Do these techniques give you an edge on the street?

[SevenStar]

it might translate into

 

'one encounter, one chance'

 

but that does not necessarily mean one hit kills.

 

you have to remember that you are giving meaning to something that has been traslated loosely into english.

 

looking at it (and using cantonese as a comparison) i think it means

 

you do not waste opportunity - you do not do anything half hearted.

 

give all you can or give none at all, if you like.

 

same thing. A full power, non half hearted strike - it's intent is to destroy. the hard, conditioned fist to a vital point. The goal is a one punch kill. Is that likely to happen? Nah, but that's the goal they were striving for.

[Drunken Monkey]

well, just trying to point out that anyone talks about one hit kills, well, they're off their trolley...

 

i think there was similar thread not too long ago, about the fallacy of one hit kills.

 

anyway, if you're familiar with cantonese you'll know of the difficulties in translating some things.

 

there's a lot of confusion over the translation of the term, yat jiu (one technique/move/movement/exchange)

 

the confusion is over what exactly constitutes the exchange (jiu).

 

in some cases, it IS one hit (technique) but sometimes it is more than one hit(technique) but the intention is still the same: to finish in one exchange.

 

just to make it clear, i am stating the case for cantonese because it is my mother tongue.

[Treebranch]

Throw and stomp.