Favorite unique attack?
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Ironbear24
Senior Master
My signature move, the Ursine uppercut!!! It ends with me taking their picanic baskets and leaving once they are quivering in the fetal position.
My favourite is to catch that roundhouse and sweep the other leg so that as my mother used to put it... 'it spilts his difference'.
My favorite is a straight shot to a guy that is just plain standing too close to do anything about it. 
oftheherd1
Senior Master
Not an easy question for a Hapkidoist. We seldom attack, but react to attacks with defenses.
mograph
Master of Arts
Your move, Montana!
EddieCyrax
Blue Belt
Grab my opponents lead hand with my lead left hand directing it downward, immediately followed by a straight right to their nose......
Doubtful you can catch it. I use my FRONT leg, just a quick little flip using my toes or top of the foot to whack the target. I don't throw it to the torso unless I know full well it will land becausse your guard is high.Your move, Montana!
I'm quite used to round house kicks off the front leg, we make sure we can do all kicks off both legs front and back. Less power off front of course. I'm quite practised in catching even flippy kicks, if I don't catch them though I have the choice of Thai blocking them or 'guiding them past me and putting you off balance, that would hurt even your toes, probably break them in fact. Seen all of those that done quite a few times and practiced many many times. We like to be prepared for little tricksies.
mograph
Master of Arts
A buddy of mine showed me a close-range attack: fists to head and mid-level, but kick to the knee/instep at same time (or delayed just a hair). It takes balance, and is only good in-close, but the opponent is focused on the upper attacks and the foot is outside the opponent's angle of view when close.
For the fists - are you referring to a u-punch, or two punches in rapid succession, or something else? I have never been able to get power successfully from a u-punch, and imagine it would be tougher when on one leg.
What I do like is, since I'm a fan of closing distance, throw a punch to the face with no intention of landing it, but to dostract/take up field of vision, so I can get close quickly and do a sweep while they focus on my hands/sudden instep.
mograph
Master of Arts
Two in quick succession, elbows in.
But what my friend doing is similar (with a kick rather than a sweep) to what you do, but I think that he intends to land the fists just in case -- a percentage play.
Ok, without squaring off, you execute a low lead hand jab, and catch them in the nose, with a high straight punch, off the back hand. That is a U-Punch. It doesn't look like much in a tournament; so, the big "U" was created. Lose that.
Realized I never responded to this. We do something very similar then. If my strike is going to hit, I will absolutely hit rather than pull back/leave it there, it's just not the purpose of the strike.
