Right now I'm focusing on my stances and footwork. The skill set that I will develop with be centered on that aspect of martial arts.
That sounds very abstract. With an abstract goal, it can be hard to judge your own progress.
I agree. I don't want to think of things as "Only defense" or "Only offense" I think to do so will only cause me to run into dead end analysis and understanding of some of the techniques that I'm trying to understand.
It's only abstract for now because I have to find a new solution. I could use the solutions that I already know and be more specific, but then that means I'm not expanding my knowledge. However, if I'm right about the technique that has that short jump. Then I would have learned something completely new. Then I can specifically train for that new technique.
I disagree. I think focusing on utilizing your stances is a very specific goal. So long as you (in this case jowga) pay attention to the stances, when he used them, and how effective they were, he can see his own progress.
If JowGaWolf tries to develop a specific entering strategy and a specific finish strategy, his goal will be more concrete.
That's another step in it. One step is practicing a specific stance, and learning how to attack and defend in it. You don't expect to win in that stance for a while, but it's useful.
I assume JowGaWolf may have passed that training stage already.
I'd agree, but it sounds like he went back to that step. Which is never a bad thing, to go back to the fundamentals.
You know amusingly I've been having the exact opposite debate somewhere else. Someone insisting that dan bien and xie xing can only ever be used as takedowns, and using them as strikes is just wrong, and only works against rubbish people
Agree with you 100% there. 1 point contact is only push. Multiple points contact is throw. But some people believe push = throw.You know amusingly I've been having the exact opposite debate somewhere else. Someone insisting that dan bien and xie xing can only ever be used as takedowns, and using them as strikes is just wrong, and only works against rubbish people
I'll pass lol. there was a time I could pull that off, but that day has long since gone. Just looking at it makes me think I'm going to be out for 5 weeks lol.
I enjoy counter attacks and that requires me to be comfortable with my defenses as well has being able to bait my opponent. If I can control or encourage my opponent's movement then very few of his attacks will be a mystery. In this case, I will have to encourage him to do a single leg take down when I'm ready and when I want it.
I lucked up with this guy. He has trained TMA and MMA so it gives me a really good range of attacks and defenses.
Tunnel Vision is TMA's worst enemy. It sneaks in, but that's not the worst. It can take months or days before the practitioner realizes that he's only been looking at one aspect of a technique and not the full options of a technique. This is bad for us, because kung fu people also say. "One technique could have multiple applications." but get into heated debates and say that "It's only used for this and not that" or "It's only used one way and not another"You know amusingly I've been having the exact opposite debate somewhere else. Someone insisting that dan bien and xie xing can only ever be used as takedowns, and using them as strikes is just wrong, and only works against rubbish people
He even tried to make an argument to authority to someone he has met a handful of times from what I understand, but that same person teaches these moves as strikes.
There's some funny old people out there
What are your favorite single leg takedown defenses?
Wow! Impressive.
