I have been thinking about the one-inch punch. Is this specfic to chinese martial arts or do other styles use it as well?
Has anybody ever experienced a one-inch punch(OIP), I mean a proper OIP not when the person pulls back or pushes you both of these I have seen as martial artists pretending they can do the OIP.
Can the principle of the OIP be applied to other parts of the body? I know it can be done with elbows and knees. but anywhere else?
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I think it's quite commonplace with a plethora of different names nowadays like 'waveform' or just 'close quarter'- it can be done in a variety of ways and in taiji we suspend our bodyweight in the muscles and tendons and lightly pump the energy system of the body from the feet, through the legs and then give a light 'shrug'to the waist and shoulders to assist power. As long as you stay tension free and allow the energy you generate to flow the punch can be highly effective.
It's also one of those things that the harder you try, the worse it gets.
I don't know if it was exactly one inch, but I've had quite a few less than 4 inch punches when brawling with my brothers, and I can tell you they do hurt. Not the bone-breaking kinda hurt, but something that if done with the knuckle, it should leave a bruise. If they thrust in, then it hurts like hell.
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After reading this post I ended up damaging a section of my dojo trying out this technique (punch bag is kind of close to the wall and some certificates kind of got dislodged).
What exactly do you mean by a "one inch punch?" I thought it would be a punch that started an inch away from your target and but still had an incredible amount of force but could carry on through your opponent (to a point beyond one inch from the starting point). That is what I was practicing yesterday after reading this post. It seemed to generate a lot of force (dropping weight down, pushing off with my foot, twisting my hips, shifting my weight forward, extending my arm, twisting my wrist etc etc) but noticed that as soon as it hit the target it went beyond the one inch mark.
When you say "one inch punch" do you mean a punch that only travels a maximum of one inch or are we talking about the Kill Bill esque, smash something from a short distance?
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Lee's famous "one-inch punch" was really a "one-inch push", as evidenced by his opponent flying backward several feet. A true punch that delivers shock will not knock the person backward much at all, but it'll drop him straight down. Lee uses his body weight and hip rotation to push his partner but the true one-inch punch has the practitioner firmly rooted to the ground and striking from the soles of the feet.
To learn to do it effectively requires a great deal of practice with very special training methods.
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When I'm up close in the clinch my punches don't really cover much distance and I can still knock someone silly. But if your that close just bite the guy!!
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This question was asked in part to see conceptual understanding.
As far as I understand the concept, it is based on physics. A lot of people seem to be caught up on the Bruce Lee interpretation of the OIP, and not the wing chung application.
The reason I say it is based on physics is because we are talking about acceleration over a very short distance, how fast is your strike from hip or shoulder? Can condense the distance but move quicker? but this is not enough. You must reach your maximum speed and come to a complete stop in the oppoents space. Think of this as the same as the stun shot in pool or snooker. The white ball stops dead, but the ball hit absorbs all the energy.
There are no special techniques or training methods.
This is why I asked can it be done with anything else, yes if you understand the concept behind the technique.
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Yes, there are very special training methods for this type of technique. In Yiliquan it is known as "breath coiling." The idea is that the FORCE must accelerate over a longer distance (rather than just the fist)...it's a very advanced concept and the technique is explosively effective.
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yer that is true the guy he hit over acted it a bit, jus like in lees films. 1inch punches do send a nasty shock through your body in the right places such as under your sternum when done properly. i have had someone do it to me!
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I've had people spectacularly over react to mine. I think it's the shock factor, a normal 'fighter' will go back a couple of paces and say "ouch", but one guy filled his pants, one went back about six feet and over a table and one, out of the audience in a demo went back some 12 feet and into a cupboard with just his feet sticking out and the contents of the cupboard on top of him! (I nearly filled MY pants on that one!)
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