It’s a punch that has captivated our imagination for decades. From the distance of one-inch, Bruce Lee could break boards, knock opponents off their feet and look totally badass doing it.

From a physics perspective, any punch can be complicated. So let's make it as simple as possible by considering the 1-inch punch for a system consisting of one puncher and one punchee.

But that doesn't diminish the grandeur of the one-inch punch one bit. Like his muscles, Lee earned his brainpower the hard way, with many years of practice.

The one-inch punch is wing chun’s basic punch and one of the kung fu legend’s most famous strikes. The then 23-year-old Lee mastered it before he showed it to the world when he struck a ...

Timing is everything: Brain scans reveal the secret of Bruce Lee's one-inch punch By DAMIEN GAYLE Published: 07:59 EDT, 15 August 2012 | Updated: 08:34 EDT, 15 August 2012 ...