Is Bruce Lee's straight Lead superior to the boxing Jab?

[AlexKid]

Why or why not?

Straight Lead (This is a 6 inch punch which is actually weaker than a straight lead, because it dosnt get to full extension/full speed/full power, but you get the point of the demonstration its a freakin powerful punch especially for a "jab")

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=vst9v6qvbJ0

VS

The boxing Jab

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=IBnBcGst5CI






A points of concern I heard from Grey not so old - he thinks the straight lead puts all the weight from the rear foot to the front foot, im not sure if this is true it certainly look like its the case/ is the case in his demo, if so he made a very good point that trying to follow it up with a rear cross would make the cross lousy since all the weight is already on the front foot.

[TonitosWay]

Bruce Lee's form and execution was that of legend; he's also a firm believer of the south paw stance. I think it is a matter of execution, not style.

[Sugarj]

Why or why not?

Straight Lead (This is a 6 inch punch which is actually weaker than a straight lead, because it dosnt get to full extension/full speed/full power, but you get the point of the demonstration its a freakin powerful punch especially for a "jab")

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=vst9v6qvbJ0

VS

The boxing Jab

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=IBnBcGst5CI






A points of concern I heard from Grey not so old - he thinks the straight lead puts all the weight from the rear foot to the front foot, im not sure if this is true it certainly look like its the case/ is the case in his demo, if so he made a very good point that trying to follow it up with a rear cross would make the cross lousy since all the weight is already on the front foot.

I'm not convinced that was actually Bruce Lee, though I have seen similar demonstrations by him in person. Its important to notice that the victim was face on, legs together.....any half decent professional boxer would surely get a similar result with one of their jabs against someone with a stance aimed to flatter the puncher.

We must also not forget that Bruce was not left handed, but he did favour the southpaw stance; he was very influenced by fencing, you can at times see this in his footwork. His lead hand would have naturally been comparatively strong.

I'm a big fan of Bruce Lee and have scratched away over the years amassing footage, books, articles, training plans, the works of Jeet Kune Do etc. I rate the guy very highly for much more than his movies and TV career.

But expect there to be a few comments on the thread in time which will mock him as being little more than a choreographed martial arts actor who had precious few actual fights (organised or not). His relevance in technique to a boxing training section may well be undermined.