The claim about Bruce Lee was the only one with "sparring in "protective gear"-idea is actually wrong. In Japan Karateka experimented since the 1920s with protective gear orignally meant for Baseball, I think. After the war, in 1954 the first "Nation Karate-Do Championship" was under the ruleset of "Bogu Kumite"/Bōgutsuki Karate". This is full contact sport fighting in a very similiar gear to what Bruce Lee was showing, gloves, a vest and a helmet. But I do not know if Bruce Lee even had known about "Bogu Kumite", since the Karate, Tang Soo Do and Taekwondo styles he could see in the US were mainly focussing on very restrictive Pointfighting.
I think this was a waste of time in the way that you didn't really invest the time it would take to master this technique nor the time to learn how to apply it in a reasonable way. On the other hand you're a youtuber and you made a video out of it so it wasn't a waste of your time. Still perhaps you should learn to edit videos with one hand so you have the other hand free to practice the one inch punch. You probably get comfortable with it in a couple of weeks to the point where whenever your hands ended up in the right position during sparring you'd automatically performe a one inch punch before retracting your hand into basic position. I guest that would really mess with your sparring partners. I guess the one inch punch is really meant for people who spent to hours a day on public transport. Just make sure the seat in front of you is empty. At least until you really mastered the technique xD "Stop rocking my seat dumbf..." "Well care to see how I rocketed you seat like that?"
Lol I was trying to figure out what was up with his arms, thinking he's got strangely defined musculature or something specialized for one inch punching. Then my eyes figured it out: "Ohh! Just less fingers. Ok, nothing out of the ordinary then!" Although.. I can't help but be a child and ask myself if that gives any advantages for performing martial arts
I learned basically how to do this from a fellow student who did combative tai chi. I don't necessarily use this specific punch but I've used this training to understand how to generate a lot of power without moving my fist a ton. I recently started boxing and MMA and a lot of my strikes really throw people off because of this because I don't need a "wind up" (though the truth is I am winding up with my body, not my hand).
Same. Chen style tai chi in particular uses this a lot. One inch should also work at no range once you develop Jin (explosive power, for lack of a better term). Most JKD people don't have the right body development to do it properly. That gets a bit esoteric for most people.
That’s the use of the one in punch to teach your body to not telegraph basically, punching from wherever your hand is, the one inch punch itself is useless against an opponent but the muscle memory it teaches that explosive muscle fibre is great
The technique behind the 1 inch punch is to demonstrate why you punch with the bottom 2 knuckles, not the top 2. Index and middle finger requires force and ultimately ends up impinging your shoulder girdle. Pinky and ring finger allows expression on shoulder stability at the speed generated by the interior tricep
@@martinbonsu4661 Bruce mostly showed an Explosive Push, but using a fist shape. However, the real Inch power secret, is Fajin. You can see a mild example of a fajin hit by searching "Glen Levy fajing hammerfist". There are two vids, of two different men that eat his fajing powered strike.
I really like the idea of emphasizing the hip movement in the punch, connecting the hip and fist together in a straight line. I kinda see this working best in the clinch
@ProtoTribal Interesting. So you'd favor trying to get the motion from the rear foot? How would that work exactly? I was thinking of it more as a short lead hand punch, maybe using the same mechanics as the straight-ahead one inch punch but changing the angle into a short uppercut to open up the chin in the clinch
i appreciate the fact seth is always trying to incorporate techniques that were forgotten and dismissed by the fighting community, into his spars and give them a real shot, to see if they are practical or not. thanks seth !
"I fear not the man who has practiced a thousand kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick a thousand times." One Move, 24hrs. of pure practice! Great Job!
a single move for a week, might show some mild improvements. 24hrs, is pretty much useless. In most cases, it will take 2 to 3 months of daily training, to fully master a single technique, to its ultimate potentials. Anything less, is like trying to use a dull butterknife, to cut into a tough, over-cooked, piece of steak.
First off good video! A few years ago I dive pretty deep into Bruce lee and jeet kwan do. The one inch punch was never meant for a sparring stand point. It wasn’t till as off recently that people started incorporating it into sparring. It was always meant to be a demonstration of just speed and power. As said in the video. The idea behind it was if you can master the bodies movements, and through training, you can developed spend and power with little to no movement. The one inch punch starts at the feet and makes it way up the leg, hips, shoulder,elbow, forearm, and then fist, kinda like how Bruce lee describes a spring bouncing back after trying to twist it or like a snake that is back ready to strike. All of it happens so fast that you can barely see it even in modern technology. One thing I notice that a lot of people do is close the hand then punch. Try getting the fist closed as it is coming forward. This way you don’t loose the coil of power. Great video over all!
I find it interesting that people look for practical applications for the 1 inch punch. I believe it was mainly used to showcase that the mechanics of your punch matter. If you can generate that much power from 1 inch, you can generate a lot more from a normal distance.
There are many applications. For example, if someone gets in your face, hold your hand out as if trying to give you some space. Act and talk like you don’t want to fight, and when the time is right, you strike them first. Knock the wind out, and you can walk away a badass or you can go in for the knockout shot if he can get up.
You do realize in that video of Lee doing what you call a one-inch punch, he draws back the fist well over a foot. However, what you are learning does seem like a pretty good short distance strike using hip and body torque.
The One Inch Punch (OIP) is more of a kinetic chain calibration training technique than it something you would train to a deep proficiency. If we look at it that way, our skeleto-muscular "form" is what allows a smooth transfer of power from and through ground contact points. I started playing with it in Tai Chi Chuan 20 years ago. There are some fun things you can do to with the OIP to learn more about power generation, isometric contraction and relaxing factor. We also learn that the stronger our core is, the stronger our back is. When the force transference comes through the back, THATS when the magic happens.
Its also about weight distribution and having elastic muscle memory, weight classes exist for a reason. Put 90kg behind a punch with perfect leg placement and hip turning will kill a 45 kg man. Watch ip man 3. Its literally what happens when a boxer fights a Chinese man who still believes in ccp propaganda about chinese bullshito. Xu xiaodong and many others. Sanda is the best ur gonna get from china now that its infected with wushu dance arts. Maybe northern crane boxing and baguao are prrssure tested but thats it.
@@Shin_Akumi LUL. XU is a Chinese CCP agent, trying to sully the remaining combat arts, because the CCP is too fearful of their Slave-Class rising up against them. I used to be 150lbs... taking on fighters that were nearly, if not 2x heavier and stronger... and I put them to Shame. One of them.. I used about 15% to their kneecap... due to him being extremely disrespectful... very similar to yourself. Openly saying that Wing Chun was Sh*T, and so was I. So, I kicked his kneecap... and this Full Contact heavyweight division fighter, dropped like a stone.. was screaming in pain, crying a river of tears, on the mat. The resulting injury, took a month for him to fully recover from. After that point on... his level of Respect for this rail thin dude... was forever changed. Sanda was created by the CCP... just like Wushu was also created by the CCP. In fact, after they ended the Cultural Revolution... which had something like a 60 yr ban on the practice of ANY martial arts form (penalty of deth, if caught)... they created Wushu. A fake martial art, that has the external appearance of martial arts... but has ALL of the Combat drill training and knowledge, Removed from it. When XU defeated these fake fall-guys.. Guess what happened? Thousands of REAL masters, were on their way to END him. Then the CCP put him under protection, and made up a cover story that he was hiding from the CCP. You do realize, that NO Chinese citizen can hide from the CCP...right?! They have AI powered surveillance cameras everywhere... and just to buy a drink at the store... you need to use facial scanners, or your phones specific ID chip communication. They can find anyone, in less than a weeks time... no matter how good you THINK you are at Hiding. Sanda is nothing but the CCPs attempt to copy the sport of Kickboxing... because Wushu was not enough to keep people from seeking out the remaining combat teachers out, for actual combat lessons. When even that was not working... they copied the same playbook of the Gracies scams. Putting up deceptive and fake videos, of so called "Masters" being defeated. The Gracies never fought against a SINGLE masterclass level practitioner. Even a basic level martial artists could EASILY tell that their Opponent, was completely Clueless... let alone, a "Master". ANd when famous kickboxer Benny the Jet challenged the Gracies to a fight? The Gracies tucked their tails between their legs, and Refused to fight him. Why? Because they knew that Benny was an Experienced fighter... and there was a high chance that he would score a KO (or worse), long before any of them could get a grasp of him. As for XU... he is Slow, and clumsy. Id defeat that dude, in less than 5 seconds flat... and Im way out of shape, and far older. Its laughable, that people actually believe in that BS. But... thats the problem with Mindless NPCs like yourself. Way too easy to fool the mentally challenged, like yourself. Ive used mastered WC, to KO several fighters to date. 3 of which were blackbelts in a Jujitsu school.. when I attended their open-house sparring events. (These same disrespectful students, had intentionally broke a TKD fighters arm, in that event) I used to fight against various arts artists, all over the city. From all the well known arts, like Muay Thai, MMA, Karate, TKD... to more obscure arts like Capoeira, 