Which method do you prefer when your opponent punches at you? You can 1. block your opponent's arm - your hand is between your head and your opponent's head. [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OU212DfjqyY"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OU212DfjqyY[/ame] 2. comb hair on your opponent's arm - your hand is near your head. [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQv2oLHUsuw"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQv2oLHUsuw[/ame] 3. extend your arm and wrap your opponent's arm - your hand is near your opponent's head. [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ETr8GaNBPs"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ETr8GaNBPs[/ame]
I do the comb hair or the two-hand shoulder stop (similar to the third video) vs. the hook, with a similar wrap. The one-handed shoulder stop is nice too, but unreliable against a much larger opponent.
The first two are the same move to me depending on threat and rate of change. With rate of change meaning how fast the distance/range is changing. Middle arm block when you need to protect your armpit and other vitals by keeping your elbow in. Comb the hair when you need to protect the back of your head and can afford to raise the elbow higher to use it offensively (e.g. strike with it) without danger of counter strike to your armpit and other vitals in that area. Arm wrap is a follow-up when you can clinch, but only after or at the same time stunning them with a strike. P.S. a high middle arm block (with elbow raised) generally leaves your armpit area open, so it is recommended only with the rear arm since your armpit is facing away from the opponent. P.S. 2, combining the hair can be done halfway to allow the elbow to be dropped quickly to protect vitals such as the armpit. P.S. 3, all the blocks should not be done like in the forms, but done half-way with the arm and the other half with the body moving. For example, comb the hair by raising the hand AND dropping the body.
Boxing - slip to the outside line Martial arts - JKD split entries, stop hits or guntings before entering. The other option I like is the bait and follow, as shown from 2.50 in this video. [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YXccWkxmd8"]Attack By Drawing - YouTube[/ame]
Head movement as preventative measure. Place flower and comb hair as reactive measure. Block it directly with the face if all else fails.
As a relatively new 30-something, I'm gradually coming to the realisation that baldness is not a graceful process - my hair is thinning in different areas on each side of my head. I look like a sloth with alapecia.
Attack by drawing is a big part of the Hung Gar. I tend to think of the motion as like a wave . It draws back from the shore creating a void, then flows forward to crash on the beach. Looking for rolling back then forward is one nice way to begin to deconstruct and anylise forms/kata. The performance bellow is a little bit stop, start, but you can see that movements often follow a back forward, back forward pattern. [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k02F2iH8G44"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k02F2iH8G44[/ame] Attack by drawing is also one way to set up a limb for a trap. It is very difficult trap/bridge when reacting to the movement of the opponents limb. It is much easier to bridge and trap if you know in advance were the limb will be. Referring to the op. a bridge between wrist and elbow provides limited control of the opponent and a limited range of traps / techniques / arise from this. A bridge between the elbow and the shoulder provides a great deal more control of the opponent and a wider range of techniques arise from this.
I'm a blocker because of previous training. As for shaved heads, you should come to my bjj gym. 80% of the guys there are balding.
