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Metalworking (rec.crafts.metalworking) Discuss various aspects of working with metal, such as machining, welding, metal joining, screwing, casting, hardening/tempering, blacksmithing/forging, spinning and hammer work, sheet metal work. |
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On Mon, 28 Mar 2011 21:41:51 -0700, Larry Jaques
wrote: [...] I was always amazed at the amount of power Bruce could put into a 3" long strike. It was totally inhuman. Has anyone ever mastered that as well as he did? Who'd know unless you measured it objectively? There is an awful lot of BS surrounding these parlor tricks. |
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On Mar 29, 8:23*pm, wrote:
On Mon, 28 Mar 2011 21:41:51 -0700, Larry Jaques wrote: [...] I was always amazed at the amount of power Bruce could put into a 3" long strike. *It was totally inhuman. *Has anyone ever mastered that as well as he did? Who'd know unless you measured it objectively? There is an awful lot of BS surrounding these parlor tricks. The big one is that you don't have your normal depth perception with one eye, or a camera. Punches can miss short by a considerable distance. A long focal length lens compresses the foreground and background together. jsw |
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On Tue, 29 Mar 2011 18:05:20 -0700 (PDT), Jim Wilkins
wrote: On Mar 29, 8:23*pm, wrote: On Mon, 28 Mar 2011 21:41:51 -0700, Larry Jaques wrote: [...] I was always amazed at the amount of power Bruce could put into a 3" long strike. *It was totally inhuman. *Has anyone ever mastered that as well as he did? Who'd know unless you measured it objectively? There is an awful lot of BS surrounding these parlor tricks. The big one is that you don't have your normal depth perception with one eye, or a camera. Punches can miss short by a considerable distance. A long focal length lens compresses the foreground and background together. And many others. Don't start me on the subject of BS in Martial Arts. |
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