Physical guard is used in both striking art and wrestling art. Your arms act like insect whiskers to sense the environment.
The guy on the right keeps his sword behind his body. He has no guard. He invited his opponent to attack him. He then counters it. You need to have good speed in order to do so.
until it does...
For hands only.
This is the first thing I look for as well in all martial arts except for MMA. MMA is such a mix bag of taking pieces of systems that it's not possible to know if they trained in one system or not.
Good speed and excellent timing. Unless you are in your teens and 20's where the reaction time is naturally better than someone in their 40's and 50's. Encouraging the strike you want is also a good plan. Never let your opponent choose the strikes to throw. Always do things to encourage the strike that you want. This makes it less of a guessing game.
This is easy to do. You can always set the sparring rule that student can only win that round if they use a certain technique they train.
I agree and unfortunately that is one rule that I did not make in sparring. I will probably do it the next time I teach Jow Ga depending on the person I'm teaching and their willingness to try and explore with a technique. Your way addresses a person's desire to win. Shape what counts as winning.
2 man sets can be useful if used correctly. However the major problem with 2 man sets is that they are usually System A vs System A.
Straightening both arms (Zombie) while trying to grab can get you KOd.
Yes. In Holloway vs Topuria, Ilia...
This reminds me of someone trying to stop a linear punch. Cicular punche can not be stopped at the bicep or the shoulder, in short because the energy of the punch isn't coming forward, it's coming from the side. This is the expected outome. Had he kept his arm at the original angle that he had and sent pushed the arm into the circular punch then he would have been able to keep that punch from landing on his facce like that. He made the same mistake twice in that video. clip.
it looks like he got hit with a Hammer Fist.
Yeah the problem is my spelling lol but I corrected. it. .I should be Systm A vs System A.
It's getting you used to the distancing, positioning, timing and movements of System A. Jow Ga vs Jow Ga 2 man set = everything about your opponent is distancing, positioning, timing, and movement of Jow Ga.
lol Only when you don't go out. lol Jow Ga kung fu only made sense to me when I stopped doing Jow Ga Kung Fu vs Jow Ga Kung fu. Once I started sparring against other people outside of Jow Ga, things began to make more sense and thanks to that I advanced faster in 1 year than most people do in 5 years. I also take pride that I can use almost all of the techniques in the beginner form Sei Ping with the exception of 2. 1 can't do because I don't understand and the other, I can't do because I'm overweight and too slow with that technique.
and the spelling is still bad. I can't spell "it" nor can I spell "System."
This is done most of the time by showing a particular guard that seemingly leaves you open to certain lines of attack. This passive method of eliciting/luring a certain attack from the opponent often works but does have its drawbacks. 1. The openings you provide may not be attacks the opponent likes/is able to do. 2. On the other hand, he may be very good at those attacks, and even if you're expecting them, they may come faster and stronger than you can handle or may come with a surprise twist. I think this strategy is best done when you are familiar with the opponent's fighting style/skills. 3. The opponent may see thru your ploy. In the end, it is you that must respond to an attack the opponent has initiated. This carries some degree of risk.
