Those students quit Kung Fu to follow sensei Derren the next day. lol

Derren sees the guy do a backroll from a one inch punch: I have before me a group of highly suggestible...

You completely nailed it. Very observant of you. He kept saying "fall" in the exact ways that you described. I noticed it too. Then when he touches the student first, he sets the anchor of physical contact to the stomach. Then when he backs away, he's reassuring the student that he can still feel it because the student is already in that mental state (as you have already revealed). Then when behind him, the student can still hear him make the swinging motion, however subtle. My opinion.

I wanted to see Derren try it on the Kung Fu Master...

Brilliant demonstration, i do believe he chose kung fu students for a reason, the chances of choosing some susceptible to these "techniques" are much greater in this environment (due to the teaching of "QI" or "CHI" within the arts foundation). You can find many other demonstrations like this, most are in the martial arts and are always demonstrated on the masters own students or on students within the art. Darren is not trying to debunk the one inch punch, its a proven skill.

your old stuff is still the best Derren!

2:14 the master is like 'WTF?!'

Did you hear Derren step right before he did it?

Very well performed. Derren is truly our times greatest 'Magician'.

Derren invites a kungfu master just so he can show him up live on TV LOL.

Well put.

To all that don't understand, the reason why it works is because the person the move is being performed on 'thinks' that these people have superhuman powers to knock someone out with a 1 inch punch or a 'force'. In Derren's case, the guy he used had preconceived ideas in his mind that Derren would be able to knock him down using a force, therefore when Derren gestured that he was outputting this force, the guy responded in pain. It's all in the mind.

Crumpled over in pain 'Its all in your mind' lmao

The one inch punch is a pretty extreme example of this. Also worth noting is that the distance traveled by his fist prior to impact is hardly "one inch." A more appropriate name might be the "no hip push." It's worth noting that certain schools of karate are actually very keenly aware of the importance of "penetrating" rather than "pushing" strikes, but people keep putting importance on circus tricks rather than sound fighting methods.

1:03 The "one inch punch" taking place over a foot

lol dude is so badass. he debunks shit without making other folks feel foolish or disrespected.

"that was very..violent" lmao love derren

I've only come across Derren Brown in the last week or so and I'm fascinated. I've seen different views on how he does his act. It seems even he admits that sometimes he pretends he's doing some kind of suggestion but isn't. I think that's a mistake. If at times he *is* achieving his effects through suggestion or subliminal techniques etc.,and sometimes he pretends to (and either stages it, or uses a more conventional "trick," ) then he casts suspicion on the times he is genuinely doing it.

I really wonder how he gets in their mind like that, especially to the point where he can knock a person down without facing them. He's on another level with mentalism. #derrenbrown #kungfu #students #mentalism

That's a nice counter-arguement, hats off to you.

Where is the full episode of this kungfu ? What is the dull

Correct. Plus, the position of the accomlice (prone & standing square) makes it easy to push him down--no leverage.

1 inch punch does not involve elbow-shoulder dynamics and is typically performed within few INCHES, preferably 1.

@lilogden because the first guy does a punch, derren has the next guy expecting something similar. He builds tension "can you feel that?" (suggestion that there is some force to be felt) derren throws the punch and in the guys mind, he receives derrens 'impact'. Derren takes in a breath as he is about to 'punch', therefore the behind one is part sound of movement, and he punches after his breath. It's suggestion. Try pretend punching someone but pull short the punch, they will crumple up too!

That's a very keen eye you have to notice that, it was a combination of watching several of his videos that made me believe generally these things are set up. Guessing people's jobs, aspirations, yeah it's too good to be true. Thanks for replying

600k congrats

that sound is coming from the person who is falling, notice it happens at the same time he falls without any delay. If derren was making the noise there would be a slight but noticeable delay.

Derren typically picks the more suggestible people from a crowd; he has techniques to decipher who is the most susceptible to suggestion and uses them. Further more, it has been widely agreed that hypnosis in front of a TV camera or an audience is more effective than a one on one session as the audience acts as a peer group that pressurises the volunteer to conform in ways they normally wouldn't. In this case the audience expects one to be hypnotised and that pressurises people into it more.

If I may interrupt, Derren did an interivew on a programme called "Frost Over The World", and the interviewer volunteered for one of Derren's tricks. Derren asked him to think of an object, and Derren didn't get it spot on. The interviewer told him so, but the next try, he got it spot on. People do 'take the fun out of it' sometimes, much like when he payed for stuff with fake money. One of the guys caught him out when he tried to pay for a hotdog, so it kind of proves it isn't staged.

