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Old 05-02-2006, 02:52 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Sagacious Lu
Kung fu spends a lot of time on rolling and break falls. In all seriousness though that was something that playing football drilled into me. When you get hit at a dead sprint by someone that out-weighs you by 100+ pounds you either figure out how to roll with it or you get hurt. It's a little bit trickier if you're holding a weapon though.
Which styles kung fu?

I have a hard time with it, with not immediately tensing up. And I tried some Muay Thai rolls in the park with a friend and had a hard time keeping my rolls centered, aligned, tight. Tried for about a half hour and then moved on to other techniques...

Something to work on.
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