The main goal of the primary response is to neutralize the attack of the opponent and prepare to launch the secondary response. To do this effectively, you will need to establish four things in your favor in a split second:
1. Time
You can gain needed time by stunning your attacker into inaction or confusing his strategy. Use the time you gain to plan and execute your next movements. Every extra second is valuable time to prepare your secondary
response.
2. Stability
When you are confronted, you are likely to lose your balance and composure, at least momentarily. Psychological or physical instability creates additional openings for your opponent. By initiating a primary response, you will be able to regain a comfortable posture and prepare to attack. Now is the time to establish a strong but flexible position in preparation for your secondary response.
3. Superiority
Through an effective primary response, you can gain physical and mental superiority over your opponent. If you evade or block his attack, he will be momentarily unbalanced and discouraged. The mind controls the body and
plays a large role in its ability to function at peak effectiveness. Defeating or discouraging your opponent psychologically gives you a significant advantage.
4. Opening
In addition to temporarily stopping the attacking opponent, an accurate primary response will create an opening for your secondary response. In this sense, the primary response and secondary response are not separate actions but complementary parts of the whole.
Friday, May 13, 2011
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Primary Response and Secondary Response
Offense and Defense. Attack and Counterattack. These basic concepts of combat are familiar to even the novice strategist. Perhaps too familiar. Have you ever taken the time to analyze the fundamental meaning of offense and defense?
Offense is generally viewed as forward movement against the opponent. Defense as the retreat and regrouping. Attacking quantifies the actions taken during the forward moving offense and counterattacking encompasses the actions that fortify the retreat.
At the beginner and intermediate stages of fighting, these concepts are useful for their simplicity. They give the fighter a clear sequence of actions necessary to defeat the opponent.
As a fighter becomes more skilled, he begins to find offense that moves backward and forward, that side steps and even stands still. He finds defense that doesn’t retreat.
To define the total concept of strategy, without the preconceived notions of offense and defense, think of it in terms of the primary response and the secondary response. The primary response is the segment of combat in which you neutralize your opponent. Neutralizing the opponent means destroying any advantage he has over you and establishing equal ground from which you can prevail. The primary response uses the conventional defensive tactic of stopping the advancing attack combined with the additional step of selecting a skill that will create a weakness in the opponent’s strategy for you to exploit.
When you have executed a successful primary response, the secondary response will follow naturally. It will take advantage of the neutralization and the vulnerability created by the primary response.
The primary response extinguishes the immediate threat posed by the opponent and the secondary response removes any further potential threat.
Offense is generally viewed as forward movement against the opponent. Defense as the retreat and regrouping. Attacking quantifies the actions taken during the forward moving offense and counterattacking encompasses the actions that fortify the retreat.
At the beginner and intermediate stages of fighting, these concepts are useful for their simplicity. They give the fighter a clear sequence of actions necessary to defeat the opponent.
As a fighter becomes more skilled, he begins to find offense that moves backward and forward, that side steps and even stands still. He finds defense that doesn’t retreat.
To define the total concept of strategy, without the preconceived notions of offense and defense, think of it in terms of the primary response and the secondary response. The primary response is the segment of combat in which you neutralize your opponent. Neutralizing the opponent means destroying any advantage he has over you and establishing equal ground from which you can prevail. The primary response uses the conventional defensive tactic of stopping the advancing attack combined with the additional step of selecting a skill that will create a weakness in the opponent’s strategy for you to exploit.
When you have executed a successful primary response, the secondary response will follow naturally. It will take advantage of the neutralization and the vulnerability created by the primary response.
The primary response extinguishes the immediate threat posed by the opponent and the secondary response removes any further potential threat.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Knee Strikes
The knee is used effectively in combat against low section targets. A knee attack is helpful in freeing your upper body from the opponent’s grip. If he is concentrating on a grappling strategy, a knee to the leg or groin will distract him from his plan. A drop knee strike also can be used to finish an opponent. When the opponent is on the ground, concentrate your force into one knee and drop your body onto his body, creating a penetrating impact with your knee.
When striking, bend your knee tightly and use your hips to propel your knee to the target. Be cautious when striking hard objects with your knee because it is very vulnerable to joint and soft tissue damage. Use knee attacks against soft body areas like the groin, thigh muscle and stomach.
When striking, bend your knee tightly and use your hips to propel your knee to the target. Be cautious when striking hard objects with your knee because it is very vulnerable to joint and soft tissue damage. Use knee attacks against soft body areas like the groin, thigh muscle and stomach.
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Half Stance Summary
Advantages of Half Stance:
1. Stable base for engaging opponent
2. Good lateral movement
3. Allows random attacks from both sides to high and low targets
4. Strong stance for grappling and close fighting
Techniques that Work Best with Half Stance
Defensive
Offensive
1. Stable base for engaging opponent
2. Good lateral movement
3. Allows random attacks from both sides to high and low targets
4. Strong stance for grappling and close fighting
Techniques that Work Best with Half Stance
Defensive
- Resisting
- Lateral evasion
- Opening blocks
- Downward blocks
- Pulling/Pushing
Offensive
- Knee attack
- Punching
- Elbow strike
- Grabbing
- Throwing
- Locking
- Choking
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Using Half Stance in Fighting
Half stance is an offensive, aggressive stance used primarily in close fighting circumstances. Once you come into contact with your opponent, switch to half stance and commit to your secondary response. By creating a stable base and freeing your upper and lower body for easy lateral movement, half stance allows you to attack strongly and confidently with a wide variety of striking and grappling skills.
