Ah...southern grace.

[middleway]

On that Paul Whitrod clip ... 0.14 - 0.17 ... i've been on the receiving end of that .. you can see why southern styles are so effective... his defence against a low kick is to step in and knee the inside of the thigh whilst simultaneously attacking the head and body... alas i was on the receiving end of that too when i tried to explain how good my low kick is

..yes, owee,

yikes .... not envious of that at all ... lol

[WongYing]

Yep Paul'l do that to you lol. I like Pauls stuff very much, I have met Lee Teen Loi in Hong Kong he is excellent

[shawnsegler]

I don't think I'd fuck with Paul Whitrod. He looks like he might be a handful.

[Dr.Rob]

S...there are lots of stories about when he cameback from Asia, he went door knocking for Tai Kwoon. He may come lookin for ya?

[shawnsegler]

S...there are lots of stories about when he cameback from Asia, he went door knocking for Tai Kwoon. He may come lookin for ya?

For why? Did I say something disrespectful?

S

[Dr.Rob]

No no brother joking joking peace...Fuk sarcasm icon here pls

[Andy_S]

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I don't think I'd fuck with Paul Whitrod. He looks like he might be a handful.
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Oh, I don't know: A big healthy fellow like you, Shaun...you could step on him.

[Mut]

SPM defence of kicks comes back to 3 options, yield, close or jam.

The yield is as Doc describes it. when the opponent needs to step in to kick there is an option to yield the kick. We yield as small an amount as possible and immediately move in before the leg can either re-chamber (in the case of a front kick) or before the balance can be re-established from a round kick. Closing on the opponent is generally moving to inside the nexus of the kick and intercepting the force by attacking the grounded leg with either feet or knee,legs ect. Jamming the kick is very much like any other system where the front leg or foot intercepts the kicking leg (rather than the balance leg) before the kicking leg reaches its prime power range. All these defences should be combined with either attacking the head with percussive strikes or by disrupting the balance through the bridge. We do not use hands to defend legs as a general rule, as if the kick is heading to the head or upper torso time it takes to travel its path should allow time to attack the head or grounded leg.

Basically if you train in a short fist system you spend a lot of time in kissing distance and the legs should be in contact with the opponents legs and be able to disrupt a kick before it is a kick (ideal of course) Or you should be out of distance where the other guy has to initiate the attack, if you are caught in a long fist/ kicking range for anymore than a moiment then you have basically not developed you distance and timing sufficiently well. SPM is not built around the general conception of sparring and should not overly engage in 'trading blows' .... " you can start and then stop, but once started don't stop"

and yes.... don't fuck with Paul Witrod is a good mantra to have.....