speed. As a side note, if you are straight blasting in on a person and they stick an arm out to keep you at bay, dont pass up that opportunity to wrench that arm and disable or break the elbow joint if the opening exists. You very well could finish the fight right then, before you get inside of trapping range, by taking advantage of them sticking their arm out and keeping it there. Train for that possibility as well. Hope that helps.
I hit someone once. But i hit hard.
It doesn't alway result in a ko. But it gives me an opening to hit even harder.
That technique is actually taught in Wing Chun and is called chain punches. The fists come from the center like you mentioned, as most techniques in Wing Chun, and with the thumbs up. The arms have to be fully extended in a quick manner to increase its efficacy. It seems easy, but takes some time to master proficiently. Thank you for the video!
Bruce Lee learned Wing Chun first as a young man. This is definitely Wing Chun. You have to practice the hand speed, because it gets tiring.
As a martial artist since I was 15 in 1973 (I'm 64 now), I love this technique. The motion of the fists reminds me of the action of the wheels of an old western locomotive, like "The Wanderer" from Wild Wild West, with good old Jim & Artie. I think another great name for it would be "The Locomotive", because you drive forward with that motion until the threat is neutralized.
What you demonstrated was Wing Chun but not the Jeet Kune Do straight blast. Lee’s straight blast is a non-telegraphic strike with your strong side forward. It’s like a fencing lunge that Bruce applied after watching his brother who was in fencing. It’s more powerful than a jab and it sets an opponent up for whatever finishing move it opens up. It is best applied before or after a stop kick and sets up reverse punch or whatever follow up finish you like. I like your videos by the way.
Thats what I thought...I don't see how this could actually hurt a dangerous criminal type. He would just step back. Lee's "lunge" would reach out and get the guy, and knock him into a chair near by...In the arena...
kddg...saw it in old footage.
@@peterruiz6117 Not to be confused with Lee's one inch punch he used for demonstrations which would knock someone back into a chair.The one inch punch was more of a gimmick though like breaking boards.
I trained with Vunak and his version, rationale, variation, take, etc, is based off a different structure and approach. What you saw in this short video is nothing compared to how it is taught by Vunak. Vunak's method is practically a scientific approach, an updated way to apply the straight blast taking into consideration the quality of the opponent that you may be facing: a wrestler, a BJJ guy, a boxer, etc. That being said, look into Vu's videos on TH-cam, he's been around for ages, he's been called the father of modern scientific street fighing for very good reasons.
@@renehinojosa1962 I looked at Vunak’s videos and I really don’t understand the popularity. He had/has a terrible stand up fighting technique. His hands are very weak. A fighter with good hands would take him apart. I wouldn’t rely on a head butt to get an advantage. Vunak has been good at marketing himself hence the grandiose titles like “trainer of Navy Seals” or “father of modern fighting” or some such nonsense.
@@impettus you're talking about a guy that trained in Savate, with Daniel Duby, they even opened the first Savate school at one time in the country. Just in case you don't know, Savate is all standup, boxing and kicking. Nevermind the countless hours he's trained in Muay Thai and Boxing with countless other fighters. I'd take whatever you say with a grain of salt. Additionally, if you've ever trained in JKD one is never trying to outbox a boxer, out wrestle a wrestler, out kick a Muay Thai fighter, we're not trying to compete in their discipline.
No fannying about, just straight into the details, no long intro to get it last 11 mins, and no raid shadow legends sponsorship.
Ahhhhh, I love it , thank you glow in the dark man!
Brilliant as always! Vunak drilled this into us over and over. We never trade blows... Entry, pressure, termination/Resolution of the conflict. It's still a solid tactic in my LEO defensive tactics program overall. Proud to have you in the family and lineage of PFS and JKD concepts brother.
It's you or them....I ain't going down!
Thats the right attitude!
@@JasonHansonSpyBriefing just imagine combining this straight blast with a tactical pen strikes.
this straight blast is hilarious 😂
Absolutely it is. A load of Wing Chun rubbish. Glad someone else here realises how useless this circular punching crap is.
