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- Bruce Lee's JKD (Jeet June Do) straight blocks.
Now, I think this is one of the signature moves
of wing chun and Bruce Lee.
It's the move that I probably practice the most.
I think it's the most effective.
When it doubt, you straight blast, right?
So, now, there are many ways to do this,
maybe share with us how the JKD straight blocks,
maybe it's different from wing chun
or maybe similar to wing chun
or then also how we can practice some of the basics of it.
- The development of that blast is based off the entire arm
and shoulder and the laps and everything else.
And it's similar to the chain punch.
It's just a straight blast,
has some more psychological approach to it.
It's a blast.
You're gonna blast the guy into pieces, basically.
So if you have that intent-
- Machine gun. (mimics gunfire)
- Exactly, and so it's just a way of looking at it visually
or at least you're imagining,
and that basis is much more explosive
versus saying chain punch.
It sounds like a chainsaw to me.
So, it's not that it's anything majorly different,
it's just the approach to it.
But the blast, and this is a great way
to start off a beginner because on the first lesson
if you're teaching somebody,
you want some tools right off the first class.
- Something they can practice and dig in with.
- Right, otherwise, I mean you want somebody
to be able to use it as they walk
out of the door in case something happens.
So the basis off this learning obviously the bai jong lee
in one of the videos that we've already talked about.
- Our previous video, you click on the bai button
and check that out and check out the stance.
- So if everybody would just stand
in a bai jong so they can understand
that you can do the blast here as well.
And the approach would be moving forward
so moving and allowing your hands to propel you forward.
But as far as a beginner's basis...
- Maybe they start off with the...
- Start off with just a regular stance
like you're naturally standing.
- Natural stance.
- Everybody just naturally stand. Good.
And then, what you wanna do is step forward
into the bai jong position,
and do that a couple of times and see how well you feel.
Try to get your weight distribution even.
Go ahead back to your natural stance.
So I'll call it out, I'll say one, go to right knee,
and I'll say two, and so forth.
Okay? Go, one!
Good, back to the natural stance.
Again, there's time where you have to develop the skill
around the arms, where they're positioned at.
It takes time, so not everybody is going to get it.
But just work on it over and over.
Ready? Again. Two!
Good, back. All right, good.
Three!
Good.
Now try to punch before you leave that natural position
so your hands are already propelling you forward
as you stance.
Ready?
Four!
Better, good. Relax.
Five!
Excellent.
Six!
And, seven!
Okay, remember, avoid all the weight distribution
on that front leg.
Try to even it out, okay?
- It's too heavy. Too heavy.
- Eight!
Better.
Nine!
And, ten.
Okay, and this is just a visual so the audience can see.
But really what we should be doing is hitting a pad
as we do this, and we can start taking it to that approach.
Better to hit something than to just hit air.
- It's even, also, in terms of the first.
We do vertical fist.
And why do we do vertical fist?
- Vertical fist engages all the joints
in the right position,
versus here where you're already rotating.
This starts turning into a corkscrew,
but this actually covers
your center as you do it and protects you here.
- Like this.
- Right, because if you turn it, then you're open.
It allows people to go under you.
- Like that, right? But also the alignment as well.
- That's right.
- So if you think about it, if they do it like that,
if your alignment's right?
- Yes.
- Not as powerful, but with here there's more power.
- Yes.
- It's the power.
- Yes.
- Cause it's just part of mechanics.
So that's why we punch that way.
And we hit with these three knuckles, right?
- Yeah, you're gonna aim for those knuckles
and you can do the top two, it just doesn't matter.
It just depends on how you're doing it, right?
Some people get it to where it's really relaxed.
May I use... Drake can I borrow you for a second?
- [Drake] Yeah, sure.
- So if you're blasting somebody, you know,
you're doing it this way, okay?
- And there's more...
- Yeah, but if I wanted to take more of a hammer approach,
that's gonna nail it too.
So it just depends on how you're gonna utilize it
because if I just control somebody and went boom!
This is where I'm gonna take it.
