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Originally posted by Keeper
Thanks for your replies guys
What I was taught was basicly that with the imaginary traingle facing away from my oponent, I can advance to him on either his left for rigth side and attack from those angles.
With the triangle facing towards him, i can move back and to either side, away from the attack in a largo range.
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Yup. I've been taught the same but call them, respectively, female and male triangles.
Here's a good article about some of it:
http://www.cea.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/...i-footwork.htm
However, the female triangle can also be used to retreat and the male can be used to advance. If you look at the picture in the article below, you'll see reference to the female and male triangles.
Normally, this is approaced as if you're standing in the middle of the box and facing North. Now, imagine standing at the base of the box and face North (so you're at the base of the male triangle) and your opponent is at the center of the box. Now you can step forward along the line of the male triangle to cut through the opponent's center line. Did that make any sense?
On the flip side, if you stand at the top of the box and face North, and step backward (retreat) along the female triangle line, you'll move your body off line to evade an incoming attack, but you won't really be giving up any ground.
So, basically, the female triangle can be used to gain ground or to hold ground. The male triangle can be used to gain ground or to retreat.
And, really, that's still just the tip of the iceberg
Another good resource for it is one of the Dog Brothers videos (I think it's the first in their series that talks about footwork).
Mike