The method I am about to tell you is supposed to have been originated by Bruce Lee, though I don't know whether it was ever included in his Jeet Kune Do teachings. It was supposedly taught by Bruce to Joe Lewis, who became one of the fiercest Karate fighters to ever enter the ring. Joe Lewis is supposed to have relayed the method to various Kenpo schools, specifically the Tracy brothers, where it languished, and eventually disappeared from view.
This method will work, it will tell you what kind of a fighter you are facing, and help you create a strategy to handle him. However, there is a glaring weakness in the method. Still, it is important to know and be able to use this method if you are going to develop as a real fighter.
When you face off towards a fellow in freestyle, fake a punch and watch what happens. Before we analyze what happens, consider the basic weakness behind this movement. A fake is a wasted motion, and while you're faking he might not be wasting motions.
If the fighter starts to back away, he is a runner. This means that you are going to have to chase him and catch him. You are going to have to develop a strategy which cuts him off, backs him where you want him, and sets him up for the kill.
If the fighter charges you, then he is aggressive, an attacker. This means you are going to have to slip him or back him down. You are going to have to develop a strategy which stops him, which slips his aggressiveness, and which takes advantage of his tendency to over charge.
If the fighter makes as if he is going to block, then he is not going anywhere. This means he is going to stay where he is and face you, and you are going to have to penetrate him. You are going to have to develop a strategy which interchanges overwhelming with darting, or whatever else it takes to penetrate his shields.
These three things are excellent for establishing a structure within the chaos of combat, and highly usable. However, the glaring weakness of the method became apparent to me the first time somebody tried to use it on me. The fellow faked, and I moved in response, but did not flee or charge, merely duplicated his motion such as it was.
I knew his motion wasn't real, and I was interested in matching what he was doing, mirroring his actions, and finding a real time solution. Checking the way a fellow reacts to something is not in real time, it is in fake time. Thus, this method falls apart when somebody is not reacting, but moving in real time, is letting The True Art move him and detail his responses. - 31491
This method will work, it will tell you what kind of a fighter you are facing, and help you create a strategy to handle him. However, there is a glaring weakness in the method. Still, it is important to know and be able to use this method if you are going to develop as a real fighter.
When you face off towards a fellow in freestyle, fake a punch and watch what happens. Before we analyze what happens, consider the basic weakness behind this movement. A fake is a wasted motion, and while you're faking he might not be wasting motions.
If the fighter starts to back away, he is a runner. This means that you are going to have to chase him and catch him. You are going to have to develop a strategy which cuts him off, backs him where you want him, and sets him up for the kill.
If the fighter charges you, then he is aggressive, an attacker. This means you are going to have to slip him or back him down. You are going to have to develop a strategy which stops him, which slips his aggressiveness, and which takes advantage of his tendency to over charge.
If the fighter makes as if he is going to block, then he is not going anywhere. This means he is going to stay where he is and face you, and you are going to have to penetrate him. You are going to have to develop a strategy which interchanges overwhelming with darting, or whatever else it takes to penetrate his shields.
These three things are excellent for establishing a structure within the chaos of combat, and highly usable. However, the glaring weakness of the method became apparent to me the first time somebody tried to use it on me. The fellow faked, and I moved in response, but did not flee or charge, merely duplicated his motion such as it was.
I knew his motion wasn't real, and I was interested in matching what he was doing, mirroring his actions, and finding a real time solution. Checking the way a fellow reacts to something is not in real time, it is in fake time. Thus, this method falls apart when somebody is not reacting, but moving in real time, is letting The True Art move him and detail his responses. - 31491
About the Author:
Al Case has learned the martial arts 4O+ years. You can see him make The True Art work, and see first hand what he is talking about in this article, at Blinding Steel. A Free ebook is available at Monster Martial Arts.
