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On Mon, 28 Mar 2011 21:41:51 -0700, Larry Jaques
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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 Mon, 28 Mar 2011 21:41:51 -0700, Larry Jaques

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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.

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On Tue, 29 Mar 2011 18:05:20 -0700 (PDT), Jim Wilkins
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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.

And many others. Don't start me on the subject of BS in Martial Arts.
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