Can You Break a Board with a 1 Inch Punch?

Can you break a board with Bruce Lee's one inch punch?
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The one inch punch was made famous by Bruce Lee. It's a powerful close ranged punch from 1 inch away. The main difference between the one inch punch and the iron fist punch is the travel distance. A normal punch is 6-12 inches away from the target. Bruce Lee was able to knock down opponents twice his size with his 1 inch punch.
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[@hafu]

1 inch gang, don’t underestimate your power!! Watch me train the one inch punch for real ▸ kzbin.info/www/bejne/nquZpmd8d65_ZrM

[@midgetslayer678]

My man talkin bout "one inch gang I'm dead"

[@xAdrianHGx]

@@midgetslayer678 fr 💀💀💀 that aint sound the way its supposed to

[@midgetslayer678]

@@xAdrianHGx I died

[@alexandererwin2005]

You're very generous. Most people who did the last one wound up

[@ColorRedGaming]

Please watch INC INTERNATIONAL EDITION please 🥺😐🥺

[@Bruh-bb5tn]

Damn the 2 people that actually did the one inch punch and actually broke the hardest board props to them

[@hafu]

Yeah they’re insanely strong!!

[@Agent-57]

One was and actual one inch punch and the other was like a ten inch distance.

[@supercalifragilisticexpial3377]

ok

[@supercalifragilisticexpial3377]

ok

[@supercalifragilisticexpial3377]

well

[@BlueIceMH]

To be honest a lot of people didn't do the actual one inch punch but i think its really cool how you just motivated them even though you maybe knew what was going on ☺️

[@gigamundchadwickthe3rdesqu468]

Though the first dude to break the level 3 did do I pretty correctly.

[@redgravemr.d1995]

True, he motivated them and thats really cool. But man ... The instruction are not that complicated. Why do so mamy people fail to do it correctly?

[@gawdsensei]

Because he knew the total revenue generated on this video will be a lot more

[@gawdsensei]

@@redgravemr.d1995 because they are not time wasters or anime watchers like we do so they don't have seen shits like this, they are busy smw else

[@fan4every1lol89]

@@gawdsensei why are you so negative my guy

[@BiKaye]

Alot of people wounded up alot. That one guy that did it the most legitimately,he's a true legend.

[@OzzyTHECHEEEEEESSEE]

mostly the girls

[@seanmcmahon7824]

As someone who did taekwondo for 4 years. The key to breaking boards is thinking about not hitting the board, but THROUGH the board.

[@nepzel42069]

How?

[@snaukball8764]

@@nepzel42069 when you feel the board, don't stop. I think that's how it works.

[@nepzel42069]

@@snaukball8764 I do 1inch punch the walls every day like 20-22 both fists. But sometimes the easiest thing can be tough to break if my angles aren't correct.

[@kenserous]

That’s the basic of martial arts for sure

[@Jason-TheChad-Muska_circa1995]

@@nepzel42069 He left out another important thing. You must also bend your knees and rotate your hips as well. From there want he means is don't focus on hitting the board, instead pretend as if you're going to punch the chest of the man holding the board. The purpose of this is because when people tend to feel their knuckles hit the board they tend to pull their power from there which limits their power

[@unkownperson1123]

3:17 was the only 1 inch punch that broke the hard level board. Others went way to far back.

[@showfevillage8876]

True

[@bluebearie7230]

the 2 inches punch (yep, that's what it is) has a lot to do with knowing how to throw a punch, little to do with strength. The power comes from kicking the ground, as you transfer the kinetic energy through. He wasn't using an arm swing, he actually used his whole body to punch. which was the correct way of doing it. this was also why some people who only used their arms to wind up wasn't even able to do it. wind up punch is generally more powerful ofc, but if you don't know how to use your body to back up the punch, sometimes you won't even have the power to do it.

[@anthonygrant694]

@@bluebearie7230 looked it up amd can only fin one inch so....

[@thedarkmonarch]

Phfffhh 1 Inch isnt that small. That's average. Above average really. Maybe too big.

[@ChocolateShrimpPasta]

@@thedarkmonarch let me see you do it

[@chialor1945]

3:17 was the only guy who "barely" pulled back.

