I've been trying to get a hang of the 1 - 3 inch punch for awhile now and haven't made much progress. Though today I think I made a breakthrew! Ok, I understand how to do a corkscrew punch, cause its the first thing I learned, and I just applied that body motion to the one incher. I just did the corkscrew backwards!

Instead of twisting my hand from vertical to horizontal, I turned my hand from horizontal to vertical. When I do this, I find it much easier to throw the punch with the support of all my bodies joints (ankles,knees, hips, shoulders, elbows, wrist) that are commonly used in the punch.

I thought about how most boxers stand with their hands vertical, and throw corkscrews, and how Bruce Lee stands (in the movies) with his hands horizontal, and throws inchers.

Oh, just to avoid complications, I am aware that BLee usually fought with his hands vertically & threw his incher this way, but sometimes sanity can be found in the insantity of
Kung Fu movies.