5 Animal style, Shaolin Longfist, Mantis, Tai Chi, Wudang, and many others. And I can EASILY tell you, that Sanda, is low level trash, compared to the higher level combat arts. I can also assure you, that even at 6ft tall, 150lbs ... with all of my rib bones showing... that my Fajing abilities, were able to Stop or END, any attacker, of any size. The most recent demo I did, was with an MMA fighter. I used a 10% level forearm deflection... powered by Fajing. It not only stopped his attack cold... but also nearly shattered his wristbone. The injured area swelled up nearly double in size in less than an hours time... and he was in great pains for many days to follow. Btw.. in that demo.. I was using one arm, against his two. He tried for a good 2 to 3 minutes, to land a single hit on me... and failed to do so. Not because he lacked skills. He had textbook technique, with excellent speed and power. But because MMA training lacks the tools needed, to deal with higher level combat arts... at Masterclass levels. Much like you... before the demo, he was almost rolling his eyes in the back of his head... thinking I had nothing of value to show him... in his "Superior Training". Then, when I told him that I was only going to use a single arm... he almost laughed out loud. After being shut down for like 2 min straight... his attitude changed to embarrassment, and then to Anger... as he then went against our Agreed upon levels of safe "Medium" power levels... and upped to full speed, full power, with true intent to harm. Had he stuck to using medium power levels.. the mild level fajin impact that I used... would not have caused a serious injury. Afterwards... he stood there in shock... as he was expecting me to be on the ground, crying in tears. I had to explain to his everything that had transpired... and the hows and whys. After that, he was blown away... smiled wide, shook my hand.. and called me a G0D. I then said... "Imagine if I had been using two arms, instead of one?" He then looked shook... as he realized, that I had just been playing around. We would have several more rounds, before his injury got too bad for him to continue. First was legs vs legs (kicks and leg defenses). Next was dual arms vs dual arms. And final round, was anything goes (all limbs in play). He was not able to land a single kick, nor handstrike on me, in ANY of these rounds. Meanwhile, I had lit him up, like he was my own personal kick bag. This is not to brag, either. Its simply the difference between a typical sport trained artist.. and a MasterClass level combat artist (not a casual "combat larper")
The way I think of it, and I train it like an exercise, is I like to imagine breaking down the mechanics of a punch and stripping it down to the snap at the end. It really emphasizes that crucial part of the punch. Its a good exercise to improve your punching, but you need to practice that timing on closing your fist and making contact with the knuckles. You can practice that with normal punches and snap the fist closed on impact. Start with a loose fist and flex on impact and then open your hand more and more. Think of your target having a handle and when you close your fist at the end imagine youre pulling the target into your fist as fast as you can.
Plus it would be good self defence move. Imagine someone harasses you and you first try to cool them of by putting hand at that position. And then bam you snap them in teeth or plexus ( or worse you aim low and end fight before it begins)
@@jamessan3404 That's toeing the line of assault but I would rather use my post hand to grab and control and throw normal punches or elbows with the other. Also avoid punching people in the teeth if you can 😬. I can tell you from experience that its not good for anyone involved if you like skin on your knuckles, and if you don't clean your knuckles properly afterwards the infection could be even worse.
@@irishninja9857yeah I meant if you can't diffuse situation and someone is trying to assault you. You can shock them by throwing fast punch . And probably have leather gloves at least.
I always thought of it as more of a demonstration of how important the body is to a punch, and not just the arm swing. Like reminding you not to rely solely on arm strength and that you need to know how to throw a punch. I don't think Bruce had developed it to be fighting technique. But he still demonstrated that it could still be a drill on how you can transfer the power into other punching techniques. It wasn't something new, but still something a lot of people in his time overlooked.
what I've been taught is that the one-inch punch is more for you still if you are doing your punches correctly. you have to turn your feet, hips and shoulders in extend the arm in order to create a lot of force in a small distance.
You did very good the only thing I noticed was is you weren’t using your body when doing it you used just the extension of your arm it’s very subtle but moving your body forward just as you initiate the punch drastically improves the force, I downloaded an accelerometer app on my phone and was testing it out on a bag that was roughly 110-120 lbs and I was able to generate 9 g’s of force doing the math it was a little over 400 lbs of force in the area of my fist, also the context of how you interpreted the punch is correct you can use it in combat but it was very much so to show the power and speed Bruce had keep up the great work I love watching videos like these.
A punch is just a punch. After one thousand punches, a punch is no longer just a punch. After ten thousand punches, a punch becomes just a punch once more. That middle phase is the hard part :) The thing to remember is the fluidity of it. The explosive movement, the alignment of the body, and generating force in a wave-like movement from the ground up and out through your hand, like a ripple effect. The principle would become reflexive once you've practiced it enough.
The first time I heard and seen Bruce Lee’s 1 inch Punch being performed was by a Shaolin monk in New York City name: Shi Yan Ming using it on a crash test dummy in the show Stan Lee’s Superhumans. He claims that he took it to the next level.
Try pawing at a high guard with your lead hand to create a gap, then 1 inch punching like the Klitcschkos. Alternatively, you can pull the guard down and throw a powerful cross like Wilder. Edit: What I'm trying to say is that there're a lot of ways to apply a 1 inch punch and numerous more assertive setups that are tested and proven at the highest level. Awesome video!
Brilliant comment, I also love using a jab/uppercut to penetrate the gaurd then pulling the arm down from the inside for a rear overhand,hook,cross. I got this from the Conor vs Porier 1 fight, Conor moved in with a quick triple jab and he almost karate crossblocked with the lead to open up the ko hook
I would like to thank you. Before i found your channel I only did kickboxing for selfdefence and because a friend gave the training. Now im really interested in martial arts and I would love to learn more. Right now I learning some taekwondo from him to apply in my kickboxing (to suprise my fellow friends or kickbox partners) . Thanks for opening my world to the wonders of martial arts.
The Chen style Taijiquan player who develops the force (Jin) behind the “one inch punch” applies this technique at trapping distance (sticky hands), not the striking distance. The technique requires contact, and can be applied with almost any part of the body, not just the fist.
So I've practiced Chinese martial arts which I know is controversial. However the one inch or zero inch is a concept applicable with the whole body. It adds so much to in fighting.
My first systema coach was also an ex pro san da fighter, and a lot of these things make sense out of a clinch battling for grips. you secure a grip, then short punch at opportunity
Something I learned in my pursuit of martial arts: Kung-Fu and Tai-Chi, is you can punch either with opposite leg forward or same side forward. The engineer in me realized that if your opposite leg is forward when you throw a ball or punch your hip is mechanically in a class 3 lever. The lead hip becomes the fulcrum. Your spine (center of mass) is the effort and your fist is the load. Load, fulcrum, effort equals class 1, a pry bar. Fulcrum, load and effort is class 2, a wheel barrow. Class 3 is fulcrum effort and load. The one inch punch is a two part affect. The main mechanic is at the wrist where you flick the wrist like you would if you flip a pancake. The mechanics at the wrist is a scissor affect. Everything from the wrist to your body is all one of the scissor arms. The other is a small piece on the other side, a very small scissor arm, on the other side of that wrist flick, about an inch on that same wrist. Everything from wrist to the body is all amplifying affects. As you know when you set up the one-inch punch the leg that is forward is the same side as the punching fist. Mechanically this puts your hips in a class 1 lever affect. Knees and elbows are just mechanical amplifiers. The flick of the wrist is also a mechanical amplifier. Furthermore, if you can strike that fist is a second or less you will also induce impact force. So, initiate a shockwave from rear leg through the hip straightening the rear leg, extending the arm straightening the elbow, flick the wrist then strike in less then a second ought to give you a very high force applied. One possible tip that might help increase affects is to keep the path of fist very close to the pivot axis. Very good, hand over fist.
Years ago I had an early weaker version of boards like that. One of the "tricks" is, can you break them without the counter resistance? Since they were so easy to break with someone holding them I thought, can I break them if they didnt have the holding force behind them? So try this. Have the holder just hold the board from the bottom, and/or to further explain, place the board on a post without a holding force behind it, so its free standing. THEN with with speed and power try to break the board instead of sending it flying. This would further expand on B.Lee's theory of delivering a strike. It takes power to break a board with force behind it, but it takes skill to break the same board with no force holding it in place. I learned this from one of B.Lee's training books, hang a piece of paper, and punch the paper. (I have to go back and reread the theory and application of this), it sounds dumb, but it did help develop my punching power, skill and coordination in my early days of training. When I applied this to the free floating boards I could break through all 3, whereas my student, strong football player that could bench 300+lbs could never break even the weakest board while it was freefloating. I remember a movie scene where B.Lee broke boards while holding them with the other had, similar theory of application. Put the power on the point of impact rather than using strength to push through.