[@theklown8820]

Guy in camo jacket did good too but he didn’t break the red one

[@doryenmctown4795]

Samo Hung

[@bxastxr5291]

5:30

[@theklown8820]

@@bxastxr5291 he pulled back hard

[@Won10101]

I don’t think he even pulled back a bit

[@juliosoares8]

3:50 the 10 inch punch

[@missbeaussie]

Even though some obviously wound up, i don't think they thought they could do it and seeing the joy on their faces was pretty sweet. And he pumped them up so much 🥰

[@prod.s23]

the man who gave all to his son :)

[@Beij1ngCorn]

ikr. respect.

[@hafu]

Good dad

[@Beij1ngCorn]

@@hafu I would love to see more kung fu-related content. They're the reason I watch your channel

[@oasisflame]

right

[@thenightblade8912]

Respect from us

[@brianlew86]

Hafu is such a nice guy. Gives people money even though they wound up their punches.

[@minatonamikaze6227]

Fr😄

[@cosmicbilly]

That made me so annoyed... the dude does a legit 1 inch punch on the hardest board and hafu asks "was that a real 1 inch punch??" But then the girl literally takes a whole 12 inches to wind up her punch and he gives her the money with no questions asked? Lol so much for equality huh

[@ef_master6999]

@@cosmicbilly I think he would still give it to him for breaking it since he did break it

[@scythe8609]

is staged

[@dotlinedot]

@@scythe8609 ??????????

[@abdielmunguia4668]

3:57 "I got this" *pulls a running superman dive from 10 feet away

[@cg19Football]

The coffee shop girl with a solid 2 foot punch

[@astrayproductions]

3:16 was the only true 1 inch punch. The rest was like 10 inches wounded up

[@tekken.universal2343]

Yes

[@princesslovelorn7832]

Not even that one, still folded his fingers before the punch. Ur finger tips are never supposed to leave the plank. But yeh closest to anyways and only one even coming close

[@lynth]

​@@princesslovelorn7832 You have to do a fist, so of course your fingers have to leave the board. Unlike the others, that guy didn't pull his arm back and he began with his arm stretched pretty far forward, too.

[@boobs-butt]

@@princesslovelorn7832 Nah , ... watch few times in slow mo.... He didnt pull his hand back at all. His fingers were there only to gauge the distance he should strike at. He didnt pull back at all :D

[@princesslovelorn7832]

@@boobs-butt Correct, i never said he pulled his hamd back. He did however move into a fist before impact. Real one inch = stretched hand instantly to punch by sliding ur knuckles to a punch instead of bending

[@CantoMando]

Lmaooo that mom was no joke

[@hafu]

She had hidden powers

[@greetingstogod8339]

Nice

[@roshan2000]

And that sales girl too

[@MEM_8008]

and the father-

[@clarens9425]

Alot of people was able to break my wood today, I was like pause bro 😒

[@luckytherandomizer1732]

5:31 that dad power is insane

[@SadiqKhan-vi8wz]

6:42 The pain in that laugh 🤣

[@bjthebeast4246]

Bro you can hear her pain

[@AC21_]

The dad giving it to his son is just so wholesome

[@RealPlatoishere]

Buddy that's what all good dads do.......

[@BuckzTurd]

3:56 that wasn’t a 1 inch punch.

[@nameless-rx6vo]

😂trueeeeeee

[@ayboboyo]

She sucked

[@jagicyooo2007]

that's like 15 inches

[@Gabriel_Gantos]

That was just a punch

[@AndrewTheTransformer]

@@jagicyooo2007 haha schlong

[@CaoNiMaBi]

6:46 “I wrestled for for FSU for 10 years” and has to wind up LMAO

[@goo267]

The cute little baby standing in the background 7:42 😂😂

[@ninjaz5945]

5:38 Dad power

[@AsadKhan-gp9sk]

5:12 that's the power of a father of course everyone's superhero is thier father.

[@Mafew0690]

pog

[@user-ct4uo7vm7k]

True

[@albatrossmania3219]

He makes everyone feel so good about yourself and I think that’s amazing

[@yyc.meral0]

7:33 LMAOOO HE FARTED WHEN HE TRIED TO BREAK THE BOARD BAHAHAHA💀

[@user-tc3vt9go3l]

5:30 His confidence level is over 9000

[@robertemmanuel3433]

The guy you think

[@pixelgamer3606]

the power of dads

[@elias5822]

5:04 Fucking Legend giving all the Money to his Son

[@Won10101]

5:07

[@somebuddy.]

