寸勁
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English
- the explosiveness emerge from small movement of body or jab; to punch using a short jab with explosiveness on arm and fist, the pull back and preparation movement is very small. Literally:inch power
粵語 — Cantonese
- 指拳頭嘅瞬間爆發力,或指用瞬間爆發力打出嘅拳,起手動作小但力量大
Examples
詠春係講求短橋寸勁,唔係大開大合。
Wing Chun relies on short arm movements and explosive power, not wide open postures.
李小龍一個寸勁就可以打到對手飛開。
Bruce Lee can use short jab of explosiveness to make the opponent flies away.
Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk