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“T H E C O R E O F J E E T K U N E D O”
It may seem a bit excessive to devote an entire book to a single punch, but as Bruce Lee himself declared, “The straight punch is the core of Jeet Kune Do.”1 To write a book on the Jeet Kune Do straight lead, then, is to write a book on the most basic, fundamental principles of JKD. In fact, the entire structure of the art was designed around the most efficient and forceful delivery of the straight punch. Strategically, you must have a strong lead hand for both offense and defense. Other weapons—hook punches, rear crosses, uppercuts, and kicks—are of little use without a good lead hand to set them up.
The culmination of years of scientific study, the straight lead is a biomechanical marvel maximizing the potential for leverage, accuracy, acceleration, and force production. Once you have grasped the mechanical principles behind the straight lead, you will be able to learn other JKD punches and kicks with greater ease.
N O M Y S T I Q U E
By Bruce Lee’s own admission, though, the straight lead is the most difficult technique in the Jeet Kune Do arsenal, and of the art itself, he said, “Only one of 10,000 can handle it. It is martial art. Complete offensive attacks. It is silly to think almost anyone can learn it.”2 And as Ted Wong has said of straight punching, “If it were easy, everyone would be doing it.”3