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Today Bruce Lee's JKD,
I'm gonna show you how to throw
the straight rear punch.
(upbeat hip hop music)
You asked for it,
I am teaching it today.
Now in JKD, in Bruce Lee's Martial Art,
because of the footwork that we do,
because of the philosophy of
your longest range weapon to the nearest target,
very often we want to hit with the straight lead,
with the front hand, front leg,
that's what we do,
but sometimes, it's not like we don't use this hand,
the back hand or the back leg,
but because with our stance,
it takes long time
to get from here to there,
so we like this type of stuff.
So usually, most of the time,
if we can finish the fight with this,
we do the finger jab, we do the throat,
we do the kick, or we do the punch,
which is good.
But I'm gonna show you how to throw this.
This is a power shot.
Now, we also learn to generate tremendous power
through the front hand,
but the rear hand, we'll show you how to do that.
So, first let me just show you the body mechanics.
Now, you wanna watch this very carefully,
you might want to watch this multiple times
and stay til the very end,
'cause I'm gonna show you the footwork,
I'm gonna show you the body mechanics,
I'm gonna show you the arm position
and also the common mistakes
that people make most of the time.
So let me just show you the mechanic first.
So you go back to a JKD stance,
right here, right, right there
and your hand is up like this.
Now when you throw the punch, notice if I just
throw the punch without turning my body,
here's what it's gonna look like.
So you have your front hand, right,
your lead hand.
You notice if I don't turn,
you see my shoulder if I'm not turning,
my hip is not turning,
my knee is not turning,
this is locked,
I don't have as much reach
and there's no power.
You see that?
That's wrong.
So when you throw this punch,
you've got to think about
your weight transfer.
So if we just try, guys this is Jin, this is Sam.
You've seen him in my three most
dangerous Wing Chun videos,
you can check that out the iPad as you can check that out.
It's almost a million views now.
- Yes it is.
- That's why I brought him back,
maybe this also will drive up some views,
I don't know, let's see.
JKD stance, right.
So when you turn,
kinda feel it like this.
Just like that.
Yeah, almost like this.
So feel like you're throwing your hip,
just like that.
I know it just looks kinda geeky,
but it's very very important,
you'll see when you try turn on the power.
But that's the body mechanic.
So you notice the front foot
moves slightly to the side.
Okay?
When you do that, this, you kinda
drag the back foot just a little bit.
So it's like this.
And after you turn, your shoulder,
You see how our shoulder started off pointing that way.
When it's finished, it should point this way.
So it would look like this.
Very important you get this right,
'cause this is not where the power comes from,
this, from the hip, this is where it comes from.
So from here, you just kinda do like that.
Now, there are two ways we do
the rear punch in JKD.
The first way is the vertical punch.
Okay, the vertical fist.
So you know if you remember the straight blasts,
in the other videos.
So this way, think about the straight blasts,
but it's straight,
but the second punch that we do,
instead of just like this,
like where this is just flat,
like that facing this way,
we're actually turning,
you're turning.
Okay, let me try that again.
From here,
you're turning,
you see that center line,
and then you're turning.
See right there?
And you're turning,
and you're turning.
So then each punch,
so I have the straight blasts like this,
right, but also,
so if Jin will just demonstrate quickly.
So imagine, if I'm close quarter,
I can do the straight blasts this way,
you can see that right?
So it would look like that.
Or, if I'm a little bit more distant,
I'm doing the straight blasts,
more like that.
You can see.
Right, I'm driving,
let's say he's moving backwards just a little bit.
I'm chasing him, right.
Like that, so put more punch into it,
more power, more than hit.
So vertical, like so.
Or you can do it horizontal.
Or 45.
So you can do it this way,
you see that?
You can do it this way,
or you can do it,
kind of like boxing,
cross, like that way.
Now which you can see.
Now what you don't do is this.
You don't throw the punch like that.
'cause what happens is
if I throw the punch and I miss,
what happens?
Boom, I get knocked out.
So when you throw this punch,
you wanna make sure
see my chin is down,
see how this shoulder,
so hit my shoulder right there.
I've got some stuff here protecting me.
Whereas if I'm here,
boom.
So you wanna make sure
this and this hand is always up,
and you never throw the punch like this.
'cause then boom, you never know.
So you throw it like that, right?
Right here.
So from here,
boom, right from here.
So that's how we punch.
Straight, like so.
Boom,
boom.
Now, you can also throw it to the body as well.
So to the head, or to the body.
Now the problem is, if I just throw that.
So jin, if you see my move just tap my shoulder.
Watch.
You see that.
Right, one more time.
Right?
So that's why you need to set it up
so there's an opening.
It could be to the stomach,
I like to hit the ribs,
or here, or to the chin,
or in life threatening situations,
you hit to the throat.
And when you see,
I stand here.
When you are hitting,
your body,
throw.
I'll hit it without throwing my hips,
see the difference, okay?
If I hit without the hip.
It will look like that.
It will tsh like that.
It's okay, but if you throw your hip into it,
throw your hip
into it like that, watch.
(exhale)
You throw your whole body into it.
Turn your hip, turn your shoulder,
like that.
Now, also another common mistake I see people make,
elbow is flared out.
Meaning when I throw the punch,
its like this.
The problem with that is,
watch.
So if I flare out my elbow,
now Sam, push me.
See, my body mechanic is off.
Now, if I don't flare my elbow,
throw it from directly from my rib cage,
directly to the target.
So I'm not doing this, I'm not doing this,
I'm doing this.
Right, I'm doing this,
I'm doing this.
Boom, straight.
So, now if I do it not flare out,
now push me again.
Push me again, push me again.
See, that's why
you can withstand the impact.
'cause if he can push me,
my body mechanics is no good.
But if I can do this,
right, now push me again, its a lot harder.
It's a lot harder.
Right, I put my hip into it.
And here's another trick.
This I have not shared with anybody else.
But try it out.
When you are hitting,
this hand,
actually do a quick snapback motion.
So think of the body mechanics,
so if I wanna throw something,
if I just throw like this,
its one kinda power,
but if I put my body, and create this motion,
you have a lot more of a snap.
So it looks something like this.
So instead of just thinking about this,
my half body,
I'm throwing this hand,
in my mind, mentally
I'm doing this.
So then the whole thing is not just this,
its more like
(exhale)
you pull.
Right, you hum hum hum.
So when I hit after, I hit this straight,
front hand, boom.
You see that?
It's like a scissor.
Try that.
You'll see much more snap.
Same thing,
you hit here,
after you hit here,
then you go back.
And there.
And that gives you just
a little bit more explosive power.
So there you go.
That's how you throw the JKD
rear punch.
Experiment with it,
vertical, horizontal, 45.
Body mechanic, use your hip,
use your feet, use your proper footwork.
So practice that.
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