For John Wang, a discussion on practical aspects of martial arts!
What do you think of this approach to fighting? Close the front door:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecjNQeSNNiQ
Bob wrote:From the first day I started praying mantis we were always told to turn the front toe in about 30 degrees to help prevent a direct kick to the groin. in all of our moving kicking drills you were required to "open" the door before kicking - however, we were also shown how to do a low side kick that permitted you to get around the "closed" door. In the praying mantis I learned, speed and timing were everything so to avoid receiving the kick around your "closed door" you had to anticipate the incoming kick and kick it as a block - always practiced a lot of low kicks with speed but that is only my experience and I am not sure what the question you pose is searching for.
In my opinion, in the clip above, it seems that it is closed far too much.
GrahamB wrote:For John Wang, a discussion on practical aspects of martial arts!
What do you think of this approach to fighting? Close the front door:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecjNQeSNNiQ
Taste of Death wrote:In Han Shi Yi Quan, when we say "closing the door" it refers to left/right rotation of the body, the rotation at the end of the strike. Don't forget to close the door.
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