A good question! Here is the difference:
The traditional Wing Chun/JKD blast is performed as follows:
Take a right lead. Throw a right vertical punch (a straight right punch with your fist held vertically as if you were holding a torch) at your opponent's nose. After the punch makes contact, drop the fist down a couple of inches to get it out of the way and immediately throw a left vertical punch to the same target. As the left punch shoots out, the right arm retracts to chamber for the next strike. After the left punch hits, drop the left hand down a few inches and throw another right punch, retracting the left arm as the right punch shoots out. Your hands move in a vertical loop, much like the chain on a bicycle. Meanwhile, your feet are push-shuffling forward to run your opponent down. This blast is extremely fast, but the punches are not particularly strong (since they do not utilize the hips much).
The "Burton blast" or "boxer's blast" goes like this:
Take a right lead. Throw a left boxer's cross (your left hand is horizontal, as if gripping a pull-up bar and your hips/shoulder rotate fully into the shot). After this left cross lands, simultaneously take a right step — this puts you in a left lead — and throw a right cross. Keep chugging forward with this lead-switching footwork and throwing crosses until your opponent collapses or takes defensive action.
Take care and train hard,
Jim McRae
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