Closing the gap 101: (**UPDATED: Forgot an exercise.) - Page 4

**Chad Hamilton** · 11-28-2005, 05:08 PM

King-

Holy Moly.
Very good, printed this a few days ago and went at it.

You know how much I love the double-end bag.

**Mr. Sinister** · 11-28-2005, 06:56 PM

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King-

Holy Moly.
Very good, printed this a few days ago and went at it.

You know how much I love the double-end bag.

I asked you this in another thread and didn't see if you responded, but what happened to your Av? I enjoyed seeing you murdering that moop.

Evil Eye Gouger · 11-28-2005, 07:48 PM

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Originally Posted by King Kabuki

Now if you're schooled in kicking Arts and how to use certain kicks properly you know that nothing disrupts a kick like a counter-kick that's faster and simpler. I always encourage if you have an opponent who likes to throw fancy-pants kick techniques, RIGHT when he STARTS to move, throw a front-kick or teep as fast and hard as you can. This works beautifully especially if he's going for a spinning-kick or head-high kick. You'll knock him over more times than not, or at the very least a couple of steps back. This guy you're talking about counters with a side-kick, pretty fancy and smart, kind of made me smile picturing your utter confusion at getting stuffed by it. lol But you can stuff him in-return. Bye the way, don't let him see you practicing this or he'll get wise to it pretty quick.

Great posts, man, I'd just like to point out that this type of countering is very common in kicking arts (TKD especially) as a good way to throw a kicker off balance. Often a front side kick (cut kick) is used for this, aimed at the hip, which intercepts the kick and often lands the opponent on his ass.

In arts like TKD, you are taught to read the hip movements, not kicks, and to strike/react as soon as you see a movement of the hips.

Just a word of warning though, if you use this sort of counter often, the most standard thing to do is to fake and then counter your kick. So use it sparingly, otherwise you risk getting into a kicking exchange with the guy, and this is not necessarily something you want to do.

**Chad Hamilton** · 11-29-2005, 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by King Kabuki

I asked you this in another thread and didn't see if you responded, but what happened to your Av? I enjoyed seeing you murdering that moop.

Time to change I suppose.

I need to fight again so perhaps I can have a better image to share.
Lets not forget, that moop won, but Im still pretty which is more than I can say for him.