Blitz - June-July 2017

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Here, John is standing at ‘conversation

range’ with an open-handed ‘talking guard’

or fence, as per a street situation. As the

aggressor’s fists are raised...

Here, John and his

opponent are beyond

striking range...

...John drops suddenly below the firing

line, spring-loading his legs...

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...to shoot forward under his opponent’s guard/

strike, driving his shoulder into the aggressor’s

inside hip and buckling him. As he hits, John

grips behind the knees...

...and drops

his leading knee

between the

opponent’s feet

while driving

forward...

...meaning that if

John drops and shoots

without first bridging

distance and distracting

with strikes...

...bringing his rear foot up to put his base

under the aggressor’s hips — from there he

can lift (just enough to sweep the legs to the

side his head is on) and dump his opponent.

INCORRECT DISTANCE:

...his

penetration

step and

placement of

his leading

knee will fall

short...

...and even if his opponent doesn’t know how

to sprawl and just retreats, John would have

to dive and likely fail in his attempt.