Conceptually (which is how I tend to look at things) you would still be. When I train a technique, I tend to train that way - recoveries, counters, etc. all become part of training that technique. Of course, it doesn't make for a nice boundary to stay within, because you can keep pushing that hazy grey area back a bit until pretty soon you've managed to fit everything in by somehow relating it to that technique.
Ya, exactly. It's all semantics at that point. I would say most of us that spar regularly have our 'go tos' that we try to get to, but it seems strange to me to imagine that everything else I train is simply to serve those techniques (hello lead uppercut and rear oblique kick)Conceptually (which is how I tend to look at things) you would still be. When I train a technique, I tend to train that way - recoveries, counters, etc. all become part of training that technique. Of course, it doesn't make for a nice boundary to stay within, because you can keep pushing that hazy grey area back a bit until pretty soon you've managed to fit everything in by somehow relating it to that technique.
Well, the idea would be to treat them for a time as if they were exactly that - even knowing they aren't just that. So, if you are asked, "How can a spinning backfist get you to a lead uppercut", there's an answer somewhere that you could work on. Not sure if it'd be worth doing so, but you could.
But I'm already doing that. What I'm not doing is working my lead uppercut exclusively for hours a day though.
And that's where I think you should be. I don't see the value in that over-dedication to a single technique.
Ask a boxer if he or she needs to learn how to kick. Then put that boxer against a kicker. The answer will change.
Depends on who you are facing. For example, I'm the type of person who will read someone before a conflict starts to become physical. I'll use my story about positioning my potential attacker so I could push him into traffic as an example. I start reading people the moment their tone gets agressive.
I just assume that I will run into someone like that. What's the worst case scenario for being prepared and versatile?
The only thing reading that person like that is telling you is emotional stuff. It’s not telling you how they’re going to attack, unless you see them reaching or positioning for a potential weapon. Watching me stare you down doesn’t tell you I’m going to use a single leg takedown, 1-2 punch, kick, nor anything else.
If I did something that much my worry would be that it became my default reaction.
This tells me a lot because I'm not just watching you stare me down down. Here's what take note of when someone stares me down.
You can only do this if you are within striking distance. If I move back to increase the distance and you follow, then I know what to be wary of. If I move back to increase the distance then your intentions are probably not center around striking me at that moment.
I agree with all that, I’m just talking about before we engage. If the monkey dance is in effect, you can do a better job at reading. If I’ve engaged before you’ve sized me up, that’s another story. Some guys will stare you down all night and let everyone know. Other guys will come up and engage without the dance nor squaring up. I was referring to those guys.
As usual, Tony, you said better what I was trying to say.
You and Martial D were saying the same thing, but I had already planned the comment I wanted to write so I typed it out anyway.
If your wrestling instructor tells you that you are only allowed to use "single leg" on the map for the next 2 years, after your opponent has found out, your opponent will not give you any opportunity for your "single leg". You then have to try everything that you can to create that opportunity for yourself.
One day I'm going to try some of the stuff you post lol.
I've tried a couple of them, and they work. I thought the rhino guard looked ridiculous, but its actually pretty helpful.
Same for sweeps. But the issue isn't that they need to learn it, it's that they need how to deal with it. But if you spend enough time dealing with kickers, at some point you'll learn how to kick.
