One-Inch-Punch (DETAILS because I know a bit already...)?

Question

I was looking at the internet earlier today and it caught my eye on YouTube and Jeet Kun Do sites and forums. What is the best way to do it? What is the stance in Jeet Kun Do? Also, I was at the bookstore earlier today killing time before picking up my sister (goddamnit) and was in the martial arts section (surprise surprise!). It had a bunch of books on it, but I didn't have enough time in there, although one said Jeet Kun Do took many techniques from Kung Fu, Judo/Jujutsu, Wing Chung, Tai Chi, and even some Savate and Muay Thai. Any practitioners of Jeet Kun Do here or anyone who knows about it?

Answer 1

One inch punch was one Bruce Lee's most famous moves in demonstrations. He could use his entire body with a punch one inch away. If you watch the vidoe closely, you can see the power begining in his feet, working its way up, and him rotating his body slightly to strike the man down. He was one inch away, but with all the force of his rotation, his entire body, and his chi, he easilly knocked that guy down. Plus, of course, he was almost all muscle, being less than 1% body fat.
You could get a pretty powerful punch like that too if you did it the same way he did, and so can I. Just stand in front of a punching bag and first try a normal punch, only from an inch away. Then apply the factors, and you'll be surprised.


Jeet Kun Do translates to "The Way of the Intercepting Fist," which was Lee's own style that he created according to his own teachings and beleifs, and is a very effective style. Bruce Lee reffers to water a lot, quoting many times,
"Open your mind.
Be formless. Shapeless.
Like water.
Now you put water in a cup, it becomes the cup.
You put water in a bottle it becomes the bottle.
You put water in a teapot, and it becomes the teapot.
Now water can flow,
or it can crash.
Be like water, my friend."

and
"Be like water moving through cracks." I can't remember the entire quote but it was about...moving around obstacles like water would through a crack in concrete instead of trying to break the crack.

Lee taught JKD until his death, and probably took many of his true secrets with him to the grave.

Answer 2

Check out James Demile's book on the 1 & 3 punch. And for a bit of history on JKD, Jesse Glover's book; "Bruce Lee, Between Wing Chun & Jeet Kune Do".

Answer 3

JKD doesnt as much take techniques from the arts you mention as it takes principles and ideas from them.

dunno what kind of MA experience you have, but the 1 inch punch uses whole body power.

in my experience this kind of "short" power is first trained by doing "long" power...large motions.

study the mechanics of issuing the 1 inch, start with it longer and make it smaller over time. this will ensure the whole body power, which begins as obvious, long motion, stays intact as the motion become smaller.

dunno much about the stance except that it is not fixed, and is alive and moving. relaxed, yet attentive. watch boxers. rhythm is very important. when you can learn how to keep it, then you will learn how to break it.

Answer 4

For a person to be able to assess that an art or style is useless, it would make sense that this person would have to AT LEAST have A FEW YEARS training in that art...

Yet, even BL's own students admit that he did not learn for very long.

His one inch punch was not based on Qi or any other type of energy or power... it was based on geometry. This is a simple concept that any beginner who is in great condition can do.

Now, if he did not learn much of any art or style, what makes him the expert to say they are useless? Come on people! Be real here!

Most of the people here weren't even born when he died!

Look at the limited amount of video there is on him... it is terrible!

'No, Sensei! He had to slow himself down!'.

It's the same crap all over again... that stupid hopping sidekick... it sucks!!! And it is not applicable in a real fight!

You mean to tell me that all the thousands of practitioners out there who studied under a master for many years, learned their art proficiently and mastered it and other arts... and BL was the greatest???

This is an insult to these practitioners who put in countless hours of training for anyone to make such a claim!!!

This is a claim based on lack of understanding of REAL martial arts.

Answer 5

jet kun do is called a fluid martial arts,which means its principle is to adopt absorb,and excel on any kind of martial arts technique,Bruce Lees Principle was,any martial arts technique mixed with another is jet kun do,thats why he is also called the first mixed martial artist

Answer 6

i read the book titled 1 inch punch , and it was just a relaxed stance with right foot just a little more forward than the left or vice versa like a relaxed horse stance except not down too far and knees slightly bent