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Martial arts: theory and practice
Thomas Edison:
ev4n:
--- Quote from: Akima on 07 Jun 2013, 15:50 ---1) Men learn early in boyhood that a blow to their genitals hurts a lot. Typically they have very well-established defensive reflex actions.
2) Only a small turn of their body, or step into your attack, will let them take the blow on their leg, and probably body-check you off balance.
3) A kick to the groin is well within "grabbing range", leaving you vulnerable to a throw.
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1 - having been in a room full of black belts who were being trained how to adjust their stances in a fight to defend against it, I think you're overstating the case.
2. - better defense is to press your knees forwards and together. Keeps your opponent in front of you, and it's quicker.
3 - yes. On the other hand, if it lands, the fight is OVER. Which is kind of the point of self defense.
--- Quote from: Sorflakne on 28 Jun 2013, 10:06 ---Bruce Lee stated that someone who'd trained for a couple years in boxing and wrestling could take on any Eastern martial arts practitioner in a no-holds fight and beat them.
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I'd bet most boxers have excellent footwork. You'd have to.
ev4n:
It's important to learn something every day. Today, my wife learned that it's not "Rathburt's tail", it's "grasp birds tail".
BeoPuppy:
Lady Mondegreen strikes again.
The Seldom Killer:
A couple of months ago I started Qigong. I wanted to do something of a martial art and did consider the combat and defensive arts but found the description very appealing. I think it matches well with my capacity for patience and discipline. Also its a good contrast with running and cycling which both carry a heavy emphasis on a persistence of motion. I enjoy taking some time to make sure I really slow down and stop.
The Sifu also teaches Tai Chi, Chun Yeun and Wing Chun so I could take up a defense art as well if I want to later. I'll just stick to Qigong for the moment though until I'm a bit more advanced. The one martial art that does interest me is a fictional one. A Systema variant the William Gibson describes as defending by simply going away using force where necessary (see Spook Country).
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