I taught a coworker (security guard) a similar move. I drilled her to use body mechanics and repeated the minute-long lessons several times per shift. It was a palm strike to the face or chest, whichever was open, followed up as needed. She was shy, and the other guards would sneak up on her and try to scare her. One day the site supervisor did a no-no and grabbed her while shouting BOO! BOOM! She executed a perfect palm strike to the chest and dropped the supervisor on the floor. He had to visit the emergency room after the shift ended. She didn't follow-up because the attack stopped, she acted out of conditioned reflex, and she was shocked that she managed to put a man out of action--training works.
Besides, it's not right for a supervisor to do that on his subordinates. Afterwards, that supervisor was very careful to startle that coworker from behind a barrier or well out of reach--and he didn't grab her. Training by proxy? "Don't touch!"
Great story and good for the ladies in the audience to hear. 🇺🇸
He still messed with her? That's just wrong! Ladies...please learn to defend yourselves! It saved my life in 1988...yes I am that old.
Good for her. That supervisor sounds like a creep and a moron
I call bullsht Walter Mitty. In kungfu and wing chun films- the opponent is pulled back by off-screen pullers, hence the ridiculous blocking man being pushed (in reality pulled) back by opponent's blows.
There is no way 200lb fat insulated sternum solar plexus will go down without
-boxing knock out to jaw
-muay thai and other kick to chest-abdomen
- boxing jab to larynx
When irritating rabbit punches that rub up his blubber, 200lb man will step back leaving Wing Chun goof exposed and step back in with haymaker= goodnight wing chun goof.
The best arguments against Wing Chun, Tai Chi and Kungfu is PLA don't even bother with them.
L O L !!!
I worked corperate security jobs as a supervisor, and I always feared for two women ,in particular, I partnered with. One was inept, the other had a temper....But inept. They would lose and forget their weapons (which did not work....One shot malfunction relics). But....I did not worry about them in a fight. Only if either were to fire that one shot, what would they hit.
They were a live in lesbian couple, and the "male" could probably take my head off.
I've trained one on one with Paul Vunak and have been certified in his system as a Full Instructor. I practice the straight blast all the time (along with other techniques) at the heavy bag.
Well I'm glad part way through you mention the finger strike to the eyes and/or throat as I believe that would be much more effective at slowing down an attacker - especially for a weaker 'victim'. I have never heard of the straight blast technique even though I did train in Kung Fu and Karate when I was young. However I really like your videos and practical advice they contain.
I trained this for 7 years at an MMA school in Illinois that had PFS JKD instructors. There's overlap between ring and street, but the stuff that doesn't overlap is beyond critical to know. Love me some straight blast on multiple untrained bad guys.
Who were your PFS instructors while you trained there? If you don't mind me asking.
@Rene Hinojosa my instructors were Matt Numrich and later a student of his that started his own school, Nik Farooqui. Both have since left Illinois. Under both of them I did a number of training camps with Vu, and another amazingly skilled jkd instructor named Roy Harris.
@@NoneMcNobody I did a couple privates with Roy, excellent instructor overall. I trained with Vu, Larry Hartsell & Ted Wong and got to stick and knife sparring with lots of PFS guys over the years. Nice meeting you here.
@Rene Hinojosa awesome! Small word, dude. I still train all of the Vu and Harris stuff. I've been focusing a lot more on training pekiti tirsia Kali for the last 7 years now.
@@NoneMcNobody good for you! Almost trained in pekiti years ago but missed the opportunity, however, I did have a student who was training with a doce pares group out of Cali back in the day.
A few things to clarify. This is the "Chain Punch" move in Wing Chun. Learning the punch technique is critical because the damage not only comes from the speed & repetition, but you actually position your arms like a battering ram. Your shoulder, elbow, and wrist are locked straight at the end of each punch for maximum damage (so it's not a flurry of jabs).
Also WC deviates from traditional styles like American boxing as you're taught to not only block and counterattack in the same move, but you follow your counterattack by closing the distance and blitzing your opponent and overwhelming him/her with this Straight Blast technique to end the fight as quickly as possible.
Carriage/wedge block into soviet check hook/elbow off centerline counters this. So many people do fight sports these days, I think the best self defense techniques need to work on combat athletes too. Like your clinch into headbut, that's great.
This can easily be countered by the Pak Sao (Intercepting Hand) technique. I've been learning Wing Chun for 4 years now and it is one of the easiest attacks to counter.
