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[kingoftheforest]

You wanna see........????

Garland clean out your fing PM box.

[Tant01]

On the contrary...

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I posted me using the technique on the hit pads, at the end of the vid.

It should give you an idea of the power and speed that go into the actual application.

Enjoy, and Tant hope you love those elbows. You might see a few old friends hiding in this concept.

I still suck at explaining this stuff to a camera.

LOL I think your explanations are adequate. Words have never really been my THING either. SEEING it is much better.

Love the tater chip thing! LOL

[kingoftheforest]

Here a little more application. It hit the cutting room floor but wouldn't stay down.


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjWYfTCbbvI[/youtube]

[Tant01]

G. man...

Aside from a little Wing Chun and it's offshoots (wing tsun, etc) and people like Earl Montaigue, I don't think I've seen the applications for the Chinese martial arts explained in depth like this.

I appreciate your willingness to share your stuff like this. This gives me better perspective for the CMAs (most of what I'm used to seeing in the CMAs I pretty much readilly dismiss as impractical bunk or simply aesthetically pleasing coreography with little utility in a fight) but you seem to have worked your art to be REAL. That's important, man, and something most martial artists don't truly live up to.

Plus...I really like the elbows from the interview position.

When the hell am I going to see some knife work?

When you LOOK you will see it.

When someone has their arms crossed this way they may be simply hiding their WEAPON(s)...

Much of this style (FOOTWORK and angles) will apply perfectly with a reverse grip approach. take a look at that little hook blade in my avatar and consider again the implications and applications you could find here in his little video tutorial.

I'm digging it!

[Garland]

Garland clean out your fing PM box.

done and done... lol
I had something like 280 messages in there. What the hell? Never cleaned it out before. No wonder I was having trouble getting pm's.

and Tant...karambit applications...
didn't see it before, but now I do.

very nice.

[Movement]

wow i really don't agree with this concept, i'm sorry I mean no offence again

first of all I can see that even in a practice setting you have hindered yourself and increased the time it takes for you to execute the techniques.
I have actually been attacked like this whilst working a night club door, and I found this incredibly easy to see coming, all I needed to do was faint then jab, the guy was not intox he was banned from the venue the previous week for sexual harassment of one of the bar girls.

in my personal opinion i can see this as been dangerous either for the one executing it of some poor sap who has never had any training or fight experience.

but in saying that it probably has worked for you in the past seeing as we have had a similar background.

[mellow]

What concept are you talking about?

[Movement]

folding of the arms prior to attacking

[kingoftheforest]

It's a variation of an old KF set up called "Old Man with pipe and cane".

It's been around for a while and I have seen variations in other arts.

I don't understand how having your weapons online with your opponent but in a relaxed state, is any less advantageous than holding them up in front of your face and cluing your attacker in.

What would you advocate as opposed to this position?


Just so I have a reference to what your thought process would be.

[Movement]

having your attacking tools online to attack is one thing but trapping your own arms in by crossing them is a problem in my eyes, but i'm one of these people who use body language in a conflict so i tend to keep my arms raised ready to go without making it look like i am ready for any thing. my guard is up and attacking tools are online, i have also the option of creating a distance if need be.

again you know me no offence intended, just discussing my point of view

[kingoftheforest]

having your attacking tools online to attack is one thing but trapping your own arms in by crossing them is a problem in my eyes, but i'm one of these people who use body language in a conflict so i tend to keep my arms raised ready to go without making it look like i am ready for any thing. my guard is up and attacking tools are online, i have also the option of creating a distance if need be.

again you know me no offence intended, just discussing my point of view

No offense taken.

Are you moving your arms when they are raised? Gesticulating? Waving them?

What about the position of one hand on the chin the other across the chest?

What about the fact when the arms uncross they both move through the space needed for the attack to come in a natural flowing movement?

the arms uncross using the "flinch" reflex. Instead of moving back and away with the initial "twitch" it is used to power the unload of your arms.

[Movement]

not so much waving, too un-controlled. but yes gesturing

yes i do agree with one folded and one on the chin, used to use that alot when i was bouncing, but not in the way you are showing, more as an instant defensive reaction to some tool throwing a sneak attack out.

my problem has more to do with reaction time then anything else

[kingoftheforest]

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my problem has more to do with reaction time then anything else

This is an important part of any type of fighting.

[Movement]

then why cross your arms and reduce that precious time you have to react????

[kingoftheforest]

then why cross your arms and reduce that precious time you have to react????

Because if I'm standing in front of you with my arms loosely crossed and I am under the impression your going to attack, as soon as you move all I have to do is step in and uncross my arms. If your waving your hands in front of me, even controlled, my threat assessment is going to be higher. At any time one of those waves could become a strike.

If I'm the twitchy sort that may get you prematurely smack, and isn't helping any to deescalate or calm the other person down.

Any attack you throw will be picked off because I am eating the space you need to launch the attack.

I think you are discounting the fact that I won't be standing still in front of you when this happens.

I guess we may have to agree to disagree here.

i don't see how to verbally explain it any better, and I think the vid covers it pretty good. I'm not trying to be rude but this seems like it is starting to circle, then we will just be chasing our tails.