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Clark Kent

07-19-2010, 10:10 AM

Bill Mattocks

07-19-2010, 10:33 AM

Windmill Guard
By HKphooey - 07-19-2010 09:07 AM
Originally Posted at: KenpoTalk
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Old post I made on MT back in 2006...
http://www.martialtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=40034

Let's discuss Windmill Guard. I have always loved this technique. I will post the basics of the technique. I am sure there are many variations...

Windmill Guard
Attack: Straight Right Punch

Start with feet together.
Opponent throws a straight right punch.
Step left foot to about 10:30 (or to a 45 angle) as you left inward parry the the punch.
Right hand moves into check groin area and continues into a clockwise motion up to the attacker's arm.
Replace the left parry with a right wrist grab (right parry into a grab).
Pull right wrist grab towards your side as you deliver a right roundhouse to the groin, stomach or attaker's knee.
Plant right kick back to point of origin.
Keep left hand in check position near the attacker's lead shoulder (incase wirst grab is released).
Not part of the original technique, but I like to follow up with an armbar, bringing the attacker to the ground.

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We practice this in my Isshin-Ryu dojo, but it's not called that. We also have variations on it.

The left hand response to the right punch is a sweeping motion generally, to move the attacker off-center to the defender's right. The defender's left hand can be used in a variety of ways after clearing that clockwise motion you describe.

For example, we use a middle-body open-handed block to simply continue the opponent's movement, then punch middle-body with the left to the opponent's open back-right-midsection (kidneys, etc).

Or grab the opponent's right hand with the defender's right and pull straight down to the obi, followed by a squat kick as you described.

Or, wrap the opponent's right arm with the defender's right and bend the opponent's elbow; make a 90 degree and then apply a shuto strike with the defender's left knife-edge hand to the exposed underside of the opponent's right bicep/tricep, rolling while stepping in to bring the attacker to the ground face first. In this move, you end up on the opponent's back with their right arm bent at a 90 degree behind their back.

Same as the squat kick, but instead of delivering it to the mid-section, step straight ahead (past opponent, since you stepped out on a 46 degree angle) with your right foot, chamber a kick, but apply it as a reverse (ax-type) kick to the inside of the opponent's calf muscle or alternatively, apply a blade-edge of foot kick to the inside of the opponent's knee.

This, to us, is one of our basic self-defense techniques (applied as you originally described) that is built into several of our kata (Wansu for example) and our basic upper-body exercise, 'tegata barai, nukite' with slight modifications.

It's a great exercise, and you can apply with the same technique whether the opponent shoots a left or a right; even responding with the same side and not changing to match their change. The main difference is that if they shoot a left, you don't need the initial sweep to clear from your own left. Just apply the right open-hand block, lock up the arm, and then apply your own technique, be it a kick, punch, or joint-lock takedown.

Thanks! Glad to know some moves have so much similarity in them!