And just continue going towards him
without having to worry about going here
because I'm already controlling him,
hitting and trapping at the same time.
So this is really good, instead of going here.
- Then you'll stand more, a little bit more like that.
- Right.
- Or if it's a straight, like what you taught me,
then it's more this, right?
- Yes.
So going back to what you were saying,
this causes a little bit of power
and a little bit of delay in between.
There's a gap.
So again, sacrifices be for power but structure,
speed and control.
This is preferable on a straight blast.
- I also noticed when that kind of punches,
not that it's good or bad just different, right?
When boxing, you have something beside you
if you're watching from this angle.
You do a jab, something's happening, nothing is happening,
something is happening, nothing is happening,
something is happening, nothing is happening.
But when you're doing the straight blast,
something is always happening.
It's much more difficult to block.
- To your point, yes you're filling all the voids possible
so is there is nothing that they can come in-
and if they come in, if your sensitivity is high...
- Then you can use it to test power,
stick your hands and go, and it comes into play.
Now for them, so for beginners practicing,
I think they can practice just stationary,
just practice that.
- So you can do a square stance, keeping your knees bent.
This solidifying your structure
so if you put your base down,
of course we could talk about everything else later,
but just keep the knees slightly bent
and again keep your body alignment straight.
Not over, not too back,
but keeps you hips under you this way,
and just slowly bring that arm out,
and making sure it's dead-on center
before the other hands leaves,
and so what you're doing is naturally getting to your point.
Something's always happening rather than...
- Yeah, so call them, say if you're on camera,
you'll see that some people punch this way,
which is wrong. You see my center line is open, right?
Or they try to much of this, or too much of this,
then the structure is wrong. You don't want that either.
Or some people hey might do it this way too, like there.
If I'm holding a pad, if you're hitting it,
if you hear like a flat tire
you know you're not doing it right.
So the pressure is full.
We're not trying to scratch the guy.
It's here, it's here, it's here.
So make sure when you're practicing keep-
also you're gonna relax your shoulders
cause I noticed when I first practiced
I got so tense and it loses all the power as well, right?
- Right, right. And you can start off, again,
going back to what I was demonstrating with Drake,
it's relaxation on the shoulders
and you're allowing this to make impact.
So instead of just thinking you're gonna go
through the guy with just the fist, this is making impact.
- Yeah, that's a cut.
- Yeah, so at the same time,
you're doing two-for-one on one arm,
so you're thinking four. So, pah-pah-pah-pah!
- And once they've dealt with all that stationary,
and then they can take a stance,
and then the next step is just to take a step forward.
- Yes, yes, so you wanna give it a try?
All right, I'll call it out.
Ready, one!
Good, back.
Two!
Back.
One!
Good.
Two!
All right, good,
and just for the sake off stimulus response,
may I use you for a second here?
Okay, so now I'm coming to you,
do the exact same thing that you just did.
Ready? Go. One!
Good.
Two!
Good.
One!
Good!
So anytime you see me move forward
you just respond by that action.
Okay so now I'm gonna say nothing.
And just keep it going.
Good.
Good!
- So there you go, that's what you need
to do with a training partner, right?
You can practice your reflex, and do it that way.
It's even when we're practicing you hit here,
the chin as the target.
- That would be a good target.
- Depends. Depends on the situation.
- Yes we can get into that later, absolutely.
- Depends on targets.
So that's a straight blast.
It's so difficult to master.
I've been doing this for years
and I'm still finding like refinement
and how to make it look better.
And you have to learn to put your whole body into it.
- Absolutely.
- How we do that all. - Right.
- It's truly takes a lifetime to master,
but it's a very, very effective technique.
You need to thousands, and thousands, and thousands,
and thousands, and thousands of them, right?
And so, there you go.
That the JKD straight blast, little bit different
from the traditional wing chun chain punch.
You can see the bond mechanics, just the whole,
kind of looks and feels just a little bit different.
Might look similar, but there is a difference.
So comment below, after you practice,
see what questions you have.
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