Demonstração do One Inch Punch
The Secretary General of the Moy Yat Institute, Senior Master Thiago Pereira, presents

The One
Inch Punch

It was never about power. It was about invisible capability, and how it gets built.

By Thiago Pereira, Senior Master, International Moy Yat Ving Tsun FederationSecretary General, Moy Yat Institute, professional since 2008

Bruce Lee’s famous demonstration has fascinated the world for decades.

Most people see speed. Some see biomechanics. Very few realise they are looking at something else entirely: the visible expression of kung fu refined into art.

What this e-book is not

A martial arts manual, or a technique to copy from a demonstration clip.

What this e-book is

A study of how deep capability is built, using one strike as the clearest, most compressed example available.

The same structure that makes a strike work is what makes a decision, a team, or a master and disciple hold together.

The One Inch Punch is a physical case study of a principle that shows up everywhere once you know to look for it: the visible result is never the starting point. What precedes it is.

What executives carry
Staying sharp without ever being seen as tired, or weak.
Ving Tsun concept
Remaining functional, not invincible.
What executives carry
Deciding fast, with incomplete information, without panic.
Ving Tsun concept
Body Cognition, judgement built into the body, not deliberated each time.
What executives carry
Handing off real judgement to a successor, not just tasks.
Ving Tsun concept
Mind-to-mind (心法) transmission, capability, not just information.
What executives carry
Attention fragmented across meetings, messages, and people.
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Undivided focus, the same attention a strike demands to land.
What executives carry
Reaching every goal, and still asking, quietly, “now what?”
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Process over accumulation, what you built to get there, not what you got.

A surgeon in a difficult case.

Different names, different cases, different professions. What they share is not talent in the usual sense, it is capability built so thoroughly it no longer needs to be summoned. This e-book uses the punch to make that structure visible once, so it becomes recognisable everywhere else it appears.

Martial artistsFoundersSurgeonsExecutives

Ying, Faat, Ging: appearance, process and energy actually follow.

Not a checklist. An order of operations, observed rather than invented, argued through in full, layer by layer, across the e-book.

01
Ying

Appearance. The position a strike is seen in, at its start or its end, what the eye actually witnesses, and the layer almost every demonstration mistakes for the whole punch.

02
Faat

Process. The order of movement the body follows once the appearance is set, the sequencing that actually carries a strike from where it starts to where it lands.

03
Ging

Refined energy. What arrives at the target once appearance and process are already in place, never the starting point.

Master Thiago

For twenty-seven years, I have studied under one of the most respected lineages of Ving Tsun.

This e-book is not a demonstration of what I know. It is an invitation into the world where I learned it, a world most people never get to see past the demonstration itself.

  • Senior Master, International Moy Yat Ving Tsun Federation
  • Secretary General, Moy Yat Institute
  • Director, Rio de Janeiro Access Hub, Moy Yat Ving Tsun Safeguard Group
  • Practising Ving Tsun continuously since 1999, professional since 2008

What the e-book actually walks through.

Not a highlight reel. The argument, made in full, with the body as evidence.

The Ying/Faat/Ging framework in fullWalked through from first principle to final application, not summarised in a paragraph.

Step-by-step technique photographyClear images showing body position and execution at each stage, not a single blurry demonstration frame.

Common structural errorsWhat actually breaks the punch, and how to recognise it in your own practice without a partner watching.

Lineage contextWhere this understanding of the punch comes from within my experience under Moy Yat lineage.

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What people say about Senior Master Thiago.

From People 1

"...What makes this e-book such a remarkable work is its authenticity in the first person: the genuine account of a disciple seeking not recognition, but knowledge, through the path of living in close proximity to his Si Gung 師公 (Shīgōng 师公); a search for full legitimacy as a martial descendant of Patriarch Moy Yat 梅逸 (Méiyì 梅逸)...""

Master Keith Markus
(Thirteenth Generation of the Moy Yat Lineage)
Disciple of Senior Master Thiago Pereira
From People 3

"...Thiago is my best friend, the brother life gave me. I admire him both as a human being and as a professional; he is someone I look up to and who inspires me to become a better person..."

Ricardo “Rico” Rabelo
Best friend (friendship that began at birth)
From People 2

"...Over the past few years, I have accompanied my Si Fu 師父 (Shīfù 师父) on countless journeys to Sao Paulo, in search of this experience alongside his Si Gung 師公 (Shīgōng 师公) Grandmaster Leo Imamura. Journeys that began at four o'clock on Friday mornings and continued until ten o'clock on Sunday evenings..."

Lucas Eustaquio
(Thirteenth Generation of the Moy Yat Lineage)
Disciple of Senior Master Thiago Pereira

This is not an e-book on its own. It’s the opening chapter of a line of thought.

The same structure runs through everything else I write. The One Inch Punch is simply where it is most visible, because the body cannot lie about what it has and hasn’t built.

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A few honest answers.

Do I need prior Ving Tsun experience?

No. The framework is built to be understood from first principles, though practitioners of any striking art will recognise the structural ideas immediately.

Is this the full Ving Tsun curriculum?

No, this e-book is focused specifically on the One Inch Punch and the Ying/Faat/Ging principle behind it, not the complete system.

What format do I receive?

A digital e-book, delivered instantly after purchase, in English.