Love that hairstyle Darren. ;)

to me it seems more like combination of anchoring and nlp. the "can you feel this" anchors the point where the punch will land, and programs the target to "feel" his touch even when there's no physical contact. also, the master's showcase is, as you say, a "template" for the expected effect. ...but how could the target respond when hit from behind,I have no idea to this day... probably by hearing derren's hand moving? or the delay would suggest he actually felt a burst of air from the movement?

That is pretty damn impressive

This Wing Chun guy isn't really doing a strict one inch punch per say, and the response of the person being punched looked a little fake too, the falling over part wasn't natural. As for people comparing this to the famous Bruce Lee one inch punch, sure he had less distance but one need to also realize that the person being punched was standing with 2 feet under the shoulders in a left to right fashion, not front and back, which means there are no support against a force pushing the person back which is why the person fell over, just try pushing a friend standing like that lightly and you will see how easy it is to fall over. As for Derren Brown's demo its very impressive indeed.

Wow, I guess they didn't think of that! Well done you've cracked the code.

Wicked observation.

Ive seen this video alot and this time when i watched It i finally understand what derren did. Hypnotism, the master does a display of a punch, you watch the guy get hit. Then derren gets a student. He does 3 hypnotic suggestions. The handshake, positioning the persons body and the shoulder rest. He has done many vid before when he puts someone under that will react to someone moving from behind them. Notice he imitates the masters punch even so his mind thinks it has the same effect.

My belief systems says that I only get hurt if kinetic energy and momentum are transferred - Shorinji Kempo

Note to self: don't start a fight with Derren Brown.

Derren do the staring contest into the camera on KZfaq do it through the camera.

He didn't laugh at his name, he laughed at the way he said thank you for volunteering even though he was chosen and didn't have much of a choice.

If look closely you'll notice that the guy blows the candle with his breath, not with his fist.

"Thank you for fall-unteering"

DB is such a Jedi :)

Now the poor monk will spend another year practising the Derren Punch!

Which series is this from?

if you listen carefully derren taps the ground when he does the "punch" from behind

I just cannot comprehend the fact that you are a human

What type of jacket is Derren wearing?

just don't let him ask you if you can feel anything

And he felt so proud, until Derren blew his mind away!

I like this video clip, and I like what Derren does, but I can't help but wonder why there's no reaction amongst the other students - even after the second demo they look unimpressed. I suppose is because they were there for the prep work so have seen it a few times already

That wasn’t 1”, the sift used about an 8” punch as he drew back each time before striking!!

the point is not to use it in fight in this way, the point is to learn to concentrate your energy so much, that any punch you do will carry more power, some part of the "one inch punch" characteristic.

Ol Darren broke their charade that the chinese learned from the indian witches=to the layman GURU'S....

@haroldmethven I am pretty sure it's from Mind Control

I won't when during that year of training he realized he could pull his hand back as far as he does and people still call it an inch.

the volunteer was already prehypnotized. Darren was looking to the back which suggested which person should be picked out from the group and he was moving to the side to expose Darren's chosen volunteer.

that was at least a 7 inch punch

Where is this from?

sorry to clarify by " one thing which is a lie is exposed" I mean you get convinced or discover or find out by yourself that one thing is truly a lie

Criss Angel is different though, his tricks are outrageous, splitting people in half, walking on water, climbing up walls, it's all just hidden props and actors. Derren is different, he is amazing at reading peoples signals and body language and using peoples beliefs to make them think things. It's psychological.

That's Tai chi!

As a martial artist I can honestly say that is not a one inch punch, he pulls his arm back bending his elbow... about 6 inches. If you want to see someone who can actually do it, watch the old videos of Bruce Lee.

Placebo works in both ways. And "kung fu" probably is the best chinese "export product" they ever made for "caucasians".

@SeoirseHughes constructive! And your theory is?

It's the good old PK touch trick: he invisibly kicks the poor guy's butt right between two frames in the video.

Strange...I never knew their inches were so big in China...6 inch punch doesnt sound quite as good :) Love the crazy Derren hair btw.

This so weird. I just can't even begin to get my head around how it works.

