leftwose wrote:What if you grab my right wrist and pull me across into your punch. I react by letting you pull my right arm while sinking into my hips. Thus, you have pulled my right arm without actually moving me.
windwalker wrote:having trained with the teacher in the clip, there is no time to do anything else.
When my right hand grab on your right wrist. I have a "hook" on you but you don't have a hook on me. I can pull you into my punch. If you try to do the same, I can let go my grip. That's my advantage. When you have a fish on your fishing hook, whether you want to let that fist go (by cutting the fishing line) is up to you. It's not up to the fish.
Though, I wouldn't call this "work against grabs". This is preventing someone to grab, but there's no physical grabbing involved, only the intention there of. I would like to see Systema countering Mr Wang's "monster grips" with softness. Not work against the intention, but against the physical grab ... That would be interesting...
One day he was challenged by a strong martial artist. When the challenger grasped his wrist and would not let him escape, Yang, Ban-hou used his jin to bounce the challenger away and defeat him. He was so proud that he went home and told his father. Instead of praise, his father laughed at him because his sleeve was torn - See more at: http://ymaa.com/articles/history-of-yan ... mpioR.dpuf
XiaoXiong wrote:I think there is a lot that can happen. Grabbing is a commitment. The empty arm is very useful, but I prefer to immediately apply chin na when grabbed. I go for an arm joint or the neck pretty much as soon as I can. The intent keeps me centered on attacking while I'm defending.
Jess
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