The practical use of this technique is less for striking distance, but more of a grappling hand fighting situation. When you don't have the distance to properly accelerate a punch to generate power. Such as a quick hit to the chin from a hand holding the lapel. It's not meant to do much damage but just a sudden, and jarring hit to surprise, and hopefully loosen up your opponent to help transitioning into your next move.
Your last one inch punch is how i see it's best application, a counter after a block. After a hand check, Soto uke, Uchi uke when the arm is already pretty forward.
The thing about the one inch punch that hasn’t been covered is that it’s application can be chained together or changed into other shots. It can br the opening shot in a straight blast, it can be a great liver or kidney shot in the clinch. If you’re wrestling over a weapon, or some messed up trapping you can shoot the punch at either an organ or a bicep. Closest weapon to the closest target. It might not finish the fight but you can cause some level of damage or cause redirection.
I think one way that helps to build the technique, is to place your fist against a wall, and pay very close attention to your structure, and where force distributes from, as you push yourself away, and return to your form. Practice on each side many reps, and then in chainpunch "presses" basically trying to maintain contact with the wall as much as possible throughout the movements, with as little time off the wall as possible to complete the chain.
Definitely not a waste of time for me!... I always thought of the 1 inch punch as like a gimmicky kind of thing for performances. basically a party trick.. but that whole explanation about the elbow hip connection has totally made me rethink my normal punch! Especially how I position my elbow in relation to my hips. After trying it for a few minutes I suddenly feel much more aware of where and why I'm potentially losing energy cos of subtle little breaks in the chain of alignment between my fist and my back foot/floor. So, yeah.. Not a waste of time for me personally. Glad I watched this! thanks 🙂
There are some things to keep in mind about Bruces one inch punch though, and thats how he sets the person up. He has them stand feet in line and parallel to each other. If pushed even lighlty it hat postion you easily fall over backwards. He also punches in the centre of the chest on the sternum. The sternum is not the stongest of bones, and it holds the rib cage together which is protecting a lot of vital organs . And so without you knowing it your body natrualy protects this area as best it can. If your hit in the chest your body caves in on itself and you naturally push yourself backwards as well. That mixed with the already very powerful punch, brings the whole scene together ❤ Their are some great uses for it. I think boxers use the one inch punch a lot without knowing it. Often getting gloves intagled with their opponents and instead of pulling their arm out and back into a guard. They kinda punch again (if that makes any sense?) Or often throw in a clinch / when very close up as well.
I love those boards ! I've been to some WingTsung classes and the 1inch punch was almost all the sifu would teach.. very interesting to see it in action/sparring :)
Awesome! I appreciated the advice on the curvature! Imma try it! Keep practicing and training! Although remember, the one inch punch is intended to be moved with so that the force of your body ALSO contributes to the punch, it's a crushing combo! I watched about half way, so idk if you got there. But moving diagonally away from what would be the punch, then using the force from that dodge almost to combine the force is how you get the best strength!
I use this punch on the heavy bag to make the kids amazed, I would say it is 50% to 70% of my real punching power. the mechanics of it are good for a heavy straight punch, but it also make you telegraph your movement ALOT since you use most of your body to do it.
In investigating all these arts, just curious Sensei: have you ever heard of/encountered "52 blocks/Jailhouse Rock?" Prison blocking system for bareknuckle fights. If you could do an investigation of this (maybe with Icy Mike?) that would be fascinating! th-cam.com/video/AQnDfGIsrdw/w-d-xo.html Thx for all you do!
In TCMA, every punch is (or is supposed to be) a one-inch punch. That's to say: the main power generation from the core should come at the last second, regardless of whether the shot comes with the hand already on the opponent or launched from range. A launch from range will add momentum when that explosion happens at the last instant, but it should not be the main source of power. A one-inch punch demonstration is just an illustration that it's possible, as the JKD instructor said. Regarding the hips, it's not necessary to throw the hip into it. I know Bruce Lee did and therefore a "Bruce Lee One-inch Punch" requires that you throw the hip into it by definition. But it is not necessary to get the desired result if you use the core and waist correctly off a solid and rooted base. I would even go as far as to say it is risky to put your hip into it because it over-commits your posture and position when you are kissing distance from your opponent, and that would not be good if your shot misses. Kind regards.
When Bruce knocks the guy in to the chair he clearly pulls his arm back before executing the punch! Also point to note that Japanese karate instructors (maybe Ohtsuka? I can’t remember) were using full sparring protection long before Brice Lee!
When you show the demo of the one inch punch. He fully chambers his punch to his hip before making contact. If you want to try an inch punch try sinking your legs while shifting your hips.
th-cam.com/video/a3WFAWzt-f4/w-d-xo.html Damn, can't get the exact frame I want. It works when I click on the video at 2:02, but the time and the link go several milliseconds too early. Anyway, you can also clearly see, if you get the right frame, that he starts with a normal fist too, he never extended his fingers in that video.
I had realized that most guys don't know how much "1 inch" actually is, but I expected them to misjudge it in the other direction. i.e., 5.3 becomes 8...instead of the 6 becomes 1 that we see here.
Bruce Lee did many versions of this demo. If the OP was smaller in mass.. he would only use a single inch of space. If the OP was much larger in mass.. he would often pre-pullback, and use at least 6 inches of runway. Too many people see the demos, and think that the "One inch punch" is somehow opened to Interpretation, based on Lees different demo distances. The other reason, is that even the weaker push version of the technique... is very difficult to do, with only an Actual inch of space. As such, they will just use a 3 or 6 inch distance, to start out with... and mislabel it as One Inch. I used to do REAL inch strikes. Ive also had the same, performed on me, by a masterclass level practitioner. No pre-pullback garbage. This dudes inch punch to my chest, through a 4" thick yellow pages phone book... nearly put me out of commission, permanently. I felt the wave of power blast through my internals... and hit the inside front-face of my spine... as it then Blasted my spine outwards. I thought I was doomed, as it felt like it was going to either crack my spine, or blast it out of my back. It caused me to buckle into hunched position. After the impact... I felt like someone had poured gasoline on my chest, and lit it on fire. This burning pain was unbearable... to the point where I had to make my breaths as shallow as possible, to try to reduce the pains that merely happened from my chest expanding and contracting. The size of the pained area, was like a Soccer ball, in shape and depth. These pains lasted just under 4 hrs long... before finally going away. Ive never been hit harder, in my entire Martial Arts career... and it was the first time in my life, to be absolutely terrified, that I might be "Ended" (and that there was nothing I could do about it).
Redirect incoming punch, leave your redirecting hand where it is in space, punch from that position... I would say that would be the best application of a short range punch like that. It also seems to work pretty well, from experience
This has one GREAT use that isnt spoken of. I use to get out of a lot of fights because of this, id very publicly get a volunteer to let me do a 3 inch punch, and id usually hit em in the solar plexus and everyone would see how bad that seemed to hurt and left me the hell alone, i can only imagine they were like imagine how hard a REAL punch is from that monster!
Nah Seth doesn’t think Bruce was legit. His breakdown of the sparring video was quite misinformed. Bruce was just doing a light sparring demo but Seth made it seem like it was the way Bruce would fight in a hardcore fight.
I was cringing about a lot of what I've seen and heard in this video but you were very right about that opponent's kick looking like a one-inch puch. It was actually the real scenario when such things happen. The one-inch punch is not a single attack like a jab... it's meant for keeping distance when striking at wrist range with arms already half-extended. It's like a "double hit" with one strike. Just like that kick was. He kicked, you grabbed it, then he fully extended to keep you away with a "one-inch kick". Done well, it can get you off the floor and fall, but like for the punch, it is meant to be used right at the moment the opponent is lifting a foot to advance. It breaks balance. That's why it "sends people flying" in actual action. The moment is important, you can't just "try to do it". There's a situation and timing for it to have real effect. It's not even a very common move. Bruce Lee was just using it to showcase his impressive striking prowess.
