roger hao wrote:Block right arm to right arm - your arm moving horizontally in front of you
( possibly your right arm rising )
Hook hand to forearm or wrist drawing victim across
Your left arm pressing inside victim's right arm.
Final focus pressing down into clavicle.
Trip wrote:Just for kicks, Here's a video of a guy literally catching punch in the air.
I thought was kinda funny.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omkBpJ5ZCHY
whats shown many could do real time.
windwalker wrote:Trip wrote:Just for kicks, Here's a video of a guy literally catching punch in the air.
I thought was kinda funny.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omkBpJ5ZCHY
Kinda surprised no mantis guys chimed in.
A lot of the style is predicated on the ability to intercept incoming
movements.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1M7M7rLxcYg&t=41s
Its a demo, having practice with teacher Lai and his group
whats shown many could do real time.
oragami_itto wrote:Getting back to catching punches, I was flipping through Yang Cheng Fu's "The Essence and Application of Taijiquan" and he states directly that the "Sparrow's Tail" you're grasping is the opponent's hand and arm.
It would seem in his opinion that the "Chief Hand" of the art is primarily concerned with catching and controlling the limbs.
oragami_itto wrote: Working as a bouncer I would more frequently transition it to an armbar with the right hand on the wrist and the left on the back of the shoulder kinda like play guitar, with me basically standing behind them. Any sort of offensive move on their part from that position is very loud and slow and I'd have almost absolute control to check it and redirect.
BruceP wrote:Form follows function
Trying to 'fight' with the form mistakes the technique for the goal
oragami_itto wrote:I didn't swing on people because I didn't want to hurt them, I didn't want myself or my employer to get sued, and I didn't want to go to jail.
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