sectoring

[treelizard]

What is sectoring in JKD? Does it just refer to different ranges and targets on different parts of the opponent's body? Or is it about relative positioning of you and your oponent? Is sectoring in JKD different than sectoring in Jun Fan? When you train sectors, does that just mean that you're developing counters or follow-ups for different angles and positions?

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[aseepish]

Sectoring is pretty much a simultaneous parry and attack (e.g. a split entry), and thus more about relative positioning than range. I was taught sectoring in the context of the entry to trapping/clinch range, and was as much drawn from Kali/Silat as from Jun Fan.

Guro Steve Grody has a tape on the subject, I believe. Time to dust off my VHS collection and see what I've got in there.

[Tim McFatridge]

Just wanted to add my two cents and to this thread. Aseepish is correct in that sectoring deals more with body/hand positioning than it does range. My first instructor taught us 4 sectors in the beginning which dealt strictly with the hands. Later he taught us sectoring with the feet/legs which came from Silat. Back to the first four that he taught us... they were taught off of a jab or a cross. Lets say your opponent throws a jab and a cross you can do Sector 1- outside parry to finger thrust (bil gee), Sector 2- split entry (outside parry with your left hand and right hand strike to the face or throat), Sector 3- inside parry with right hand and left hand strikes face/throat(won pak) and Sector 4 is when the guy throws a wide punch- left hand does tan sao block right hand does strike to face or throat. You can follow up all of these with a variety of traps,locks, or takedowns...or go right into boxing combos.

Hope that is easy to follow
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[Tant01]

For the "simple" poop on sectoring think of it as a way to divide a given problem (or AREA or type of attack or formation) into smaller more easily managed sub sectors (problems). You can eliminate the CROSS problem from the JAB/CROSS attack by stepping to the outside of the JAB. You can further sector the response to the JAB itself into various sub sections (sectors). I like to put my knife in the path of his fist myself but that is only ONE solution to the problem.

[aseepish]

I dug out my old Steve Grody Trapping tapes this long weekend and watched the Sectoring tape. Here are my notes:

#1: Split Sector (step outside)
#2: Inside parry and hit (woang pak sao)
#3: Outside parry and hit (woang pak sao)
#4: Outside slap and hit (pak sao)
#5: Cutting from the outside (kuen siu kuen)
#6: Guide and hit (follow up sector)/Cover and hit
#7: Inside slap and hit (pak sao) (follow up sector)

Sector Combinations (with appropriate footwork)
#1 vs. Jab, #6 vs. Cross
#1 vs. Jab, #6 (same arm) vs. Lead Hook
#5 vs. Jab, #7 vs. low cross
#1 vs. Jab, #2 vs. cross
#1 vs. Jab, #1 vs. cross
#2 vs. Jab, #7 vs. cross
#2 vs. Jab, #1 vs. cross
#2 vs. Jab, #2 vs. cross
#2 vs. Jab, #5 vs. cross
#2 vs. Jab, #3 vs. cross
#3 vs. Jab, #6 vs. cross
#3 vs. Jab, #2 vs. cross
#4 vs. Jab, #7 vs. cross
#4 vs. Jab, #2 vs. cross
#5 vs. Jab, #7 vs. cross
#5 vs. Jab, #2 vs. cross
#7 vs. Jab, #2 vs. cross
#7 vs. Jab, #7 vs. cross
#6 vs. Jab, #2 vs. cross
#6 vs. Jab, #6 vs. cross
#6 vs. Jab, #1 vs. cross

Follow ups: Sector to monitor/jam B's other hand rather than sector+hit;
rear hand follow up strikes; elbows; knees; straight blast.

Counter-Sectoring examples:

A: Attack B: Counter
A: Sector #1 - B: Sector #5
#2 - #3
#5 - Bong sao
#3 - #3
#3 - #5
#6 - #6
#7 - #7
#3 - #4

Key attribute: TIMING

[treelizard]

Thank you!!!!