TMA techniques that work

[blitz]

You could practice them against a dummy bag that has the face on it. To make it more live, you could get someone to wear a motorcycle helmut with a strong face shield and throw finger jabs at it.

For example, your opponent comes at you with a jab or a cross and you parry and come back in with the finger jab or slip the punch and go for a rake.

Yeah good idea, and make the eyes made of a good material which has water or something soft so you can practice your finger jabs without getting a broken finger :P

Anyway dosen't a BOB Bully or whatever its name is have all that? I'm not sure I've never seen one in front of me.

[medic06]

I think the thread misses the point (Sorry Tom!).

It isn't the technique. They almost ALL work. But only if the TRAINING METHOD to learn them is effective.

For example, a right cross isn't all that different from a Karate Reverse Punch. But think of this, who will make it work? The guy who trains against pads, bags and opponents ((with safety equipemnt of course) or the guy who marches up and down a dojo punching at thin air like a robot? Only supplementing it by semi contact sparring (and, of course, the body mechanics of punching hard and pulling punches is vastly different).

So there really is no question of which traditional technique works. It is a question of which training method works.

You are right on!

[Sagacious Lu]

To make it more live, you could get someone to wear a motorcycle helmut with a strong face shield and throw finger jabs at it.

For example, your opponent comes at you with a jab or a cross and you parry and come back in with the finger jab or slip the punch and go for a rake.

That's a great idea.

[Sensei Saki]

A great idea is a terrible thing to waste.

[blitz]

A great idea is a terrible thing to waste.

Quoted for truth.