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- Bruce Lee's Jeet-Kune-Do back-fist.
Now, if you know, Bruce Lee's
favorite technique is the back-fist.
If you watch Enter The Dragon or his other movies,
if you read The Tao of Jeet Kune Do and also the
Bruce Lee's Fighting Methods, you see he uses this a lot.
Now, the reason is because is such a fast technique.
It's not meant to be a finish-blow.
It's meant to be a quick strike that stuns the opponent.
So I'm gonna show you three different types
of back-fists and the application as well.
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Okay, watch.
With the back-fist, you can hit many different targets,
but, of course, you're not trying to hit the muscle.
So you try to hit the opponent
with these two knuckles of your fist.
So when you're holding the back-fist,
you might want to just turn it slightly.
So when you're hitting the temple,
you'll be hitting the ear.
You can be hitting right there: side of the neck.
Of course, the groin.
You can hit the groin as well.
Right there, right there, right there.
The fist back-fist I'm gonna show you
is a very simple back-fist which...
Watch out for the body mechanic.
There's a lot of people that go, oh back-fist has no power.
True, back-fist, compared to other punches,
doesn't have as much power.
However, it compensates the power with speed.
So, the body is not just...
You're not whipping the arm.
It might sound good--
on a pad but doesn't have a lot of power.
You want to use you're body, you're full body.
So its like you're throwing a straight lead,
but you're doing a back-fist instead, like that.
So if I'm here.
See how I'm putting my hip into it?
From there.
So on a person, even from a distance, see how far I can go?
So if I'm here...
From there, boom.
You can also do a back-fist from here.
The second back-fist is a snap.
A snapping back, back-fist.
So this one, the body mechanics going this way,
the other one is more like this way.
So, imagine it's whipping in front of me, like that.
So, it'd be more like that.
The reason is, when the back-fist hit,
now I can strike with something else, very quickly.
So, here. Boom.
(fast, mouth blowing)
One, the hip motion is this way.
The other is the opposite.
I'm turning my hip.
I'm turning my hip, right there.
The third one, which is more of a finishing, heavy back-fist
you have to turn your full body, like that. Okay?
So it will be like, from here it can be this motion.
See, I turn my hip. Boom.
Watch.
From here,
there's a lot of power.
That's a very devastating strike.
Now, you never want to back-fist
from back of here, you'll break your bones.
Sometimes you hit like this, you use the hammer fist.
Which, then it's more like this, right?
More like that.
So, let's say, you're on the street. You see a blur,
maybe someone's trying to attack you this way,
you can't really see what's going on, he comes in, boom.
You just hit the guy.
Your whole body.
A lot of power.
Also, as an offensive technique, it could be like that.
So the guy's cuffed, so you can do a back-fist
to get rid of the weapons so you can hit.
So it will be like, get it out of the way,
and then you can hit.
Even this, with conditioning, this thing hurts.
So you can be, boom, right?
You can see.
So those ae three different types of back-fists.
(mumbles) come and give it a try.
(applause)
Make sure it's not a push motion.
It's like snap.
Yes.
And make sure you let all your energy go.
So, don't try to tense it up, just let the energy...
But, the difference is I use my body so,
there's that snap, right?
Better.
When you're practicing it's okay to over-exaggerate
the motion a little bit in the beginning
just to feel the power.
It's called gross motion, you exaggerating to get the
right body mechanic, and as you get better,
you minimize and minimize and minimize,
work on the counter-motion, but if you try to work
on the counter motion too early on,
you're quick, but you have no power.
So, you hit the guy and the guy's still standing there,
that's not good.
You want to finish the guy.
The counter-motion.
Retract.
Right there, like a whip.
This is how much my hand moves.
And I'm protecting my center line. I'm protecting.
This is no good, I'm protecting my center line.
So stuff is ready to fire, alright?
Retract.
Yes.
Now, try the heavy one.
So, turn like that and you turn your whole body.
Yes.
Hand leaving to early, right?
Try that again.
Yes, one more time.
Better.
So imagine when you're doing
heavy back-fist it's like a baseball bat.
You're putting all you power into the guy.
It's a fully committed action.
So, you're not trying to think, oh what about defense?
You're not trying to do that at this point.
This is a heavy, finish blow.
Something's going on and you just finish the guy.
It's basically unblockable if you've got stuff.
Good, good.
So, the three different types of back-fist in JKD.
Practice well.
Now, make sure when you practice, do the three, vary it up.
Sometimes you might do the first one.
Sometimes you might do that one.
Sometimes you might do the third one, right?
Even the third one, you can also work on recovery, as well.
So, practice the technique, checking those back-fists,
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As Bruce Lee said, "Be water, my friend."
- Be water my friend.