I think that last line about really good or just wasting time is the quintessential dark night of the soul in todays Modern vs Trad martial arts environment. Particularly with the access to many different avenues of competition, and pervasively with the ubiquitous and often viral attention social media and smartphones provide to showcase challenges and beatdowns of varying degrees of severity between the many hardshipsctions and philosophies. I started Kenpo Karate at 11 with little to no history of other combat sports traditional or otherwise. There is of course the microcosm of youth and school/peerage/instructor that can really easily develop confidence to brazen...even delusional levels...but as my passion interest and physicality progressively developed and unified; some real lessons concerning what the advantages were of spending time and effort on martial techniques (like developing confidence against the vast majority of layman) and just having any plan or familiarity at all with physical contest/ego resilience/endurance to discomfort and hardship began to reveal themselves. This didnt provide much enlightenment however, really just raised the stakes higher and higher the longer i stuck with it. I'm sure you've felt something like the same, i can see it in your eyes. getting older dosent help, lol. what im trying to get around to, is that though there are tons of well developed counter arguments (and hurtful tactics) available to denegrate the pursuit of complex , highly situational martial bodies of knowledge...from no where else should the most damning critique and critical observation be seated than from within ourselves and practioners, living moving breaking down bodies grappling with the ravages of post-abundance capitalism and the forever retreating halcyion days of healthful youth. A truth that loses observers as it gains veracity is that the ways what you have come to learn in thought or action pass on to others in ways completely impossible to predict. So go easy rusting dragon, fading tiger, winter duckling. haters gonna hate, so cultivate your interested and love as you can. It will stand against the shite internal and exernal pressures, or it will fall and provide you with worthwhile failure. Os.
I think the biggest thing shown by the one inch punch is explosiveness. It doesn't matter the distant, it's about fluidly going from 0 to 100. There is no wind up. It just goes. Why when I used to do board breaks I'd always start from no more than 8-12 inches away.
I teach children what I learned in 1980. The punch starts where your body is a coil spring attached to the ground at your heel. Where it finishes is all of your body mass coming into unison at your knuckle. Everything else slows it down.
Hahaa i remember those coloured boards from my taekwondo gym back in the day. I think it is impossible to have those around without testing the one inch punch on it :D
It's worth looking up "長橋發力" , or "strike from across a long bridge" - so if you have a long guard doing a double jab from the lead hand even if it is just to harass or stun. The Chinese there is the term that Bruce Lee might have been familiar with. Oh and it's applicable to "fighting in the pocket" in that for big guys you want to close in and shred them or they'll pick you off from range.
Jack Dempsey describes a similar type of punch to throw from the inside in his 50’s book. That’s actually a pretty amazing way to generate power from a short distance
seth you should make a video about all the things you learn from "Does ____ work?" or "Learning _____" videos in one video showing what you still do and take away from those
Just my few cents even though this video is a little bit older. the one inch punch is basically a test or demonstration for yourself to see if you are able to put force into your punches without having to pull back your fist or at least less in an infight. So your long range attempts didnt make much sense. Other than that if you want to improve this force you need to focus more on what your legs / hips do. you need fast rotation with an idea of an upward force in your hips and your upper body has to be super stable to connect this force to your shoulder -> arm -> punch. In this video your upper body falls / stretches forward and downward mostly instead of rotating forward with a little bit of upward force which you already did correctly with your wrist but it needs to be one with the whole body so basically the movement your hip does has to be 1 to 1 what your shoulder does. Hope this helps and in the end gives your more power for punches in clinch or any infight situation.
1 inch punch power is great for dirty boxing / dirty clinching range. I mean most the power is just going to annoy your opponent or maybe off balance him if you do it right but its still useful. An elbow can generate some pretty crazy power in less than 3 inches (but a lot of MMA fighters really suck at close elbows and putting their intention behind it and their elbows just bounce of the skelenton instead of penetrating the total body structure). 1 inch punch technique would be great for palming someone's head around to steer them in wrestling too.
Ok I see a lot of one inch punch stuff and there is a few tricks to it. First one is learning to generate jing into a punch. So basically you have two feet on the ground heels slightly raised structure charged you drop the weight while staying charged in the lower abdomen and then you move that force to your first. That's part one. Which everyone seems to get pretty close. Second part is your hand can move the force in a pattern like a circle with a orient in any direction up down left right center and 45° angle's. This is step two. Step three is noticing the opponents feet which the direction both heals are pointed this is the weak angle. Step four is when you issue your force you move your power into the direction of the weak angle of the opponents structure and follow through effectively uprooting the opponent by taking his structure outside of his base. We practice this in tai chi alot. We take one finger in the dantien and push people off there base structure in the weak angle and it takes about 1oz of constant pressure to knock someone over. So a charged punch to the chest should cause dramatic effects.
1 inch punch is teaching you how to Relax and be explosive at the right moment. Many Chinese Kung Fu, including Wing Chun, Southern Mantis and Tai Chi have this idea.
it's a superman punch without wind up... drop weight, shift hips, use the gap created from the fingers moving to accelerate your mass down and in in a short distance. Make them effectively 'carry' you through your hand. Same concept as sprawling as well.
Welp, I need to get back into training. After seeing a guy who has a hand disability train and do martial arts with accurate techniques just mean I've been making an excuse for myself. This guy is inspiring.
One inch punch is just using what is known as the 3 forces. Linear force(using legs to shift weight forward), rotational force( turning hips), and gravitational force(falling into the target. Of course as you know this can’t be trained in such a short time. It takes hundreds of thousands of reps. This should be applied to every punch and kick you throw. Bruce was demonstrating as Ed said, that you can use your entire body to put a bigger person away. Which was what Bruce was all about.
Why should you care too much about delivered force? If you hit week spot, even a quite small force is enough. We tested roundhouse kick to kidneys, used like 10% of force and already felt it and had even some bruises. You dont need much force to ko someone in the face either. It is more about placement. Your joints and wrist will be actually happy if you use less force.
@@kkarx absolutely and I agree with you. Jkd is about being economical to accomplish the goal. How much force is required for a groin kick. But when i say force this also contributes to acceleration and controlling your timing. I’m referring to the once inch punch clip and how Bruce was demonstrating body mechanics.
I always thought it was kinda showy because when you push anyone that is standing like that slightly they are gonna fall anyways because they are gonna call fall anyways because they aren’t in stance
I just strap a phonebook to a wood support beam or sturdy wall when I dont have a punching bag. (if you can still find a phonebook now days) The phonebook is great cuz you can wrap it in twine and strengthen ur fist skin at the same time. (you dont want rips or tears in your skin though because scar tissue actually weakens the skin and can reopen the wound, just punch it and kinda "micro-scratch" the skin a tiny bit) Or if you really have to you can squat or kneel down or take a knee or a double knee on the ground and practice your ground and pound punches on the phonebook on the ground.
Now about that last question....
Well...
The claim about Bruce Lee was the only one with "sparring in "protective gear"-idea is actually wrong. In Japan Karateka experimented since the 1920s with protective gear orignally meant for Baseball, I think.
After the war, in 1954 the first "Nation Karate-Do Championship" was under the ruleset of "Bogu Kumite"/Bōgutsuki Karate".
This is full contact sport fighting in a very similiar gear to what Bruce Lee was showing, gloves, a vest and a helmet.
But I do not know if Bruce Lee even had known about "Bogu Kumite", since the Karate, Tang Soo Do and Taekwondo styles he could see in the US were mainly focussing on very restrictive Pointfighting.
Feel free to blast out more reps in the footage. Its 1980's karate movie montage style. No one who matters gets tired of that
@@FredKuneDo that's why I said "in his bubble" because people had been mixing styles and equipment for a while.
@@metrolinamartialarts I was about to say exactly that.
Man, as someone who’s not Seth at all… this video is great
Man, you guys could be twins!
Spider-Man meme incoming
Solid reaction!
I think this was a waste of time in the way that you didn't really invest the time it would take to master this technique nor the time to learn how to apply it in a reasonable way.
On the other hand you're a youtuber and you made a video out of it so it wasn't a waste of your time.
Still perhaps you should learn to edit videos with one hand so you have the other hand free to practice the one inch punch. You probably get comfortable with it in a couple of weeks to the point where whenever your hands ended up in the right position during sparring you'd automatically performe a one inch punch before retracting your hand into basic position.
I guest that would really mess with your sparring partners.
I guess the one inch punch is really meant for people who spent to hours a day on public transport. Just make sure the seat in front of you is empty.
At least until you really mastered the technique xD
"Stop rocking my seat dumbf..."
"Well care to see how I rocketed you seat like that?"
Aren't you that guy that sparred the little girl on that one TV show?
"If you're a board...you better be scared."
I may or may not be a board, but with this video, I'm definitely not bored.
Like Miyagi sensei said,"Not just arm. Hip. Leg. Whole body."
Ooo very good and useful, lots of people do just the arm
Ed: Ignore my hand for a second...
Everyone: we are trying bro we are trying
LMAO 🤣 I know 🤣
Well at least he's got hair. ;)
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Dudes got some awesome hands
Lol I was trying to figure out what was up with his arms, thinking he's got strangely defined musculature or something specialized for one inch punching. Then my eyes figured it out: "Ohh! Just less fingers. Ok, nothing out of the ordinary then!"
Although.. I can't help but be a child and ask myself if that gives any advantages for performing martial arts
I learned basically how to do this from a fellow student who did combative tai chi. I don't necessarily use this specific punch but I've used this training to understand how to generate a lot of power without moving my fist a ton. I recently started boxing and MMA and a lot of my strikes really throw people off because of this because I don't need a "wind up" (though the truth is I am winding up with my body, not my hand).
