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- From: ras@athena.mit.edu (Richard A Shandross)
- Newsgroups: rec.martial-arts
- Subject: Re: Getting to grappling range.
- Keywords: grappling, judo
- Message-ID: <1992Nov15.182628.666@athena.mit.edu>
- Date: 15 Nov 92 18:26:28 GMT
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- Scott:
-
- Snipping helps the person who has not read the original post to know what was
- said. What's your objection to it?
-
- Any chance your skills in dodging are good enough to dance away from the
- opponent's fist but towards his/her inside range? That would be a Tai Chi
- way to do it. For example, opponent punches with right arm, you move to your
- _right_ - *after* oppon. commits to the punch - and step in. Even possibly
- making a second step which gets your other foot behind him to topple him.
-
- As for covering the upper arm, one can get a good jolt from a punch which is
- delivered with a minimum of movement, so long as the whole body moves in an
- integrated way; ie, careful. Also, a good fighter can sometimes jolt you with
- the shoulder if the arm is impeded.
-
- The upper arms are only more accessible if the opponent is unskilled with
- his/her hands, or as I noted above, has committed the hands in an attack. Your
- window of opportunity is small; you have to be very sensitive and have good
- reflexes, without telegraphing your movement yourself.
-
- As for kicks, I think it depends on the speed of the person's kicks, and how
- rooted he/she is in delivering them. If the person is slow, one can get
- directly in to grappling range by jamming the kick at its inception. If the
- person is not stable in the supporting leg, the kick is weak and one can likely
- take much of the impact in an unsensitive area, such as the thigh or even the
- side of the body though the latter is a bit of a gamble. (The best bet for a
- weak high kick is to catch it on the arm or with the hand, and keep moving
- forward - you will unbalance and probably even topple the kicker.) Don't
- rush in testicles first. :-) If the person is fast and strong, you can do
- the dodging and entering trick I mentioned above for handwork.
-
- Rich
-