The Technique Thread

Bloomin' Southpaws... ;p

 

adjust for taste

 

I was gonna "correct" the video by mirroring it aroind. Lol

 

I posted this in another thread, but this one is probably the better place for it. It's only short and REALLY dark, but hope it is useful

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgfIG-d8PlM"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgfIG-d8PlM[/ame]

 

Ja, its one of those things where the less we analyse and try to translate someone's left to our right, the better off we are

 

I do this rather differently and my pivot point is the rear hip for the 'jab' and the front hip for the 'cross' (generally moving the feet in both).

 

if someone cuts the hypothetical bungee cord, wouldn't you actually end up punching yourself in the shoulder?

fwiw mine are (or at least i think they are) more similar to john's. i really should reshoot that abomination of a video attempt that i made on krotty stepping as i use (or, again, think i use ) one of the principles therein, namely, removing the front foot (rather than actively stepping) so that my weight naturally moves forwards as a result of the "soft" rear knee immediately followed by a very short rear leg push (no front support + soft rear knee: fall down and forwards; + short rear push = slide forwards rather than rise). this way my entire body is moving, and if my torso structure isn't derpy i can essentially arm punch and still get some impact, and i can also freely rotate along the centerline, as the centerline itself is moving, reducing the effect of having the rear side moving backwards. re: arm and shoulder: for me, for a jab-type punch, the concept is that fist leads, and everything else trails behind it (although of course that's physically biomechanically ****-backwards ). mostly KF influence there, tbh (northern shaolin li quan and CLF charp chui) and most definitely not a 'proper' krotty punch

 

Understood

Right. I said "moving away from the opponent" whereas I should have said " the rear shoulder moving away too much or to the point where one's front is approaching nearly 90° from one's jab arm - as you demo'd at 1:06 in your video.

Error on my part - not yours!

Also, when I noted that pivoting coming from the centre line, I was using the term as a point of reference which worked for me in visualising how it would look

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Of course, I warn't meaning one could actually physically pivot from a centre point in their chest, lol. Just a visual point of reference.

Sorry for the confusing post.

 

There is no perfect jab or anything realy because the reality is that during a fight you are constantly changing position and the situation is constantly changing. There are many ways to jab depending on these things or on what you get the chance to do.
I would therefore agree and disagree on the clip.
Three fundamentals I would liked to have seen are the use or awareness of the lead shoulder protecting the chin before, during and after the jab and the use or awareness of the top of the head to take punches. In other words I'd rather be hit on the shoulder ,or secondly the top of the head, than the chin or face. I know I'm not perfect,I know being hits likely ,but I'm going to try to minimise damage by being aware of these things as I throw the jab.
Also anticipating after the jab that an attack will come and compensating for this.

Top boxer's are never stationary, there heads are constantly moving and they have to move in all directions so the head can be more over the left foot at any moment or more over the right foot or they are going backwards or they are jabbing before ,during or after any punch or combination of punches....all these things change the way a jab is thrown or what or which part of the body does this or that.

I do like the mention of tension and being ready to go.

Comments were welcomed so I mention these things as I feel they are important and maybe add to the discussion.

 

don't worry, we can spot you by the light reflected on your scalp

liked the wall drill btw. simple and effective

 

so i did some bagwork today:

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPEBDDTq21M"]bagwork 1 - YouTube[/ame]

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKrFBHPPUOU"]bagwork 2 - YouTube[/ame]

 

After trying some FMA with Simon, I'm very keen to get into it further.

Each strike and block flows so logically of the last and the concepts in weapons carry so well into it's empty hand portions.
I was really impressed by both FMA and Simon's skill in weapons and empty hand.

I'll be getting my stick down from Scotland and practicing stuff from this video.