Same. Chen style tai chi in particular uses this a lot. One inch should also work at no range once you develop Jin (explosive power, for lack of a better term). Most JKD people don't have the right body development to do it properly. That gets a bit esoteric for most people.
That’s the use of the one in punch to teach your body to not telegraph basically, punching from wherever your hand is, the one inch punch itself is useless against an opponent but the muscle memory it teaches that explosive muscle fibre is great
The technique behind the 1 inch punch is to demonstrate why you punch with the bottom 2 knuckles, not the top 2. Index and middle finger requires force and ultimately ends up impinging your shoulder girdle. Pinky and ring finger allows expression on shoulder stability at the speed generated by the interior tricep
This all has to do with fa Jin right. The secret to the one inch punch is Fajin right?
@@martinbonsu4661 Bruce mostly showed an Explosive Push, but using a fist shape. However, the real Inch power secret, is Fajin. You can see a mild example of a fajin hit by searching "Glen Levy fajing hammerfist". There are two vids, of two different men that eat his fajing powered strike.
I really like the idea of emphasizing the hip movement in the punch, connecting the hip and fist together in a straight line. I kinda see this working best in the clinch
@ProtoTribal Interesting. So you'd favor trying to get the motion from the rear foot? How would that work exactly? I was thinking of it more as a short lead hand punch, maybe using the same mechanics as the straight-ahead one inch punch but changing the angle into a short uppercut to open up the chin in the clinch
@ProtoTribal I think I kinda see where you're coming from
That's how all punches work...
When I was a kid, I wanted to do one inch punch really badly, and after all these years of practice, I can do one inch punch really badly....
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Training everyday, repetition...
Wow Sensei! With all these arts you're mastering, you're a lethal weapon now!💪
i appreciate the fact seth is always trying to incorporate techniques that were forgotten and dismissed by the fighting community, into his spars and give them a real shot, to see if they are practical or not. thanks seth !
I'm well accustomed to using 1 inch for maximum capacity
We won't judge (much)
Fear not the man that uses 10000 different techniques once but the man that uses one technique 10000 times
@@benisboy2697 yes, which means I need to practice my spinning back kick about 9,926 more times 🤪
"I fear not the man who has practiced a thousand kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick a thousand times."
One Move, 24hrs. of pure practice! Great Job!
a single move for a week, might show some mild improvements. 24hrs, is pretty much useless. In most cases, it will take 2 to 3 months of daily training, to fully master a single technique, to its ultimate potentials. Anything less, is like trying to use a dull butterknife, to cut into a tough, over-cooked, piece of steak.
First off good video!
A few years ago I dive pretty deep into Bruce lee and jeet kwan do. The one inch punch was never meant for a sparring stand point. It wasn’t till as off recently that people started incorporating it into sparring. It was always meant to be a demonstration of just speed and power. As said in the video. The idea behind it was if you can master the bodies movements, and through training, you can developed spend and power with little to no movement. The one inch punch starts at the feet and makes it way up the leg, hips, shoulder,elbow, forearm, and then fist, kinda like how Bruce lee describes a spring bouncing back after trying to twist it or like a snake that is back ready to strike. All of it happens so fast that you can barely see it even in modern technology. One thing I notice that a lot of people do is close the hand then punch. Try getting the fist closed as it is coming forward. This way you don’t loose the coil of power. Great video over all!
I find it interesting that people look for practical applications for the 1 inch punch. I believe it was mainly used to showcase that the mechanics of your punch matter. If you can generate that much power from 1 inch, you can generate a lot more from a normal distance.
Lol. You are missing the whole point.
There are many applications. For example, if someone gets in your face, hold your hand out as if trying to give you some space. Act and talk like you don’t want to fight, and when the time is right, you strike them first. Knock the wind out, and you can walk away a badass or you can go in for the knockout shot if he can get up.
You do realize in that video of Lee doing what you call a one-inch punch, he draws back the fist well over a foot. However, what you are learning does seem like a pretty good short distance strike using hip and body torque.
That was indeed not the one inch punch
Six inch punch
0:00 1-inch punch
2:01 6-inch punch
@@bobanmilisavljevic7857 drawn together joke?
Notice it too he loaded from the knees & hips
The One Inch Punch (OIP) is more of a kinetic chain calibration training technique than it something you would train to a deep proficiency. If we look at it that way, our skeleto-muscular "form" is what allows a smooth transfer of power from and through ground contact points. I started playing with it in Tai Chi Chuan 20 years ago. There are some fun things you can do to with the OIP to learn more about power generation, isometric contraction and relaxing factor. We also learn that the stronger our core is, the stronger our back is. When the force transference comes through the back, THATS when the magic happens.
Its also about weight distribution and having elastic muscle memory, weight classes exist for a reason. Put 90kg behind a punch with perfect leg placement and hip turning will kill a 45 kg man.
Watch ip man 3. Its literally what happens when a boxer fights a Chinese man who still believes in ccp propaganda about chinese bullshito. Xu xiaodong and many others. Sanda is the best ur gonna get from china now that its infected with wushu dance arts. Maybe northern crane boxing and baguao are prrssure tested but thats it.
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@@Shin_Akumi LUL. XU is a Chinese CCP agent, trying to sully the remaining combat arts, because the CCP is too fearful of their Slave-Class rising up against them.
I used to be 150lbs... taking on fighters that were nearly, if not 2x heavier and stronger... and I put them to Shame.
One of them.. I used about 15% to their kneecap... due to him being extremely disrespectful... very similar to yourself. Openly saying that Wing Chun was Sh*T, and so was I. So, I kicked his kneecap... and this Full Contact heavyweight division fighter, dropped like a stone.. was screaming in pain, crying a river of tears, on the mat. The resulting injury, took a month for him to fully recover from. After that point on... his level of Respect for this rail thin dude... was forever changed.
Sanda was created by the CCP... just like Wushu was also created by the CCP. In fact, after they ended the Cultural Revolution... which had something like a 60 yr ban on the practice of ANY martial arts form (penalty of deth, if caught)... they created Wushu. A fake martial art, that has the external appearance of martial arts... but has ALL of the Combat drill training and knowledge, Removed from it.
When XU defeated these fake fall-guys.. Guess what happened? Thousands of REAL masters, were on their way to END him. Then the CCP put him under protection, and made up a cover story that he was hiding from the CCP. You do realize, that NO Chinese citizen can hide from the CCP...right?! They have AI powered surveillance cameras everywhere... and just to buy a drink at the store... you need to use facial scanners, or your phones specific ID chip communication. They can find anyone, in less than a weeks time... no matter how good you THINK you are at Hiding.
Sanda is nothing but the CCPs attempt to copy the sport of Kickboxing... because Wushu was not enough to keep people from seeking out the remaining combat teachers out, for actual combat lessons. When even that was not working... they copied the same playbook of the Gracies scams. Putting up deceptive and fake videos, of so called "Masters" being defeated.
The Gracies never fought against a SINGLE masterclass level practitioner. Even a basic level martial artists could EASILY tell that their Opponent, was completely Clueless... let alone, a "Master".
ANd when famous kickboxer Benny the Jet challenged the Gracies to a fight? The Gracies tucked their tails between their legs, and Refused to fight him. Why? Because they knew that Benny was an Experienced fighter... and there was a high chance that he would score a KO (or worse), long before any of them could get a grasp of him.
As for XU... he is Slow, and clumsy. Id defeat that dude, in less than 5 seconds flat... and Im way out of shape, and far older. Its laughable, that people actually believe in that BS. But... thats the problem with Mindless NPCs like yourself. Way too easy to fool the mentally challenged, like yourself.
Ive used mastered WC, to KO several fighters to date. 3 of which were blackbelts in a Jujitsu school.. when I attended their open-house sparring events. (These same disrespectful students, had intentionally broke a TKD fighters arm, in that event)
I used to fight against various arts artists, all over the city. From all the well known arts, like Muay Thai, MMA, Karate, TKD... to more obscure arts like Capoeira, 5 Animal style, Shaolin Longfist, Mantis, Tai Chi, Wudang, and many others.
And I can EASILY tell you, that Sanda, is low level trash, compared to the higher level combat arts.
I can also assure you, that even at 6ft tall, 150lbs ... with all of my rib bones showing... that my Fajing abilities, were able to Stop or END, any attacker, of any size.
The most recent demo I did, was with an MMA fighter. I used a 10% level forearm deflection... powered by Fajing. It not only stopped his attack cold... but also nearly shattered his wristbone. The injured area swelled up nearly double in size in less than an hours time... and he was in great pains for many days to follow. Btw.. in that demo.. I was using one arm, against his two. He tried for a good 2 to 3 minutes, to land a single hit on me... and failed to do so. Not because he lacked skills. He had textbook technique, with excellent speed and power. But because MMA training lacks the tools needed, to deal with higher level combat arts... at Masterclass levels.
