Posted by: BsH (wallstfire@aol.com) on Sat Jun 23 11:02:05 2001

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> > Had anyone ever saw the ledgenary Bruce Lee and his 1 inch punch ? The man could hold his fist 1 inch from his opponent and with his kinetic energy chain built up and starting from his lower body. Drive a man back 15 ft.
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> > Talk about a short and compact stroke. I would like to be able to be able to bring some of that to baseball...
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> ......From Joe Hdz. The analogy to martial arts with regards to brick breaking is no where near the same. In brick breaking you also have the "uppermost brick involved in "breaking" the lower brick and so forth in a "dominoe-like-effect"...not to mention that it is not a moving object.
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> I strongly suggest you make a small investment and purchase the video...you will understand a lot better.
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> With regards to Bruce Lee and "hold his fist 1 inch from his opponent...drive a man back 15ft"...this is pure fiction. First bruce Lee never did it other than in the movie "Enter The Dragon" or perhaps you saw him as Kato in the Green Hornet series. I had an opportunity to see Bruce Lee at Madison Square Garden in the late 60's as a student of the Martial arts and he was incredible...but let's stick to hitting a baseball and what humans can really do.

I toally agree about purchasing the video, and as for the comparison I know its different, the only thing I was talking about was the amount of energy that can be built up through the body and exploding through compact movements.. As for Bruce Lee... Its not fiction as I saw it , and was at a tournament in LA. I watched the video footage anyway... And is also talked about in his book. And this comparison as to the kinetic energy makes Jacks style all the more interesting to me ... Thanks for your input.