...in street fights as well as combat sport matches, we see that people are very often knocked out by hook-like curved punches that leave the striker's center line exposed -- as opposed to straight-line punches like the orthodox jab and cross that appear to adhere to the center line principle.
johnwang wrote:When your opponent throws hook punch, his head will be exposed. If you can extend your
- left arm between your opponent's head and his right arm,
- right arm between your opponent's head and his left arm,
you can establish a clinch and take him down.
oragami_itto wrote:Adam Mizner talks about the center line principle starting at around 16:00 in this interview:
Ozguorui wrote:"the internal-external southern chinese martial arts like wing chun and baji,"
and baji???
johnwang wrote:
If you use
- left arm to draw a clockwise circle.
- right arm to draw a counter clockwise circle.
you can deflect all the incoming straight line punches. I'll call that "double spears" strategy.
willie wrote:What you're describing is simply Cloud hands, I believe
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