Much like you... before the demo, he was almost rolling his eyes in the back of his head... thinking I had nothing of value to show him... in his "Superior Training". Then, when I told him that I was only going to use a single arm... he almost laughed out loud. After being shut down for like 2 min straight... his attitude changed to embarrassment, and then to Anger... as he then went against our Agreed upon levels of safe "Medium" power levels... and upped to full speed, full power, with true intent to harm. Had he stuck to using medium power levels.. the mild level fajin impact that I used... would not have caused a serious injury.
Afterwards... he stood there in shock... as he was expecting me to be on the ground, crying in tears. I had to explain to his everything that had transpired... and the hows and whys. After that, he was blown away... smiled wide, shook my hand.. and called me a G0D.
I then said... "Imagine if I had been using two arms, instead of one?" He then looked shook... as he realized, that I had just been playing around. We would have several more rounds, before his injury got too bad for him to continue. First was legs vs legs (kicks and leg defenses). Next was dual arms vs dual arms. And final round, was anything goes (all limbs in play).
He was not able to land a single kick, nor handstrike on me, in ANY of these rounds. Meanwhile, I had lit him up, like he was my own personal kick bag.
This is not to brag, either. Its simply the difference between a typical sport trained artist.. and a MasterClass level combat artist (not a casual "combat larper")
Actually one is punch is basic of what your goal in CMA
The way I think of it, and I train it like an exercise, is I like to imagine breaking down the mechanics of a punch and stripping it down to the snap at the end. It really emphasizes that crucial part of the punch. Its a good exercise to improve your punching, but you need to practice that timing on closing your fist and making contact with the knuckles. You can practice that with normal punches and snap the fist closed on impact. Start with a loose fist and flex on impact and then open your hand more and more. Think of your target having a handle and when you close your fist at the end imagine youre pulling the target into your fist as fast as you can.
Plus it would be good self defence move. Imagine someone harasses you and you first try to cool them of by putting hand at that position. And then bam you snap them in teeth or plexus ( or worse you aim low and end fight before it begins)
@@jamessan3404 That's toeing the line of assault but I would rather use my post hand to grab and control and throw normal punches or elbows with the other. Also avoid punching people in the teeth if you can 😬. I can tell you from experience that its not good for anyone involved if you like skin on your knuckles, and if you don't clean your knuckles properly afterwards the infection could be even worse.
@@irishninja9857yeah I meant if you can't diffuse situation and someone is trying to assault you. You can shock them by throwing fast punch . And probably have leather gloves at least.
"Has a grip on him like an iPad has on a toddler"! Worth it just for that line!
I always thought of it as more of a demonstration of how important the body is to a punch, and not just the arm swing.
Like reminding you not to rely solely on arm strength and that you need to know how to throw a punch.
I don't think Bruce had developed it to be fighting technique. But he still demonstrated that it could still be a drill on how you can transfer the power into other punching techniques. It wasn't something new, but still something a lot of people in his time overlooked.
Really great channel. It's very interesting having a looking glass into lots of different martial arts. Love the content, keep it up.
what I've been taught is that the one-inch punch is more for you still if you are doing your punches correctly. you have to turn your feet, hips and shoulders in extend the arm in order to create a lot of force in a small distance.
You did very good the only thing I noticed was is you weren’t using your body when doing it you used just the extension of your arm it’s very subtle but moving your body forward just as you initiate the punch drastically improves the force, I downloaded an accelerometer app on my phone and was testing it out on a bag that was roughly 110-120 lbs and I was able to generate 9 g’s of force doing the math it was a little over 400 lbs of force in the area of my fist, also the context of how you interpreted the punch is correct you can use it in combat but it was very much so to show the power and speed Bruce had keep up the great work I love watching videos like these.
A punch is just a punch. After one thousand punches, a punch is no longer just a punch. After ten thousand punches, a punch becomes just a punch once more. That middle phase is the hard part :) The thing to remember is the fluidity of it. The explosive movement, the alignment of the body, and generating force in a wave-like movement from the ground up and out through your hand, like a ripple effect. The principle would become reflexive once you've practiced it enough.
Got to admire your creativity in finding topics related to martial arts
The first time I heard and seen Bruce Lee’s 1 inch Punch being performed was by a Shaolin monk in New York City name: Shi Yan Ming using it on a crash test dummy in the show Stan Lee’s Superhumans.
He claims that he took it to the next level.
Try pawing at a high guard with your lead hand to create a gap, then 1 inch punching like the Klitcschkos. Alternatively, you can pull the guard down and throw a powerful cross like Wilder.
Edit: What I'm trying to say is that there're a lot of ways to apply a 1 inch punch and numerous more assertive setups that are tested and proven at the highest level. Awesome video!
Brilliant comment, I also love using a jab/uppercut to penetrate the gaurd then pulling the arm down from the inside for a rear overhand,hook,cross. I got this from the Conor vs Porier 1 fight, Conor moved in with a quick triple jab and he almost karate crossblocked with the lead to open up the ko hook
Currently at work bro, but will be watching this properly later, you better believe it. 💪😎
I would like to thank you. Before i found your channel I only did kickboxing for selfdefence and because a friend gave the training. Now im really interested in martial arts and I would love to learn more. Right now I learning some taekwondo from him to apply in my kickboxing (to suprise my fellow friends or kickbox partners) . Thanks for opening my world to the wonders of martial arts.
"Half of confidence is just pretending". That's the kind of wisdom I seek here on this channel.
The Chen style Taijiquan player who develops the force (Jin) behind the “one inch punch” applies this technique at trapping distance (sticky hands), not the striking distance.
The technique requires contact, and can be applied with almost any part of the body, not just the fist.
Brooooo!! I literally filmed a similar content. 🤣🤣🤣 Wing Chun inch punch!
JKD guy was holding the boards with bent arms..... Other buy held them correctly.
Great video!! Glad you covered this classic move!!! I really like your channel. Please keep it up Sensi.
So I've practiced Chinese martial arts which I know is controversial. However the one inch or zero inch is a concept applicable with the whole body. It adds so much to in fighting.
Tho I’m happy you have heard of that. I am pretty confident either u nor your teachers can do those things 🤷🏽♂️
@@seetheanimal5867 That's cool. You don't have to be.
Love the skills. Love the not taking yourself so seriously even more. Keep it up brother.
My first systema coach was also an ex pro san da fighter, and a lot of these things make sense out of a clinch battling for grips. you secure a grip, then short punch at opportunity
Have you ever heard of the one inch thrust? I’ve heard it’s a very powerful move.
very effective againts women...
@@anonymous_user5741 XD
How about the one-inch push? Works good in childbirth.
@@Docinaplane 💀💀
One inch of punch can bring you down, if you're not careful with the width of the glass.
You look like your having a great time trying out different techniques and martial art styles.
Thank you for sharing ☺️.
Mastering the one inch punch makes you Really Good 🔥😎because it’s a exercise your getting better at.
Great video!! I'm in North Carolina and I would love to meet and work with you one day! Keep it up 💯
Something I learned in my pursuit of martial arts: Kung-Fu and Tai-Chi, is you can punch either with opposite leg forward or same side forward. The engineer in me realized that if your opposite leg is forward when you throw a ball or punch your hip is mechanically in a class 3 lever. The lead hip becomes the fulcrum. Your spine (center of mass) is the effort and your fist is the load. Load, fulcrum, effort equals class 1, a pry bar. Fulcrum, load and effort is class 2, a wheel barrow. Class 3 is fulcrum effort and load. The one inch punch is a two part affect. The main mechanic is at the wrist where you flick the wrist like you would if you flip a pancake. The mechanics at the wrist is a scissor affect. Everything from the wrist to your body is all one of the scissor arms. The other is a small piece on the other side, a very small scissor arm, on the other side of that wrist flick, about an inch on that same wrist. Everything from wrist to the body is all amplifying affects. As you know when you set up the one-inch punch the leg that is forward is the same side as the punching fist. Mechanically this puts your hips in a class 1 lever affect. Knees and elbows are just mechanical amplifiers. The flick of the wrist is also a mechanical amplifier. Furthermore, if you can strike that fist is a second or less you will also induce impact force. So, initiate a shockwave from rear leg through the hip straightening the rear leg, extending the arm straightening the elbow, flick the wrist then strike in less then a second ought to give you a very high force applied. One possible tip that might help increase affects is to keep the path of fist very close to the pivot axis. Very good, hand over fist.
