A technique in which one strikes an opponent with a punch from a literal (though, of course, there's always variation in length) one-inch windup. Power comes from a martial art concept, Fa Jing, commonly translated along the lines of "explosive power," to deliver backbreaking force as efficiently as possible.
Commonly believed to originate in Wing Chun kung fu, although similar techniques were and are used throughout southern China. Made popular in the west due to a display at Long Beach by the legendary Bruce Lee, who borrowed elements of said Wing Chun from his training in adolescence to create his own Jeet Kune Do.
Commonly believed to originate in Wing Chun kung fu, although similar techniques were and are used throughout southern China. Made popular in the west due to a display at Long Beach by the legendary Bruce Lee, who borrowed elements of said Wing Chun from his training in adolescence to create his own Jeet Kune Do.
For a particularly visual homage and/or example to the One Inch Punch, see Bruce Lee knockoff Fei Long's second Ultra combo in Super Street Fighter IV.
by Stefan-sama October 15, 2010
Get the One Inch Punchmug. by bamf10338 June 21, 2009
Get the double punchmug. Used in mostly moshcore and metalcore genres. Pretty much a hammer on or quick slide (usually a 1/32nd or 1/16th note) using two dissonant chords (7ths and 2nds for all you theory fanatics).
For example (in guitar tab):
C Tuning
(shark punch)
D|------------------------------
A|--------------------1617------
F|--------------------1920------
C|------------------------------
G|0---0----0--------------------
C|0---0----0--------------------
For example (in guitar tab):
C Tuning
(shark punch)
D|------------------------------
A|--------------------1617------
F|--------------------1920------
C|------------------------------
G|0---0----0--------------------
C|0---0----0--------------------
scene kid 1: dude that shark punch was so fucking brutal.
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metal kid: stfu nubz animosity 4 LYFE.
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metal kid: stfu nubz animosity 4 LYFE.
by OMFG SCENE TACHNO May 27, 2008
Get the shark punchmug. by ￦¥°¿¡ September 7, 2016
Get the One Punch Manmug. by Fixxx August 11, 2007
Get the sucker punchmug. To speak truthfully, without brown nosing or without being patronizing or without being sensitive and kind.
Susan did not pull any punches when she told Bobby what she thought of him running over her brother in the living room when Bobby was drunk and high on drugs and put the car in drive instead of reverse.
Yea, she tends to use a sledge hammer and nail to driver her point in.
I guess she figures it will stick to him that way.
Yea, she tends to use a sledge hammer and nail to driver her point in.
I guess she figures it will stick to him that way.
by mlhiss May 12, 2008
Get the not pull any punchesmug. n. A person who spoils a pleasant social situation.
This metaphor is powered by a particularly vivid contrast: the inviting sensory appeal of a festive beverage juxtaposed with the revolting suggestion of feculent contagion. Therefore, labeling someone a turd in the punch bowl is most appropriate when the individual's deleterious influence goes beyond mere faux pas or nuisance behaviors, and rises to the level of deliberate offense for its own sake. Consider that the literal act of depositing or excreting fecal matter into a communal food-service container would be sabotage.
The punch bowl and the feces connote certain additional nuances. The former is a symbol of public community, as such dispensers are frequently encountered at parties where they become a focal point for interaction. Freud famously identified feces with aggression and the possessive instinct. Thus a turd in the punch bowl suggests rage toward, and / or the urge to conquer, a community or society as a whole. Defecating into a punch bowl is a very public act, in contrast with poisoning the well or laying an upper decker, which are generally surreptitious. In particular then, to be a turd in the punch bowl is to be a willful and attention-seeking obstructor to the success of a social community.
This metaphor is powered by a particularly vivid contrast: the inviting sensory appeal of a festive beverage juxtaposed with the revolting suggestion of feculent contagion. Therefore, labeling someone a turd in the punch bowl is most appropriate when the individual's deleterious influence goes beyond mere faux pas or nuisance behaviors, and rises to the level of deliberate offense for its own sake. Consider that the literal act of depositing or excreting fecal matter into a communal food-service container would be sabotage.
The punch bowl and the feces connote certain additional nuances. The former is a symbol of public community, as such dispensers are frequently encountered at parties where they become a focal point for interaction. Freud famously identified feces with aggression and the possessive instinct. Thus a turd in the punch bowl suggests rage toward, and / or the urge to conquer, a community or society as a whole. Defecating into a punch bowl is a very public act, in contrast with poisoning the well or laying an upper decker, which are generally surreptitious. In particular then, to be a turd in the punch bowl is to be a willful and attention-seeking obstructor to the success of a social community.
The turd in the punch bowl was Brian, who had to go rat out our awesome senior prank idea to the principal.
by Carl Willis March 2, 2011
Get the turd in the punch bowlmug.