2:18 how can this sound effect fit so well lol

[@ThatBoredPyrexical]

skills

[@benonrlandfn]

I really like your videos. And, the inspiration that you have gave throughout your videos. Keep up the good work Bro.🙂🙂

[@arwinkappl8980]

When you lack confidence, because you fear the pain you wont punch hard enough to break it. Almost everyone who couldnt do the last board hit it less hard than the first one. Ironically, if they put still everything in and it breaks, there would be les pain

[@NinjaMelon]

Finally i have been waiting for a new video love the videos hafu!

[@smartcuber8356]

The kid is so lucky to have a dad that shares everything with him

[@mikecurtis1111]

The grain of the level 3 board is oriented in a way that makes that board much harder to break. The first two had gain structure that runs through the board, making it much weaker.

[@KING-uk8jv]

that's the point

[@vittocrazi]

How so? Grain structures were similar. But It was a lot thicker

[@mikecurtis1111]

​@okdghd if you look at the edges of the boards when he shows them stacked together, you can see the first two are cut so the growth rings run pretty much straight through the board. This is the weakest cut. The third board is what's called quarter sawn, where the growth rings don't go straight through the board, but rather curve along the length. This is much stronger, and more difficult to break

[@Madheim777]

Despite the edges of the boards, you still need to have a refined technique and proper strength, or the board won't break. You can try to break it using brute force, but it will hurt you.

[@aakarshkumar845]

"Some did 1 some did 10 inch" actually caught me 😂

[@bolo2393]

I would love to try this, I have been lightly trained for this my whole life.

[@silk8186]

I like how he saw some people didn't fully do a 1 inch, punch but he still gave them the money :D

[@Prem0133]

0:03 you can see hafu bending the board and helping him break it

[@tninja5489]

3:50 they weren't even doing it right lmao

[@user-ct4uo7vm7k]

They just punched it like a normal punch not the 1 inch punch and he gave them money why tf

[@tninja5489]

@@user-ct4uo7vm7k ye

[@NutsBerserk]

3:57 that's the longest inch I've ever seen in my entire life for sure.

[@Won10101]

Right

[@BeastFitness472]

this is generous,Helps ppl realize they are strong and are worth!

[@elithesomewhatsane8209]

i love the guy who just kept handing his kid the money absolute legend

[@_Wai_Wai_]

3:56 not a real one inch punch, the girl pulled her fist back like 12 inches man.....

[@viperamangaming5843]

Yeah that was normal punches

[@gxuvvimr9008]

Wemen.... Hehehehe Hehehe Heehehehehe

[@donottrustanyonelol]

@@gxuvvimr9008 wtf

[@gxuvvimr9008]

@@donottrustanyonelol bro I saw a meme in which 2 men are laughing while drinking coffee, And saying.... Wemen And then they both laugh It was hilarious 🤣🤣

[@_Wai_Wai_]

@Mercy save the world no, they play for money.

[@danygaming2880]

Love your vids keep posting legend 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Apollo583]

Bro,you’re so encouraging

[@bluepheony1535]

I would've loved to try this

[@Ix_eclipse777]

Keep up the good work bro you just earned a sub 💖

[@brianhalliburton9178]

I love the smiles on these people faces knowing that the impossible is only impossible until it isn’t great vid!!!

[@justynook9110]

2:10 we even got Bruce Lee here

[@Muzz66]

Lmao

[@g.m-a363]

I really like your videos. And, the inspiration that you have gave throughout your videos. Keep up the good work Bro.🙂🙂 I really admire Martial Art, Kungfu, Karate 🥋 etc.One day I will learn😕for self defence.💪💪

[@hafu]

I’m so glad to hear that man!!

[@MrBlazedss]

@@hafu same with me I love the videos❤️

[@xdragon2k]

You might want to look into rebreakable boards if you're going to do this again.

[@bmayaa]

7:17 half a meter punch

[@MadarmDa]

Really good hafu go!

[@xskull7175]

6:35 "one inch punch"

[@tekken.universal2343]

One meter punch lol

[@rohanspoidy]

🤣

[@madtutan1874]

1 light year puch

[@user-ct4uo7vm7k]

Universe punch

[@isaac69420xD]

1000 light year punch

[@TeenClasherYT]

4:00 That wasn't one inch by the way

[@tekken.universal2343]

Yes EXACTLY

[@MONKEY1122POO]

He knows

[@blazedenenra]

The parents who attempted this was just so wholesome 💕

[@DannyGillen]

Love this content!