Years ago I had an early weaker version of boards like that. One of the "tricks" is, can you break them without the counter resistance? Since they were so easy to break with someone holding them I thought, can I break them if they didnt have the holding force behind them? So try this. Have the holder just hold the board from the bottom, and/or to further explain, place the board on a post without a holding force behind it, so its free standing. THEN with with speed and power try to break the board instead of sending it flying. This would further expand on B.Lee's theory of delivering a strike. It takes power to break a board with force behind it, but it takes skill to break the same board with no force holding it in place. I learned this from one of B.Lee's training books, hang a piece of paper, and punch the paper. (I have to go back and reread the theory and application of this), it sounds dumb, but it did help develop my punching power, skill and coordination in my early days of training. When I applied this to the free floating boards I could break through all 3, whereas my student, strong football player that could bench 300+lbs could never break even the weakest board while it was freefloating. I remember a movie scene where B.Lee broke boards while holding them with the other had, similar theory of application. Put the power on the point of impact rather than using strength to push through.
The practical use of this technique is less for striking distance, but more of a grappling hand fighting situation. When you don't have the distance to properly accelerate a punch to generate power. Such as a quick hit to the chin from a hand holding the lapel. It's not meant to do much damage but just a sudden, and jarring hit to surprise, and hopefully loosen up your opponent to help transitioning into your next move.
Your last one inch punch is how i see it's best application, a counter after a block. After a hand check, Soto uke, Uchi uke when the arm is already pretty forward.
"This guy's got a grip like an iPad on a toddler." That made me spit out my coffee.
The thing about the one inch punch that hasn’t been covered is that it’s application can be chained together or changed into other shots. It can br the opening shot in a straight blast, it can be a great liver or kidney shot in the clinch. If you’re wrestling over a weapon, or some messed up trapping you can shoot the punch at either an organ or a bicep.
Closest weapon to the closest target. It might not finish the fight but you can cause some level of damage or cause redirection.
Thank you for the video! ☺♥
Check out Geoff Thompson’s punch/slap. It’s similar but developed with loads of real world experience.
I think one way that helps to build the technique, is to place your fist against a wall, and pay very close attention to your structure, and where force distributes from, as you push yourself away, and return to your form. Practice on each side many reps, and then in chainpunch "presses" basically trying to maintain contact with the wall as much as possible throughout the movements, with as little time off the wall as possible to complete the chain.
Definitely not a waste of time for me!...
I always thought of the 1 inch punch as like a gimmicky kind of thing for performances. basically a party trick.. but that whole explanation about the elbow hip connection has totally made me rethink my normal punch! Especially how I position my elbow in relation to my hips.
After trying it for a few minutes I suddenly feel much more aware of where and why I'm potentially losing energy cos of subtle little breaks in the chain of alignment between my fist and my back foot/floor.
So, yeah.. Not a waste of time for me personally. Glad I watched this! thanks 🙂
There are some things to keep in mind about Bruces one inch punch though, and thats how he sets the person up. He has them stand feet in line and parallel to each other. If pushed even lighlty it hat postion you easily fall over backwards. He also punches in the centre of the chest on the sternum. The sternum is not the stongest of bones, and it holds the rib cage together which is protecting a lot of vital organs . And so without you knowing it your body natrualy protects this area as best it can. If your hit in the chest your body caves in on itself and you naturally push yourself backwards as well. That mixed with the already very powerful punch, brings the whole scene together ❤
Their are some great uses for it. I think boxers use the one inch punch a lot without knowing it. Often getting gloves intagled with their opponents and instead of pulling their arm out and back into a guard. They kinda punch again (if that makes any sense?) Or often throw in a clinch / when very close up as well.
I love those boards !
I've been to some WingTsung classes and the 1inch punch was almost all the sifu would teach.. very interesting to see it in action/sparring :)
Awesome! I appreciated the advice on the curvature! Imma try it! Keep practicing and training! Although remember, the one inch punch is intended to be moved with so that the force of your body ALSO contributes to the punch, it's a crushing combo! I watched about half way, so idk if you got there. But moving diagonally away from what would be the punch, then using the force from that dodge almost to combine the force is how you get the best strength!
I use this punch on the heavy bag to make the kids amazed, I would say it is 50% to 70% of my real punching power.
the mechanics of it are good for a heavy straight punch, but it also make you telegraph your movement ALOT since you use most of your body to do it.
Seth I got mad respect for you bro, love your content.
In investigating all these arts, just curious Sensei: have you ever heard of/encountered "52 blocks/Jailhouse Rock?" Prison blocking system for bareknuckle fights. If you could do an investigation of this (maybe with Icy Mike?) that would be fascinating! th-cam.com/video/AQnDfGIsrdw/w-d-xo.html
Thx for all you do!
👆🏼👆🏼👆🏼👆🏼agreed
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5:43 that was definitely an improvement, the fast twitch snap is the key
Bro, I'm a board and I'm literally terrified.
In TCMA, every punch is (or is supposed to be) a one-inch punch.
That's to say: the main power generation from the core should come at the last second, regardless of whether the shot comes with the hand already on the opponent or launched from range.
A launch from range will add momentum when that explosion happens at the last instant, but it should not be the main source of power.
A one-inch punch demonstration is just an illustration that it's possible, as the JKD instructor said.
Regarding the hips, it's not necessary to throw the hip into it. I know Bruce Lee did and therefore a "Bruce Lee One-inch Punch" requires that you throw the hip into it by definition.
But it is not necessary to get the desired result if you use the core and waist correctly off a solid and rooted base.
I would even go as far as to say it is risky to put your hip into it because it over-commits your posture and position when you are kissing distance from your opponent, and that would not be good if your shot misses.
Kind regards.
When Bruce knocks the guy in to the chair he clearly pulls his arm back before executing the punch!
Also point to note that Japanese karate instructors (maybe Ohtsuka? I can’t remember) were using full sparring protection long before Brice Lee!
Yup, 2:03
And if you go back to 2:02, you can see he has made a normal fist. His fingers aren't even extended.
Getting a good use out of the power kube. I want to give it a try.
When you show the demo of the one inch punch. He fully chambers his punch to his hip before making contact. If you want to try an inch punch try sinking your legs while shifting your hips.
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Damn, can't get the exact frame I want. It works when I click on the video at 2:02, but the time and the link go several milliseconds too early. Anyway, you can also clearly see, if you get the right frame, that he starts with a normal fist too, he never extended his fingers in that video.
I had realized that most guys don't know how much "1 inch" actually is, but I expected them to misjudge it in the other direction.
i.e., 5.3 becomes 8...instead of the 6 becomes 1 that we see here.
Bruce Lee did many versions of this demo. If the OP was smaller in mass.. he would only use a single inch of space. If the OP was much larger in mass.. he would often pre-pullback, and use at least 6 inches of runway.
Too many people see the demos, and think that the "One inch punch" is somehow opened to Interpretation, based on Lees different demo distances.
The other reason, is that even the weaker push version of the technique... is very difficult to do, with only an Actual inch of space. As such, they will just use a 3 or 6 inch distance, to start out with... and mislabel it as One Inch.
I used to do REAL inch strikes. Ive also had the same, performed on me, by a masterclass level practitioner. No pre-pullback garbage. This dudes inch punch to my chest, through a 4" thick yellow pages phone book... nearly put me out of commission, permanently. I felt the wave of power blast through my internals... and hit the inside front-face of my spine... as it then Blasted my spine outwards. I thought I was doomed, as it felt like it was going to either crack my spine, or blast it out of my back. It caused me to buckle into hunched position.
After the impact... I felt like someone had poured gasoline on my chest, and lit it on fire. This burning pain was unbearable... to the point where I had to make my breaths as shallow as possible, to try to reduce the pains that merely happened from my chest expanding and contracting. The size of the pained area, was like a Soccer ball, in shape and depth. These pains lasted just under 4 hrs long... before finally going away. Ive never been hit harder, in my entire Martial Arts career... and it was the first time in my life, to be absolutely terrified, that I might be "Ended" (and that there was nothing I could do about it).
Shifu Seth Adams, 3rd Dan Master of Jeet Kune Do in a single day
I’m pretty amazing aren’t i?
@@SenseiSeth this is just another day for the man who broke the world record for the highest jumping kick🤷♂️
Wait, TKD took over JKD? 🤣
It's not wasting your time as long as you're having fun, life is for the living.
Redirect incoming punch, leave your redirecting hand where it is in space, punch from that position... I would say that would be the best application of a short range punch like that. It also seems to work pretty well, from experience
This has one GREAT use that isnt spoken of. I use to get out of a lot of fights because of this, id very publicly get a volunteer to let me do a 3 inch punch, and id usually hit em in the solar plexus and everyone would see how bad that seemed to hurt and left me the hell alone, i can only imagine they were like imagine how hard a REAL punch is from that monster!