Watching from North Carolina.......
Welcome to the channel. God Bless 🇺🇸
I've trained in wc/jkd for a long time and used the straight blast in the only 2 fights I've been in over the last 20 years. I easily handled the opposition thanks to it. We were not taught to execute it the way you show, with the knuckles scraping down against the target. More like a locomotive where it thrust out into the target the drops slightly out of the way of the next hit. However, if it works for you, it is correct.
Thanks for the content!
I used to "play fight" with somebody who loved this move. I found, however, that this can easily be disrupted by using a forearm to stop the "blasting" motion.
My understanding of a straight blast is that a fist should go straight out towards it's target.
Then it drops down slightly and retracts, in a straight line, to allow the fist of the other hand to blast out in a straight line.
I was taught this by Grandmaster Victor Kan Wha Chit who taught Bruce Lee the first section of the Ving Tsun 'Siu Nim Tao' form.
Your demonstration, although I'm sure is effective, has a circular aspect to it that, some wood argue, has nothing 'straight' about it.
Thank you for your video. Something to consider for a future video would be the wing chun kick. A low stomping kick to the foot ankle or knee. Does not compromise balance and easy to learn.
Excellent as usual! Love the way you give Bob a hug to stop him falling back😅...
Great self defence moves Jason. Keep 'em coming 👍👍
This move relies on fast light weight strikes. After all, your triceps and front delts are providing all the movement. Without enough power, each blow is very weak.
After an eye or throat gouge, a palm strike with full body rotation is vastly more effective.
I've got to say these videos are awesome. Entertaining, humorous, the whole package.
This is called a chain punch in wing chun.
The the quickest route between two points is a straight line. If you do these techniques, you need to execute them with speed, volume and intensity. Let out that primal rage! Neutralize the threat and then take off.
If I could offer this advice , straight blast is used until you get a connection for most part . We want to connect so we can use our heavy tools such as head butting, elbows and knees or maybe into some type of submission like a rear naked choke . If you are blasting you must know when to stop because if any gaps in hitting time allow will allow your attacker the ability to shoot in for take or hook you whatever . Its rare when a straight blast is an end in itself because its not power punching but its rapid punching to keep attacker from getting back into a fight . Yes straight blasting is a good tool but it has its limitations like anything else .
Thank you
Thanks for a great information video on straight line punch 👊 👍
You're welcome Bruce. 🇺🇸
The straight blast (or chain punch as known in Wing Chun) is great for distraction (like a series of jabs) but you need to finish off with hard punches or elbows or even a throw onto their back. People are resistant, especially with adrenalin. Most people just tire in a fight
The way Vunak teaches it, you finalize the whole street fight thing with head butts, knees and elbows, the SB just gets you "in." Punching is not the way to go into a street fight for a good number of reasons.
I didn't realize the past several years of doing Wing Chun I was inadvertently training to be a CIA Op as well. :) Jokes aside this is cool stuff to see how martial arts training translates to real life application. Thank you for sharing this Jason!
I have studied and taught Wing Chun for years, good advice your giving.
FACTS. I have been attacked by HUGE doods and I used what I call the piston punch. and its literally just a straight left going as fast as possible (really fast like a piston) and just like Jason said the guy WILL begin to buckle and fall too his knees at with point you should escape the danger immediately. Great Video.
Immortal techniques. Dig this eye poke & straight blasting. Also your crown of the head butt & elbow combo
I've found that the miniscule .22 distracts nicely I
f applied to the face, neck, or groin. Much easier on your hands.
Learn key contact points avoiding fist to bone.Strike hard and fast until your opponent is down. recommend Jasons R.A.T. FIGHT book if you have training or not.
Every technique explained in the video works -EXCEPT the straight blast itself.
Straight Blast. Will remember. Thank You! 👍👍
Practice it and you won't regret it.
This is awesome, I’m typically not someone who is super violent in real life unless I need to be like it’s a life or death situation, I hope I never have to use any of these moves to defend myself but the reality is at only 27 years old, I’ve hopefully got a few decades left of my life and I should probably develop some of these techniques so if I do end up in a situation where someone is trying to kidnap me or kill me or something like that I can defend myself properly
Uncle vunak dan inosanto 👍😎👍
I can say, by experience, that this technique works very well!! Thanks Jason!
