Good answer Jim,
The underhook takes a lot of practice to get the feel of it, but once you do it is very valuable. If you are underhooked, you can manipulate the opponent's body more than from an over hook, and you can drop to leg attacks from an underhook. If you have the overhook, you can't drop without first letting go of the overhook, and then changing levels. The underhook has many options, as Jim pointed out, and if you are overhooked you basically give your opponent the underhook. We need to work both, especially with stickfighting where you will often first overhook the stick arm to control it. Keep working on both, and feel how to use them both interchangeably. Best way to train it is to spar it!
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