You are awesome brother! I love the hard work you put into this! Well done! Bruce would be proud of you! Oss! 🙇♂️
Nah Seth doesn’t think Bruce was legit. His breakdown of the sparring video was quite misinformed. Bruce was just doing a light sparring demo but Seth made it seem like it was the way Bruce would fight in a hardcore fight.
Man , you're gathering a LOT of skills. Keep going
This was a great video!!! I’m going to adapt this into a challenge!!
7:47 this music sync is LIT!
I was cringing about a lot of what I've seen and heard in this video but you were very right about that opponent's kick looking like a one-inch puch. It was actually the real scenario when such things happen. The one-inch punch is not a single attack like a jab... it's meant for keeping distance when striking at wrist range with arms already half-extended. It's like a "double hit" with one strike. Just like that kick was. He kicked, you grabbed it, then he fully extended to keep you away with a "one-inch kick". Done well, it can get you off the floor and fall, but like for the punch, it is meant to be used right at the moment the opponent is lifting a foot to advance. It breaks balance. That's why it "sends people flying" in actual action. The moment is important, you can't just "try to do it". There's a situation and timing for it to have real effect. It's not even a very common move. Bruce Lee was just using it to showcase his impressive striking prowess.
Awesome work Seth! 👊🏽
I think that last line about really good or just wasting time is the quintessential dark night of the soul in todays Modern vs Trad martial arts environment. Particularly with the access to many different avenues of competition, and pervasively with the ubiquitous and often viral attention social media and smartphones provide to showcase challenges and beatdowns of varying degrees of severity between the many hardshipsctions and philosophies.
I started Kenpo Karate at 11 with little to no history of other combat sports traditional or otherwise. There is of course the microcosm of youth and school/peerage/instructor that can really easily develop confidence to brazen...even delusional levels...but as my passion interest and physicality progressively developed and unified; some real lessons concerning what the advantages were of spending time and effort on martial techniques (like developing confidence against the vast majority of layman) and just having any plan or familiarity at all with physical contest/ego resilience/endurance to discomfort and hardship began to reveal themselves. This didnt provide much enlightenment however, really just raised the stakes higher and higher the longer i stuck with it. I'm sure you've felt something like the same, i can see it in your eyes. getting older dosent help, lol.
what im trying to get around to, is that though there are tons of well developed counter arguments (and hurtful tactics) available to denegrate the pursuit of complex , highly situational martial bodies of knowledge...from no where else should the most damning critique and critical observation be seated than from within ourselves and practioners, living moving breaking down bodies grappling with the ravages of post-abundance capitalism and the forever retreating halcyion days of healthful youth. A truth that loses observers as it gains veracity is that the ways what you have come to learn in thought or action pass on to others in ways completely impossible to predict. So go easy rusting dragon, fading tiger, winter duckling. haters gonna hate, so cultivate your interested and love as you can. It will stand against the shite internal and exernal pressures, or it will fall and provide you with worthwhile failure.
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I think the biggest thing shown by the one inch punch is explosiveness. It doesn't matter the distant, it's about fluidly going from 0 to 100. There is no wind up. It just goes. Why when I used to do board breaks I'd always start from no more than 8-12 inches away.
I teach children what I learned in 1980. The punch starts where your body is a coil spring attached to the ground at your heel. Where it finishes is all of your body mass coming into unison at your knuckle. Everything else slows it down.
If you need more. The punch comes from your ass.
Hahaa i remember those coloured boards from my taekwondo gym back in the day. I think it is impossible to have those around without testing the one inch punch on it :D
It's worth looking up "長橋發力" , or "strike from across a long bridge" - so if you have a long guard doing a double jab from the lead hand even if it is just to harass or stun. The Chinese there is the term that Bruce Lee might have been familiar with. Oh and it's applicable to "fighting in the pocket" in that for big guys you want to close in and shred them or they'll pick you off from range.
Please do a reaction video on Jesse enkamp's last video of him trying taido. We'd love to hear your impressions on this martial art
Jack Dempsey describes a similar type of punch to throw from the inside in his 50’s book. That’s actually a pretty amazing way to generate power from a short distance
seth you should make a video about all the things you learn from "Does ____ work?" or "Learning _____" videos in one video showing what you still do and take away from those
Bruce really launches it with his feet to get the power behind it.
Just my few cents even though this video is a little bit older. the one inch punch is basically a test or demonstration for yourself to see if you are able to put force into your punches without having to pull back your fist or at least less in an infight. So your long range attempts didnt make much sense. Other than that if you want to improve this force you need to focus more on what your legs / hips do. you need fast rotation with an idea of an upward force in your hips and your upper body has to be super stable to connect this force to your shoulder -> arm -> punch. In this video your upper body falls / stretches forward and downward mostly instead of rotating forward with a little bit of upward force which you already did correctly with your wrist but it needs to be one with the whole body so basically the movement your hip does has to be 1 to 1 what your shoulder does. Hope this helps and in the end gives your more power for punches in clinch or any infight situation.
can you do a video on tang soo do moo duk kwan please
1 inch punch power is great for dirty boxing / dirty clinching range. I mean most the power is just going to annoy your opponent or maybe off balance him if you do it right but its still useful. An elbow can generate some pretty crazy power in less than 3 inches (but a lot of MMA fighters really suck at close elbows and putting their intention behind it and their elbows just bounce of the skelenton instead of penetrating the total body structure). 1 inch punch technique would be great for palming someone's head around to steer them in wrestling too.
Ok I see a lot of one inch punch stuff and there is a few tricks to it. First one is learning to generate jing into a punch. So basically you have two feet on the ground heels slightly raised structure charged you drop the weight while staying charged in the lower abdomen and then you move that force to your first. That's part one. Which everyone seems to get pretty close. Second part is your hand can move the force in a pattern like a circle with a orient in any direction up down left right center and 45° angle's. This is step two. Step three is noticing the opponents feet which the direction both heals are pointed this is the weak angle. Step four is when you issue your force you move your power into the direction of the weak angle of the opponents structure and follow through effectively uprooting the opponent by taking his structure outside of his base. We practice this in tai chi alot. We take one finger in the dantien and push people off there base structure in the weak angle and it takes about 1oz of constant pressure to knock someone over. So a charged punch to the chest should cause dramatic effects.
1 inch punch is teaching you how to Relax and be explosive at the right moment. Many Chinese Kung Fu, including Wing Chun, Southern Mantis and Tai Chi have this idea.
it's a superman punch without wind up... drop weight, shift hips, use the gap created from the fingers moving to accelerate your mass down and in in a short distance. Make them effectively 'carry' you through your hand. Same concept as sprawling as well.
I just realized the teacher lost a finger ouch, that must have hurt. He keeps on though thats what counts.
Welp, I need to get back into training. After seeing a guy who has a hand disability train and do martial arts with accurate techniques just mean I've been making an excuse for myself. This guy is inspiring.
I did the same thing kinda effective
The principle behind the so-call 1-inch punch is the ability to hit or punch through a block during close-in fighting.
One inch punch is just using what is known as the 3 forces. Linear force(using legs to shift weight forward), rotational force( turning hips), and gravitational force(falling into the target. Of course as you know this can’t be trained in such a short time. It takes hundreds of thousands of reps.
This should be applied to every punch and kick you throw. Bruce was demonstrating as Ed said, that you can use your entire body to put a bigger person away. Which was what Bruce was all about.
Why should you care too much about delivered force? If you hit week spot, even a quite small force is enough. We tested roundhouse kick to kidneys, used like 10% of force and already felt it and had even some bruises. You dont need much force to ko someone in the face either. It is more about placement. Your joints and wrist will be actually happy if you use less force.
@@kkarx absolutely and I agree with you. Jkd is about being economical to accomplish the goal. How much force is required for a groin kick. But when i say force this also contributes to acceleration and controlling your timing. I’m referring to the once inch punch clip and how Bruce was demonstrating body mechanics.
Can you please make a video on how to identify and choose a good martial arts school - specifically karate?
I always thought it was kinda showy because when you push anyone that is standing like that slightly they are gonna fall anyways because they are gonna call fall anyways because they aren’t in stance
all fingers extended - 3 inch punch.
index finger extended to first knuckle distance - 1 inch punch.
my understanding of the one in punch is that it sets you up for effectively transferring your body weight into your fist.
They werent holding the pad or boards very firmly.
This was a fun one to watch!
I just strap a phonebook to a wood support beam or sturdy wall when I dont have a punching bag. (if you can still find a phonebook now days) The phonebook is great cuz you can wrap it in twine and strengthen ur fist skin at the same time. (you dont want rips or tears in your skin though because scar tissue actually weakens the skin and can reopen the wound, just punch it and kinda "micro-scratch" the skin a tiny bit)
Or if you really have to you can squat or kneel down or take a knee or a double knee on the ground and practice your ground and pound punches on the phonebook on the ground.