Half stance is recommended for grappling, locking, throwing, joint immobilization, choking and grabbing. It also allows for great variety in lateral attacks using both right and left legs without the need for pivoting or spinning.
Use full stance to overpower and confuse your opponent. Defensively it is effective in resistance and lateral evasion in both close and neutral ranges. Avoid using half stance during medium range combat and in transitional movements when it is difficult to block incoming attacks. Half stance is vulnerable defensively because you are facing your opponent head on and exposing prime targets.
Half stance is recommended for grappling, locking, throwing, joint immobilization, choking and grabbing. It also allows for great variety in lateral attacks using both right and left legs without the need for pivoting or spinning.
Use full stance to overpower and confuse your opponent. Defensively it is effective in resistance and lateral evasion in both close and neutral ranges. Avoid using half stance during medium range combat and in transitional movements when it is difficult to block incoming attacks. Half stance is vulnerable defensively because you are facing your opponent head on and exposing prime targets.
Thursday, April 7, 2011
More about Full Stance
How to Make Full Stance Correctly:
1. Place both feet on one line aiming at the opponent.
2. Bend your knees slightly.
3. Relax your shoulders and turn slightly forward: Expose 20-30% of your body and conceal 70-80%.
4. Bend your arms 90ยบ at the elbows and raise your hands to shoulder height or relax your arms naturally at your sides.
5. Your fists may be opened or clenched.
6. Look into your opponent.
Advantages of Full Stance:
1. Front arm and leg prepared for quick defense
2. Vital targets along centerline are covered
3. Easy attack and counter by front arm or leg without risk of exposing vulnerable targets
4. Easy forward/backward mobility to feel out opponent in early stages of combat
5. Front arm and leg positioned for quick transitional and initiating movements
6. Long range stance to preserve safety zone
1. Place both feet on one line aiming at the opponent.
2. Bend your knees slightly.
3. Relax your shoulders and turn slightly forward: Expose 20-30% of your body and conceal 70-80%.
4. Bend your arms 90ยบ at the elbows and raise your hands to shoulder height or relax your arms naturally at your sides.
5. Your fists may be opened or clenched.
6. Look into your opponent.
Advantages of Full Stance:
1. Front arm and leg prepared for quick defense
2. Vital targets along centerline are covered
3. Easy attack and counter by front arm or leg without risk of exposing vulnerable targets
4. Easy forward/backward mobility to feel out opponent in early stages of combat
5. Front arm and leg positioned for quick transitional and initiating movements
6. Long range stance to preserve safety zone
Friday, April 1, 2011
Full Stance: Fighting from a Defensive Stance
The full stance is principally a defensive stance used in the primary response.
It allows you to maintain a safe distance from aggressors and to cover your most vulnerable targets. It also permits easy forward and backward body movement for quickly retreating and advancing in the opening moments of a confrontation.
Full stance is important defensively. If you assume a committed stance too
early in the fight, your opponent can set you up for an easy counterattack. Full stances should be used throughout the primary attack and in the early stages of the secondary attack to “feel out” the direction of the encounter and remain flexible until an opening appears.
The full stance emphasizes the use of the front arm and leg for blocking and the rear arm and leg for countering movements. It also is ideal for quick transitional moves like grabbing or lightning strikes to the face and lower body.
By combining quick frontal movement with easy body shifting, full stance allows you to close the distance abruptly and move to your secondary response. The position of your hips also makes it easy to perform rear leg and arm spinning movements as counterattacks. In full stance, your rear foot is at a one hundred eighty degree angle to your front foot. From this position, you can turn your upper body to the rear and shoot your rear leg out on a straight line to initiate the spinning movement. This is much more economical than executing from half stance.
In a defensive posture, the weight of the body is neutral (equally balanced on both feet) or shifted slightly to the rear foot. Half stance can be used offensively by shifting the weight to the front foot. This will, however, create a more committed and less mobile stance than a neutral or backward stance.
All of the movements made from full stance have a clear advantage. They allow you to strike quickly and economically while protecting the vital points along the centerline of your body.
It allows you to maintain a safe distance from aggressors and to cover your most vulnerable targets. It also permits easy forward and backward body movement for quickly retreating and advancing in the opening moments of a confrontation.
Full stance is important defensively. If you assume a committed stance too
early in the fight, your opponent can set you up for an easy counterattack. Full stances should be used throughout the primary attack and in the early stages of the secondary attack to “feel out” the direction of the encounter and remain flexible until an opening appears.
The full stance emphasizes the use of the front arm and leg for blocking and the rear arm and leg for countering movements. It also is ideal for quick transitional moves like grabbing or lightning strikes to the face and lower body.
By combining quick frontal movement with easy body shifting, full stance allows you to close the distance abruptly and move to your secondary response. The position of your hips also makes it easy to perform rear leg and arm spinning movements as counterattacks. In full stance, your rear foot is at a one hundred eighty degree angle to your front foot. From this position, you can turn your upper body to the rear and shoot your rear leg out on a straight line to initiate the spinning movement. This is much more economical than executing from half stance.
In a defensive posture, the weight of the body is neutral (equally balanced on both feet) or shifted slightly to the rear foot. Half stance can be used offensively by shifting the weight to the front foot. This will, however, create a more committed and less mobile stance than a neutral or backward stance.
All of the movements made from full stance have a clear advantage. They allow you to strike quickly and economically while protecting the vital points along the centerline of your body.
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