| Bruce Lee was big on developing his forearm strength. | | | | point. |
| It may be in part because of the style of martial art he | | | | What all this leads me to is that Bruce Lee may have |
| was brought up on called Wing Chun. This style is a | | | | been using this concept that he trained with in his |
| more close quarters style of fighting and believes the | | | | younger years to deliver what was called his One Inch |
| shortest distance between two points is a straight line | | | | Punch. Bruce first demonstrated this punch at a Karate |
| so it may be more beneficial to have a strong arm to | | | | tournament in 1964. It was a very focused punch from |
| deliver a strong blow from close in. | | | | one inch distance from the volunteers chest and would |
| In Wing Chun, the attack is taken through the shortest | | | | send him stumbling backwards into a chair that Lee |
| path along the center line. The punch begins from the | | | | had placed some six feet behind. |
| fighters chest area and delivered into the opponents | | | | There are more fundamentals to the technique in that |
| core or chest. Wing Chun fighters have a good | | | | Bruce used his whole body in such a way that he was |
| understanding of balance and control of their energy to | | | | able to transfer more energy into the punch. He would |
| simultaneously block and deliver a punch with the | | | | use his feet and rear leg to help snap the punch |
| same hand. When the punch is thrown, it starts from in | | | | outward. A close in punch with that kind of power |
| front of the chest in most cases so the energy | | | | could really have the ability to throw off an opponent. |
| needed to deliver it must start immediately from that | | | | |