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Originally Posted by SwissPrecision
Hi Thai ... long time no debate [i haven't read the forum for weeks]. First of all, it's not called 'drop step', the corect term is 'falling step'; it showes how much you know about Dempsey's book. And it is present in corect WC, please hear me out: The falling step is a way of translating your body mass (m) on the step + lead leg that coresponds to your punching motion. In WT it's the same concept, only you don't step with your mass on the lead leg, you slide-step with your mass. Example: In WT it is sayed your weight must be placeted on the rear leg (let's call it point B) and with your front leg (point A) must be free of mass. We will call your oponent's CoM on the ground point C, now the corect WT step must move your mass (back leg !) from point B to point C.
NB: I box now, so I admit that sometimes you need to place your mass on your front leg. In boxing sparing it's great bc you don't have to worry about low thai kicks or take-downs.
And were ever did you see chain punchung in a boxing mach, remember Jack's book is from a spor-boxing perspective. Cheers.
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Nice to meet you and I have only just come into this forum but that explanation is bollocks, sorry been sitting for a few minutes trying to think of a more civilised way of saying what I think but it's the only suitable one,
While saying that I do teach that there is no weight the the front leg, but where I disagree with the WT methodology is trying to move forward like "Skippy", when moving in toward your opponent, closing the range down so that you are in hitting distance, the front leg steps and therefore has no weight on it so all the weight must be on the back leg, the big change is when the front foot lands it now has to be thought of as the "REAR" leg, even though it is in front of you!?! because as part of the motion into your opponent your body mass will be shifting to a point between what was the front foot (now rear) and your targets centreline, giving a structure that you can fire all the muscle groups through and into your opponent.
Once the front leg becomes the rear, what was the 'rear' now STEPS
NEVER SLIDES (reality check, rough ground not nice gym floor! nuff said lol) in a circling motion so that the knee covers your lower centreline as you move in, once it has protected the centreline from any attack in the split second it takes to make the move it now again obviously has no weight on it and is free to change into whatever is relevant, a defensive stop kick, leg trap, an attacking kick to leg (which ever joint) or merely landing with your FULL WEIGHT on it to use as a REAR LEG as you continue to move into your opponent.
Actually I teach what is closely related to the Dempsey 'falling step' specifically in the third part of Chum Kiu, however I change it slightly, whereas Dempsey co-ordinates the punch off the rear leg with the landing of the 'falling step', I maintain that you want to develop you twitch energies to kick in BEFORE the foot lands along with your inch-punch capabilities, if you are punching off the rear leg, once the front foot lands and becomes the rear you can then apply what Dempsey terms a shovel hook, which I relate to the uppercut in Biu Gee.
Well that should get the discussion rolling a bit so will leave it there and like a good boy on Bonfire Night I will stand back after lighting blue touch paper