Jack Dempsey, champion boxer, was also a researcher, writer, and student of the 'manly art of fist fighting'. This was his take on boxing for self defense. His book starts with the scenario of a world champion heavyweight boxer walking down the street. A 20 pound baby falls out a window above him and drops on his head. ( yeah, not a politically correct opening nowadays). He answers his own question as to what happens to the boxer, with he will probably be knocked out, and certainly injured in some way. Point is such a small person has the potential to deliver huge force.
Bruce Lee picked up on this and had students who were smaller and didnt believe they had enough power, to jump off a high stair or ledge, down onto a person with a hitting pad. Students found with the aid of gravity and clamping down as they dropped, they could generate huge amounts of force.
WT has this method of training( minus the stairs), as well as rising step, and turning step as main ways of generating power. There is some truth in saying Wt has only 3 punches. A rising punch, a falling punch, and a turning punch.
In actual useage we access at least 2 of the methods for power. Shown in the video is the way to use 'falling step' as method for generating enough power to knock out an opponent. Think of this as 'body english' on your punches. Use the image of a great movement boxer like Manny Pacquano to get the idea. Or Jack Dempsey.
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