[@tanishqgupta8330]

4:12 not an one inch punch

[@serbian_nationalist14]

3:38 i love how he doesnt even care if its a 1inch punch when he comes across some baddies.. unfair

[@someonerandom5979]

He didn’t know

[@TheAmnpoling]

I wish you did that here I'd love to try level 4 as I've taught myself the one inch punch and feel somewhat confident that I could pass

[@MakaiDoughTV]

Haft go i love your videos ❤

[@_Wai_Wai_]

Watching Bruce Lee's demonstration video with the 1 inch punch, he starts really close to the target, but he actually pushes a stiff arm forward, with basically his entire body into the target.

[@bolo2393]

Yea that's the trick, it's like a wave that starts in the hips and moves outward

[@Sam-zu5mr]

It's called CHI ENERGY and it comes from your centre. When you hear Bruce Lee in movies making wooo sound as he punches or kicks, it's not for sound effect- hes harnessing that energy.

[@elee9056]

@@Sam-zu5mr MY FUCKING GOD NO PLEASE NO

[@Sam-zu5mr]

@@elee9056 MY FUCKING THINK SO DUDE👍🤣

[@lachlanitis2311]

@@Sam-zu5mr or it's technique, like boxers use to punch hard 🤷‍♂️

[@mightymoose6793]

If you can generate x amount of force from a 1 inch punch imagine what you could do with a full swing.... Bruce Lee was the best marketing person to ever live....

[@frankvuong1080]

Well technically it's a different body mechanic

[@Vaultikx]

"so alot of people were able to break my wood today" damn bro you good???

[@criga8969]

0:52 he's litteraly cheating, he just give a straight punch

[@jessegilliam6161]

Great video, that looked like fun

[@hafu]

It was really fun! You think you can break level 3 Jesse? You look pretty strong.

[@jessegilliam6161]

@@hafu lol thank you for that. I'm not sure but I'm going to try it. I think I've got a rebreakable board somewhere

[@Double_S.R.]

I’m about Bruce Lee’s size (a little heavier) I think I could do it if you walked up to me randomly. It’s all about the follow through. I wish I could have gave it a shot. Great content dude👍🏽👏🏽👊🏽

[@tokim6903]

Cool content man

[@helpdeskjnp]

Man… where are contests like this when I’m around?? I live to come across things like this!

[@kingyeti1136]

At 3:16 that was a one inch punch. The girl after going ten inches back isn’t even close. Didn’t even break the first board correctly. At 5:30 that was also a good punch, but nobody else. Damn.

[@sonnygmony]

This is not that hard. But it does require full kinetic chain mobilization from a standstill. So, generally it's a trained skill. The last board is the only one that counts, the other two are confidence boosters or "kid boards."

[@lafondawilliams]

Great stuff

[@levendil14]

My favorite part is how excited you were for everyone who was able to break a board, even if their technique was technically incorrect or if it was just the green one.

[@Mario-R-3232]

Those hard level boards are easy to break when held in a certain way and very difficult to break when you turn them 90 degrees, it depends on the "lines" of the board, so cant tell how you were holding them each time.

[@Nichaelas]

Yeah wood is easier to break if you don't go against the grain. I remember in middle school woodshop class I had just finished sanding the edges of a block and our teacher told us this, held part of it in the vice, and struck the thing with an open palm splitting it in half and ruining my hard work. He didn't know it was in use and promptly replaced it with one of the finished pieces that were used as an example earlier.

[@andrewg3196]

This is one of those things that's so stupid and wrong that it's hard to even explain why. Like. Wow. Let's say the grain is going up and down and the board splits along the grain, if you had turned it so the grain was going side to side then it would just split along the grain still but now it would be side to side. It wouldn't still need to be split up and down because of some intrinsic property hahaha. This is some real toddler brain thinking.

[@andrewg3196]

@@Nichaelas yeah but once you cut the board you have set the grain. Turning it after cutting it doesn't magically change that. If there are lines going across the surface of the board, and you turn it.... there will still be lines going across the board.

