One of the many things that Bruce Lee gave us (amongst such gems as slow motion gurning after dispatching a victim and making a whole generation of kids obsessed with learning how to use rice flails) was the famous '1 inch punch'. In metric, of course, the slightly less impressive 2.54 cm punch. I was thinking about this yesterday and it occurred to me that the logic behind the 1 inch punch is totally flawed. Yes its impressive, barely moving the fist but at the same time unleashing a crushing blow. But it seems to me that the 1 inch punch has the fatal error that you need to be 1 inch (or 25.4 mms) from the intended recipient. This pretty much removes any element of surprise (as you casually walk up to the victim and hover your hand in front of them) and it also places you in a somewhat awkard position if the blow does not live up to expectations (indeed, becomes the 1 inch tap, or the 1 inch nudge). It would have been much better to invent the 10 foot punch (3.04 ms) or indeed the half mile punch (0.8 km). This would have thus become a rather surprising attack, and would remove much of the danger to the practitioner. And people say I need to get out more.

Quote - 'you're about as useful as a cock flavoured lollypop' Patches O'houlilhan.
Last movie - DodgeBall (see above), very very funny. hence 7.5 out of 10.
currently striving to - increase my chaps lung capacity in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
weather - 10 +, blue skies.

Harry - twat! And why are we surprised? BBC NEWS | UK | Harry urged to say sorry publicly after attending a party wearing his normal clothes