hi michael,
how are you??? i hope all it's ok in denmark!!!!
well, the straightblast......
i usually say to my students that it is a very good tool but if you use it well and with the right timing.....considering it separately, it is not a so difficult tecnique, what is hard to mastering, for be able to apply it very well, is the timing that you need to insert it and to apply it in fighting!!!!!
i use both the two ways, thanks to sifu Burton i discovered the boxe straight blast.
i think that both have advantages and disadvantages, like all the tecniques naturally......
personally i feel more power given by the legs mouvement in the regular straight blast using the run mouvement of the legs (not the classical wing chun footwork, too static!), i prefer to use it in situations like: after a jeet tek, a cover, a gunting, after a good thai kick to my opponent leg or a straight kick to the groin.........i feel it more dynamic considering the position of my body e the pressure that i give running versus the opponent related to the concept of the economy of motion applied with speed, power and balance......
considering the position of my body and the body mechanic, i prefer to use the boxe straight blast starting from a middle range situation or when i am boxing my opponent.
ciao from italy....
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