roger hao wrote:No catching is being done in Brendan's vid.
True - the average drunk has no plan after the first punch.
It seems that the discussion has come full circle to the question
of - why do you want to grab or block? Why not knock them the F
out when they raise their arm? Beng Chuan - center of mass - deflated
balloon laying on the floor. If you arm bar are you going to try to get them
to tap or are you going to break their arm?
Will they be back for you after if you don't break it?
everything wrote:things like catching punches out of thin air that morph into wrist lock throws is mostly considered "dead" so forms based on such bad assumptions might be deemed dead. why continue those.
marvin8 wrote:Starting @ :41, the feeder throws a straight right while not retracting his punch. Lai blocks the straight right (frozen), hooks the wrist, grabs and pulls—controlling the opponent (off balancing). Does anyone have a video (demo or fight) where the receiver grabs a punch before it is retracted (pulled back), then controls the feeder?
That never was the "discussion/question." Most can grab, block and catch an arm or wrist, but not before a punch is retracted. No one has posted a video showing otherwise, yet.
everything wrote:good god. what are those videos for. are those the dumbest people on earth.
marvin8 wrote:everything wrote:good god. what are those videos for. are those the dumbest people on earth.
No, they are not. They are saying it is difficult, if not impossible, to grab (e.g., wrist) and control an arm (e.g., pull, off balance) before a punch is retracted.
Single whip is not the final posture in the books but the process of getting there
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