In my old fighting days I often did a nut flick with tips of fingers, this brought their head down,then grabbed as much hair on there head as possible, step backwards and they fell to there knees, then boot them in face over and over, keep moving backwards to keep them off balance, and no, none of them were bald as they were still at school. And I was the headmaster.
I liked the way he so nonchalantly did that eye poke. By the time the guy would have seen that coming his head would already be a speed bag.
I seen a guy at the bar try this technique, worked right out of the gate till he got hammered by a left hook, fight was over after that...
It’s a Wing Chun’s technique called CHAIN PUNCH !
But you have to apply the center line theory to be very effective
Also remember-when you are punching someone, you are not punching them-you are punching whatever is behind them.
Does take practice it's one of my dynamic stretching moves speed and practice will get you even better
I saw this technique many times on cartoons growing up. Come to think of it the 3 stooges used it as well.
The result will look like the three stooges if you try it.
Elbow strikes are pretty good too.
Comparing this blast to strait hook or uppercut I think it's better to through one or two huge punches than 10 little ones. Eyes poke must be effective.
Agreed, uppercut as he’s speaking, if you’re in close it’s nearly impossible for him to see coming because it’s below his line of sight. You can use the palm of your hand as well to prevent injury.
A good fast hard chop to the throat works really good too
I want to thank you for you're videos. A REAL help.
Glad you like them!
"Most criminals don't expect you to fight back, and therefore I don't expect criminals to fight back"
Got to be honest, I thought this was going to be an overhand jab. So, it's the speed bag punches. Good stuff
Thanks for watching!
I met another ex-CIAér in the mountains one day, and he showed me several of these impressive moves.
SIMPLE AND AFFECTIVE, TY J, GOOD STUFF AS ALWAYS !!!
My life was threatened. Im out of country. Im still possibly in danger. Im about to attempt an escape and so glad to learn this. I’ll comment if I make it out safely.
These are normally called 'chain punches', at least what you were demonstrating, called that, because one punch comes after the other in a straight line. A straight 'blast' is typically one quick straight punch that blasts in to the target, and of course can turn into chain punches. You showed Bruce Lee clips, notice he just did one punch that blasted through the opponents defense.
The Diaz brothers perfected this
Apparently, it's always best when your opponent doesn't fight back.
That is a technique in the Wing Chun system called by some chain punching it can be used at the head or solar Plex or center line of the body
Everyone is geared to protect the face. Bringing up your hand to punch the face triggers the opposite protective reaction from the bad guy. There is no such thing as a fair fight. You have to be proactive and strike hard and fast without telegraphing your strike. I think the "straight blast" might be a good movie effect but in CQB when it really counts and you have to use your hands, either a hard and fast stab to the larynx or a hard upward palm strike to the nose is really going to be effective at giving you the element of surprise and stun the opponent. The other option if you have the room is a powerful open-palm slap to the ear. Very painful and stunning allowing a further continued attack with other strikes.
So to look at the fact of how many school type tests Bruce Lee went through to get to where he was, which is a standard to martial arts, watch the UFC competing with Bruce, is this:
A helpful hint of learning self defense, is look at it like being in a school, take one section at a time, studied it for a week, and then as in any class take the test. In other words, see if the movement is complimented to wanting to be accomplished, or is it zig zagging on its own, preventing you to be fluent to go through a start and finish recognition quickly that now will over time allow for this move to continually improve, because it is just that, a simplified move, one of self defense that need to be accomplished when the opening is available, and not confusing to repeat as its zig zagging will influences.
I have that book! Thanks
What do you do if your opponent has arms?
Run for the hills
But try the rolling blast that turns to elbow up close take out of your attacker fast, and hard to stop for the hands are moving so fast they can hardly get to see them; but do feel them and the elbow blast as well is ready at any time to finish the attacker ! takes practice but effective !...
I fought 3 guys once & straight blasted one, then all 3 fled cos they saw my hand speed. It worked well enough to save a life, but another time I got attacked I ended it quicker with a single, accurate punch. Not nice to have to use these skills, but you'll be glad you learned
Great work Jason! Scooby snacks for you.
My allegiance is to Liberty, the Repubic and Democracy.
Good Book.
