That Crazy Jet Li Punch

**emboesso** · Posted On: 2/04/2007 9:42pm

That punch he always does where he rolls his shoulder up and whips it around in a circle when throwing a punch. Sort of the same motion made with the hip when throwing a chopping roundhouse kick, but only with the shoulder. Kind of an incredibly exaggerated boxing punch.Where does that come from? Is that a wushu thing? I don't recall ever seeing anywhere in a TMA. Is it common in CMAs?I suppose in theory it could throw a lot more torque behind a punch, which would probably be nullified by the additional telegraphing. Did anyone ever see it used in a TMA, or is a Jet Li thing that just looks good in movies?

**el niño de mma** · Posted On: 2/04/2007 10:39pm

either way, it is a sucky, non-effective way to strike.

***Cassius*** · Posted On: 2/04/2007 11:01pm

Seriously, just give up. We don't want you. It's not amusing. It's not cute. No one cares. It doesn't take any effort to ban you. Just. Stop.

**Torakaka** · Posted On: 2/04/2007 11:15pm

I don't approve of people asking about crap that Jet Li does in this section, but I'll leave it here for now just in case someone has something that isn't stupid to say about it.

**LI GUY 1** · Posted On: 2/04/2007 11:23pm

maybe a tornado punch in TMA?

***Cassius*** · Posted On: 2/05/2007 12:14am

I definitely think this needs to be discussed in the CMA forum, don't you Kid?

**LI GUY 1** · Posted On: 2/05/2007 12:16am

Either way yeah its a gay punch OK?

Emboesso: why you never show up to the NYC or LI TD's?

***Cassius*** · Posted On: 2/05/2007 12:17am

No no no, I think this a great topic for the CMA forum.

**Dr. Sleepless** · Posted On: 2/05/2007 12:18am

I.... don't know what's going on in here.

**Matt Stone** · Posted On: 2/05/2007 12:36am

I finally watched Fearless the other night. During some of the slo-mo segments, you can see the mechanics of his punch... Not only is there a body-whipping motion (which isn't necessarily bad), if you watch his fist you'll note that it kind of "flickers" at the end...

Instead of landing solidly, with the two fore-knuckles presented as the primary striking surface, the whole hand tends to "wobble" at the point of impact. It's weird.

I suspect it's due to the cinematic effect of much faster striking versus the far less impressive technically correct punch.

Still, hell of a good movie. It's certainly in my top three favorites...