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- From: drury@helix.nih.gov (Richard Drury)
- Subject: Re: Wing Chun Trapping, Boxing
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.183113.15431@alw.nih.gov>
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- Organization: National Institutes of Health, Bethesda
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 18:31:13 GMT
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- actize@garnet.berkeley.edu () writes:
- >I wrote:
- >>...the trick is to trap off the hand
- >>of your opponent that poses the most immediate threat.
- >
- >Not so. If the opponent has a 45 in his left and a popgun in his right, which
- >would you worry about ?
-
- Frankly, I wouldn't waste time trying to figure out which was a
- weapon and which was a toy. In a self-defense situation, my
- working hypothesis is that any handgun-like object pointed at me
- is a lethal threat. So, I would have to worry equally about
- both. But, if your question is which one would I work on first,
- my answer is the one nearest to me. You only have a fraction of
- a second to beat his trigger finger and no second chances, so
- you neutralize the gun you can reach quickest firstest.
-
- Note, I'm not implying here that I can handle two-gun Pete.
- Beating a single gun is hard enough. I can only do it
- consistently against opponents (training partners) who make
- serious tactical errors (e.g, come too close, let me put my
- hands in an advantageous position, talk too much, etc.). But
- two guns would be a roll of the dice. Fortunately, I don't
- think there are too many bad guys out there who actually fight
- this way. Holding two guns makes it difficult to snatch your
- wallet, rip open your blouse, or whatever.
-
- >>For example, take the position that results from your zoning in
- >>and toward the right. In this position, it is his left hand
- >>that threatens you most immediately because he can stick it in
- >>your face quickly. He can't reach you as quickly with a right
- >>hand because he would have to change position to hit you that
- >>way. So, his left hand is the one you want to trap. You use your
- >>right hand to do the trapping because this opens up the best
- >>line of counterattack. You could use your left hand to do the
- >>trapping, but that would leave you in stalemate since you can't
- >>reach him to counterattack with your right anymore easily than
- >>he can reach you. By using your right hand to do the trapping,
- >>you leave your left free to punch him immediately in the face."
- >
- >Well, you lost me there.
-
- Sorry, it was a (poor) attempt to describe a situation where you
- might want to trap your opponent's left hand using your right.
- Maybe these diagrams will help. Figure 1 is the starting
- position, an aerial view of player "=" facing player "-" with
- their L and R sides marked. Figure 2 shows player = moving in
- and to the right. Figure 3 shows player = using his right hand
- to trap and clear player -'s left, and using his left hand to
- punch player - in the face.
-
- R-----L R-----L R-----L
- L R
- | \
- L=====R +=====+
- L=====R / / /
-
- 1. 2. 3.
- --
- Richard A. Drury National Institutes of Health
- drury@helix.nih.gov 31/B3C27, Bethesda, MD, USA
-