A good way to train the straight blast would be to practice the rolling fist on a speed bag using a vertical fist strike rather than a horizontal fist like a boxer would.
Wow! Your videos are so straight to the point with super good advise. Short and sweet. Thank you so much.
Excellent tip! I'm very fortunate in that Guro Dan Inosanto is also my teacher :). Vunak has great material though. I have met him but not actually trained with him but have been privy to his stuff...very effective
I think that move could be effective providing the assailant is standing there and not moving his head but I probably would never resort to it, myself.
Question: because of the angle of your fists how can you prevent a boxer’s break on your two smallest knuckles?
As always, outstanding !
Straight glass can be done in many different ways to different targets not just to the face,yet I have seen where the straight blast can work
So an ex CIA APPROVED Bruce Lee and that chain punch Wing Chun method.
Dude, you gotta talk this to those BJJ TH-camr. Seriously, dude. The toxic community in BJJ culture need to learn facts.
Love your channel. Very educational.
No doubt. Much appreciated, thanks.
@@JasonHansonSpyBriefing A combat veteran recommended the Vunak Rapid Assault Tactics to me recently, Having sparred with it I like it very much. Excellent video.
Additionally there is another UK based self defense program that looks a lot like a very simplified version of the RAT system. It is called The Approach by Eddie Quinn(I learned this one first). Have you ever looked at it? What are your thoughts?
Personally I think the RAT system would hold up much better against most opponents. Those center line chain punches are real hard to stop. In sparring I found aiming for the chin with them was better than the face, because if you are too high you hit the teeth or nose, and if you are too low you get their throat, both of which do a really good amount of damage.
Thanks for making the video.
Get the throat or palm strike under chin or nose upwards. Rabbit punches on a big guy or boxer will just make them even madder. I did WC for 6 years and boxing.
Great info thanks for sharing 👍
Once l asked a guy, "How did you beat that guy up? He's huge," All he said was "Quickly, very quickly. "
Thank you
That looked more like a three stooges move than Bruce Lee.
While it might look like that, it’s not that to the one getting punched.😉
A combat move doesn't have to look pretty. It just has to work.
It’s a Wing Chun move.
@@deantodd8103try leading with this, you will get find yourself knocked out
“Nuk nuk nuk”
This is good when I studied Teoul Moon Kung in Korea, Songtan-chi, we here taught & demonstrated to hit in the eyes and throat. The Chin, Nose, mouth are hard bony areas that can injure you.
Strikeing a person in the eyes while cause pain and temporal or permanent blindness. A attacker that can see you , can effectively attack you ;)
Nice one, thanks
I’ve seen this technique fail miserably against anyone that can move and throw a real punch. Now an actual straight blast to the sternum, maybe using the pint of your elbow is a different story.
What about a blow to bracheal nerve system at the base of the neck? Won't that help to neutralize someone?
Great stuff!
Thanks Michael! God bless you!
These are great principles! thanks Jason
Can't be afraid. Must have the gift of aggression. And you goto move forward into the enemies face and keep punching. So what if it hurts your knuckles, you are saving your life.
That's the WC straight blast. The jkd straight blast is a squared up boxing blast. Both are good the WC blast is like a boxing shoe shine. The Jkd straight blast has more power and is a little less quick. Both are good. I use the wC blast to get some one off of me quickly if they get in top of me. The Jkd blast, is more of an offensive weapon
Criminals rely on shock and speed mixed with extreme intention as they look for an easy target. Train this way and it is possible to shock them and turn the tables! 🧠 💡 👏
Head elbows as well
Wing Chun Chain punch 👍
I used it since my Orange belt testing in the 80s.
Master Lee compared it to 1000 BBs vs one cannon Ball. 1000 BBs are more over whelming.
Did you train under sifu paul vunak
Wow I was a skinny strong kid. Working for my dad's tree business . Anyway I used this technique very successfully many times. I called it the chainsaw. Saved my butt when bullies wanted a thin victim
Do we have to make that noise too? 😂😂
Do you do a demonstration on the blackout technique because I have been practicing it but I'm not sure about form or if I'm doing it right. Like how close do I have to be. What is the appropriate speed? Do you put your hands up to block first then get within a couple of feet standing directly in front of your attacker to implement this combat technique?
Very good advice. Thank you.