- I'm going to show you one of the most
effective weapons in JKD and that is the
leading finger jab.
This is one of Bruce Lee's favorite techniques.
It is also one of the most devastating techniques
in Jeet Kune Do because it's the longest
hand weapon that you have and when you hit someone
in the eyes, I don't care how strong he is
or how muscular he is, it's going to do some damage.
Now, a lot of people don't do it properly
so I'm going to show you the basics first.
Today I have, also, Jason helping me.
And I have Hassan also helping me as well.
I want to show you how you actually
form your hand, how you form the spear.
Now, there are two ways you can do it.
You can either do it through, like this.
You can do it like that, like so
and Jason can try it, like that.
Okay, make sure, when you're doing this,
this is not like this, because if you miss
you're going to break your thumb.
So make sure it's closed so if you miss
This is okay, it's going to be like this.
So when you jab somebody in the eye,
it's going to be like that.
Or the way that I like to do it
is actually just bend the middle finger.
You see that?
You can see?
Just bend the middle finger.
Okay, thumb is in.
Now, at first it might take a little bit of practice.
This kind of feels a little bit weird.
It feels a little bit...
It's not natural so when you're doing other things
just practice loose hands and,
anytime just form this shape.
It takes a bit of practice, a couple months
you should feel quite natural.
Left and right.
When you are jabbing someone, the key is
most people misunderstood the finger jab as,
"Well, you know what, it doesn't actually work,"
and, "Can it hurt someone in the eye?"
The finger jab is not a flick.
People think it always, am I flicking?
You're not flicking somebody.
This is, to be more accurate, it's a finger spear.
So you imagine it's a spear going...
I'm not trying to flick a thing.
I'm going through it.
Even if I miss it's going to do some damage, right?
Let's see Jason give it a try.
Go ahead, very slow.
Very slow.
Yeah, do it slow.
Make sure, according to form.
Proper form, maybe do it with the lead hand.
Just a right hand.
Yeah, try it.
See, it takes a bit of practice, right?
- Yeah.
- Yeah it does, but do it slow.
Yeah, do it slow.
Try that again?
Yeah.
So, when you're practicing this
the important thing is, you got to practice
your non-telegraphic movement.
You don't want to be like, "Okay,"
holding it like this.
Chances are this guy is going to know,
"Okay, he's going to jab my eye."
It's totally relaxed, just jab.
Non-telegraphic.
You don't come up from...
You don't go from the side, you don't go from this way,
it's straight line from here to here.
From point "A" to point "B", and again it's a spear.
So a spear, not a flick.
I'm not trying to do this.
It's a spear.
Imagine you're hitting through the guy, right?
Even though Hassan, he can see,
with this indestructible goggle, it's intimidating, right?
You can see this hand coming to the eye.
Left, right, doesn't really matter.
Left or right, okay?
I'll demonstrate a couple times.
So, relax...
See that?
Relax...
Good, one more time.
(loud whoosh)
Now, we're not trying to finish the fight
with this finger jab.
We might, but we're not trying to do that.
This is actually if he has got a stance,
this is a setup for everything else
because when you hit someone in the eye
he's going to flinch.
Imagine someone jabs you in the eye,
he's going to be like that.
So while his hand is up, "Ow, my eye hurts!"
Now this other stuff is now open, alright?
That's what I am talking about.
Now, you might be saying, "But then if I jab"
"the guy in the eye am I going to hurt my hand?"
"I'm going to break my fingers."
You will, without conditioning.
That's why you need conditioning.
What I recommend is the traditional iron palm techniques.
You can get these kind of bags,
usually they are filled with medicine inside,
and they have different levels.
At first, you would use something lighter
and you would just practice.
So, the iron palm, right?
Relax, relax, and you use your fingers, see?
Watch your fingers.
That's how you condition.
You're not trying to jab it like that, no.
It's relaxed, just like you're dropping them.
You're dropping, dropping, you're dropping.
Relax, relax, and just do it everyday
and make sure you put some te-ga-cho afterwards,
some Chinese herbal medicine to strengthen your fingers.
Then you can do, also, do finger pushups
to strengthen your fingers.
After six months to a year of time,
depends on how often you practice,
then you move to something like this.
Jason can give it a try.
Try that.
Just relax, yeah just relax.
Yes, and you can feel, you can feel it just like that.
- [Jason] Yeah.
- Just like that.
Just relax.
Good.
Now once you have enough practice you can do some...
This is much harder.
Now you're doing it like this.
You can also do it like this, or you can practice.
Even you have people who practice with metal sand
where they put their fingers through it.
Just go through that.
Jason, just try it lightly and you can see the difference.
Just lightly.
Right?
You can feel it.
And there you go.
So practice, condition your fingers.
Make sure you condition your fingers before you
actually try to perform this technique
otherwise you will break your fingers.
Chances are, if you break your fingers,
the other guy is not feeling so well either
so probably, you'll win the fight.
Until next time, practice well, practice often.
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