What is Inch Power and How Does one Develop it in WC to where you can manifest it outside of doing just forms and meaningless demostrations.
How does one bridge the training of inch power to actual application and usagae against an resisting opponent…
Also Share methods on how one trains and develops inch power?
Inch power can be used to go from a defense fence to a unexpected attack using the closest hand{idle hand) to strike your opponent .full offencive attack with suprising force
You should have 6 inch power in your punch/strike, inch implies that it’s not going through the intended target. as you see with most youtube chain punching clips.
The wc punch, i like to think of as being that last 6 inch. the rest of the movement is just to get it to it’s intended target. once you stop associating distance with power you start having power from shorter and shoter ranges.
In a word… practice!
A good way to practice it is punch, bend your elbow and punch again (same hand) soon you’ll be hitting form the second position to start with, then shorten it again if you think you need to.
As for use… you’ll find that out at the time it’s needed ")
It’ll come to you, give it time.
Why is the point of this thread inch power? How do you measure inch power?
How about no inch?
Why only 6 inches for TDO?
Why not 1 foot? 2 feet? 6 feet? 9 feet?
This is the way I think… maybe we learned wrong… maybe there was miscommunication, maybe we took something too literally, maybe mistranslation.
just relax…
'Inch power" is maximum force (or work) over the smallest possible distance.
All MA have them in various manifestations.
How one develops them is dependent not only on the system ( delivery platform) but also on the method.
Whether we call it inch power or short power or fa jing or whatever, the goal is to do the work ( whatever it may be: strike, push, pull, etc) over the shortest distance.
I dont remember this lesson too well.
But from what i recall, Wing Chun generate our power through striking through our centre and we attack their balance by attacking their centre.
Something along those lines.
Just remember the power is generated from the ground and from your foot to your knees, from your knees to the elbow. When you strike, add your core strength.
Heavy Bag is the best way to develop punching power.
[QUOTE=sanjuro_ronin;1076190]'Inch power" is maximum force (or work) over the smallest possible distance.[/QUOTE]
That’s a good definition.
IMO, the easiest way to train this is to start from a very soft and relax body movement such as a “cross punch” with weak intend, when your limb almost reach to your target, you suddently accelerate, tense your body, with strong “intend”, and give everything you have.
The advantage of this kind of force is you don’t have to commit yourself until at the last moment. Your body will be less telegraph and your balance will be less affected.
Inch force implies no retraction of the hand and delivery
Of substantial force. Chi sao develops this force exchange
At close quarters without retraction …
As we improve we can generate force from the shortest
Distances…creating sudden shocking energy.
How one uses this force is part of the training.
Chi sao develops us to pak without pulling our hand away first
I nthe same vein.
Non telegraphic actions
[QUOTE=TenTigers;1076182]just relax…
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Yes! Agree
[QUOTE=YouKnowWho;1076214]That’s a good definition.
IMO, the easiest way to train this is to start from a very soft and relax body movement such as a “cross punch” with weak intend, when your limb almost reach to your target, you suddently accelerate, tense your body, with strong “intend”, and give everything you have.
The advantage of this kind of force is you don’t have to commit yourself until at the last moment. Your body will be less telegraph and your balance will be less affected.[/QUOTE]
Yep, good drill.
I have seen great “inch power” in almost every MA I have trained in.
My point is people are fooled by the starting 1 inch. The movement of the body is more than 1 inch, and the focus behind is greater than 6 inches.
Robert makes an excellent point, regardless of how far ( or how short) a limb travels or a movement is done, it is a WHOLE body move.
Not to mention the follow-through.
Its like an orgasmic spasm, gentlemen. (If you remember what that is.) And certainly more penetrating than an inch or 6 inches.
[QUOTE=chusauli;1076178]Why is the point of this thread inch power? How do you measure inch power?
How about no inch?
Why only 6 inches for TDO?
Why not 1 foot? 2 feet? 6 feet? 9 feet?
This is the way I think… maybe we learned wrong… maybe there was miscommunication, maybe we took something too literally, maybe mistranslation.[/QUOTE]
TBH i don’t measure how far i go… my point is you have to go through the target to get maximum effect… some times only halfway through, depending on the target and the effect your after.
You see people hitting a heavy bag with there laughable chain punch’s, not one of them going through there target. i think this is due to this whole inch power ****.
But you can punch however you like my friend ")
[QUOTE=sanjuro_ronin;1076367]Robert makes an excellent point, regardless of how far ( or how short) a limb travels or a movement is done, it is a WHOLE body move.
Not to mention the follow-through.[/QUOTE]
I would consider that the basic punch which his teacher should show him, sounds contradictory that i’m saying go through the target as his teacher should show him that, but how many youtube clips have you seen of people understanding or evan acknowledging this?
I think that one of the worse ways to train “short power” is to do it in combos and the reason is that it tends to deteriorate into “slappy hands” with very little penetrative power.
A good way is to use the lead hand since people tend to catch on quicker with that one and extend it forward till it is touching a target ( a pad or mitt is best at this stage) with its finger tips and then relax and drive through the target as you close your fist. Allow the impact to “recoil” your hand back.
You should be about 75% extended at this learning stage so that means that you are really driving just the last few inched of the extension of your arm and the real penetration comes from the whole body movement going forward into the target.
All this is not the easy to explain in words but if you see it you can catch on pretty quick with practice.
Doing it off the rear hand is a tad harder to pick up but sometimes doing it as a 1-2 combo helps a bit.
Once you have it down on the pads move to the HB.
Of course translating this into sparring is a tad more difficult since your partner is not just standing there and he is/should be hitting you back but the crucial element is getting the whole body into because once you have that down then ANY strike whether short distance or not, will always have the nice “english” on it at the end.
Inch punches also serve to prove correct distance for
Force,iow I can have a student strike me in drills and
ask them to inch punch me, simply to see if they have
enough force to move me back 6ft. Using struccture, hips
force etc..into the ground and back. Elbows have to be in…
Start from your rear foot, then the energy moves up to the hips and shoulders in a wave like manner. The arm and fist merely transfer the energy to the target. Extend through the impact area.
[QUOTE=Scott R. Brown;1076397]Start from your rear foot, then the energy moves up to the hips and shoulders in a wave like manner. The arm and fist merely transfer the energy to the target. Extend through the impact area.[/QUOTE]
You forget to mention the 6 direction force, the snake body, the anaconda buttocks and the lama’s schlong.
Just saying.