I tried to put out a candle like he did with the same punch. Shit's harder than it looks lol

Well in this sense and logic a person can die on just seeing Bruce Lee

Could be, but I don't think so. It sure doesn't look like it to me. An avalanche can knock down trees before it contacts them--a shock wave of compressed air builds up in front of the wall of moving snow, and it is the air that knocks down the trees. I think it's just the shock wave of his fist that puts out the candle. I can't do it, but I don't find it that impressive.

when he comes in hes says "fank you, fank you" then a little he says "you folunteered to get hit" then "fank you for falunteering", this serves as some sort of trigger to set off his trick when he then says "can you feel this?". also i think he asked the teacher to show him his technique so that would set an anchor in the students mind, and letting him CHOOSE the student, this would associate the punch with the master, thus the mind trick. i think thats what happens here but im cant be SURE !

He's a jedi.

isnt the point of what he's doing is that it's all in the individual's mind? so if the participant hears derren's movement behind them, then they're going to react because the punch is created in their subconscious from what they heard. derren is just very good at the art suggestion. doesn't mean it's fake.

That so called Grand master does not know how long an inch is!

Derren brown is a product of the Tavistock institute!

No, you suggested that you thought you had figured out how he was doing it, when all you did was pretty much quote what he said himself.

indeed

I've seen him do way much cooler stuff than this. This isn't entirely impossible if you think about it. Derren influences people's minds and if you can stop someone from feeling pain then you could logically fool him in thinking that he got hurt.

WOW that motherfucker has learned the ways of the force!!!

so it took him a year to learn a normal punch

I... never actually said some of his tricks weren't staged. I was just slagging off Criss Angel :)

Bas Rutten threw that kick by the way. lol Sorry I love that clip

The subconscious knows nearly everything.

They never say that to me...

He is a Wing Chun Master yet at the begining none of the students in the blue were doing wing chun.

i thought he hypnotized him

To all the kids screaming fake. Derren Brown uses many techniques, but has never done tricks on actors. When he speaks he uses suggestion, making sure everyone has the idea in their head, then they have to do what he wants because it's impossible for them not to. This technique makes people think of the animal he wants them to, makes people hide a coin in the hand he wants them to, and, in this case, react how he wants them to. I wouldn't be surprised if before this scene Derren gave a speech, convincing everyone how powerful and dangerous some (mythical) martial arts techniques are. I bet when the students applied Derrens team made them fill out all sorts of unnecessary forms so by the time the students were in the class, they were convinced something borderline supernatural would happen, and in that way, they all made it happen. EDIT: Furthermore, the one inch punch part COULD be staged by Derren, both participants being actors. Derren would then use this example to convince the student to feel pain when there was none. Derren has used actors in this way before, to further convince a real audience.

and if you are so eager to experience things, just be as more sceptic as you can, let it go and it would be possible to happen, but if you try to find those "strange"things then you just will fall in the trap, there is no right "way" if it happens its just happened, you cannot maipulate something you cannot understand how it works. it will only be a suggestion

Ha its crazy how powerful the mind is, pain, movement, feeling are all just information created by the mind afterall

ROTFL, One bunch putting out the candle ? The bloody wind that comes with it, blows it out. ROTFL

how does derren do it? archy his friend?

He flew across the room wtf

That's the longest "one inch" punch I have ever seen. Fraud.

It's because the actual thoughtform reaction is playing off the actual effect from the very first demonstration. Without giving the trick away entirely, the grounding is in the masters demonstration. It's quite a sneaky pattern this. Might even give it a go on some friends. LOL.

I just watched the video again to see if you had a point. I saw that the guy the instructor chose(he didn't call him with his name though which is weird) was in the start of the video doing some kungfu moves, and the reason Derren laughed was because he said ''thanks for volunteering'' as a joke, cause he didn't, he was picked by the instructor. So your argument is invalid.

being in kung fu hes probably done some sort of 'chi' meditations, predisposing him to this kind of hypnosis anyway

It's likely, that he DID hypnotise him. However, if he did, it happened ON the video (look up "handshake induction", it's not precisely that, but it will show you there are extremely quick, effective (and unexpected) ways to hypnotise people). However, I think not much hypnosis was involved, to me it seems to be more about anchoring and NLP.

@menegis its all to do with their expectations and trickery. actually if u believe someone can hypnotise u its so much easier for them to do it. the mind is a powerful thing and there is definately no supernatural crap around ^^ read his book, its a good insight

haha I've been meaning to try that...it is probably not easy