[@Mario-R-3232]

@@andrewg3196 Nope. I am a martial artist for 40 years and an instructor for 20 years. I am also trained in the Shaolin Iron Fist and breaking techniques. I know exactly what I'm talking about and I'm talking out of experience, we use such kind of boards in demonstrations all the time. Things are exactly as I told them to be. Feel free to think otherwise, and feel free to break your hand too if you wish, I'm just talking facts. We've challenged people many times from the audience to come and try to break a board like this one and nobody EVER, not even once, could. Then a student girl of ours would brake it, all we did was turning it 90 degrees. Feel free to try it at home. Make a video too, it'll be fun. But a hard thick board, like the one he's using here, not a slim one, those will break if you're powerful enough. You can break the board with a fist ONLY when the lines are from left to right and you can break it with a chop ONLY when they are top to bottom. Go ahead, give it a shot and have fun with your friends. Go buy a thick hard board like the one Hafu Go uses on this video and let your friends try to break it, (they wont manage, guaranteed), then just turn it 90 degrees without they noticing and break it yourself. Remember: left to right for a fist break, top to bottom for a chop break. If you manage to break the board eg with a chop while the lines are left to right, come over and I'll give you a black belt. P.S. : the fist I mentioned concerns a normal straight boxing punch. If it's a Wing Chun strike, with the hand/wrist turned right, eg one like the inch punch, then the board needs to be with lines top to bottom, like the chop board, not left to right. To Hafu Go: feel free to delete my comment if you feel that I'm revealing martial arts secrets. Cheers.

[@andrewg3196]

@@Mario-R-3232 hahahahahahahahahaha

[@tankeyuan7582]

1:10 my guy can't kill a fly

[@Narufannykulapu-lapu]

Yeahh

[@MadarmDa]

Nice Hafu go!

[@thefakegenius4651]

3:57 Bruce Lee be like: AM I A JOKE TO YOU?!!!

[@soloopy4398]

Girl power I love how without any hesitation she broke it

[@anotniofarage]

It’s easy to be a dad but to be the role model to your son like that guy always including his kid is so much more. The fact that the kid said gooo and he broke it was just Fucken flames

[@ivy_savage69]

W father

[@anotniofarage]

@@ivy_savage69 W response

[@XXx-qy3dl]

This channel earned a sub

[@Undercovert12]

I love how nice he is. he litterally is giving his money to ppl for breaking a board

[@jaydoe3707]

I used to do the 1 inch punch on a barn support beam... I've never tried to break anything that way though and would love to try it. Cool video.

[@arwinkappl8980]

7:51 So a lot of people were able to break my wood today lmaooo

[@audika5824]

The bold guy once destroyed juipiter with a sneeze. He just learned to control his power

[@christiangaming0001]

Man I wish I could be doing that it could seem like a good challenge and I tried to be a tough guy but that's not easy

[@Just_Zedar]

7:22 Now THAT'S what we call true sportsman spirit. Even after breaking the board, she admitted that she had gona back a bit

[@karatecombatekan]

👊😀 really cool challenge !! 🥊you should challenge yourself on all bruce lee stuff (like martial arts kicks,punches,pads,nunchaku, exercise,fitness etc... ) then you could challenge the People on streets That would be cool 😀

[@mystic7851]

I still remember trying to stomp thru a thick plank using center blocks from home and the wood was so tough I ended up chipping the edges of the center block instead

[@Riotheoriginal]

The power comes from the back foot and transferred when done properly

[@ayman_vdb3478]

I wonder how many boards this took Edit: props to the guy who gave his money to his kid

[@seancoyote]

The trick isn't the punch, it's the wood, notice the grain, when we use wood for strength, we use the fibers to hold the pressure, if you put pressure on the grain, it will crack.

[@casualstylenetherlands2588]

yeeey finally some youtuber/influencer that does and has good content !! omg the world is not lost yet ! some dude giving people education and science !! omg the world still has a change 😳 good job bro keep it up

[@meekcheeks]

The girl in the burger van wind up all of her punches. This video was fun to watch! Keep up the good content. God bless

[@shiroemisukami4025]

4:04 fist?

[@epicspaces9434]

"if I open my eyes, I break the universe" Hafu Go said.

[@ikram-ulhuq9377]

Thank you ladies .

[@divyanshudhruv]

Me : Yes ! I Can Also Break One Board. That Is CardBOARD ... 😎

[@gamingpursuitshashwat1520]

3:57 This wasn't one inch punch More than 10 inches 😇😇

[@Won10101]

Right she also did it on the green and yellow one as well

[@Three_Gemi]

Po is such a nice guy ❤

[@philminkeesickquayash8988]

The dad giving his son his winnings... Never underestimate Dad power...

[@tomford4180]

Yes I can, even the 1" board. It's not that hard if you know the proper technique and condition the wrist. Sijo James DeMile taught me this technique over 35 years ago. I have gone on to teach it to many of my students as well.

[@jacksmith8479]

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