phoenix
Yellow Belt
Hi all. I have really enjoyed the more 'technical' information that has been posted here. Great stuff.
I don't have a manual handy, and don't feel like typing out a move-for-move analysis of Clutching Feathers. My question is more of the application/situation surrounding the attack. I have heard numerous kenpo students and instructors play down the significance or likelihood of a frontal hair grab. I have often posed to my students more of a situational grab.
Say, for example, that you were caught off guard with a punch that doubled you over, or dropped you back to your knees. The thug who attacked you now does what he's seen in some action movie...grabs your hair to pick you up to keep pounding on you, or give you that finishing blow. Clutching Feathers (I think) works great as your attacker pulls you up, and you rise up into a neutral bow and execute the technique.
What do you think? Anyone have any other favorite applications for Clutching Feathers, other than you let somebody walk up to you, and you let them reach out towards your head and grab a handful of your hair?
Look forward to your responses. Thanks!
Sean
ps-any input from Brother John on this one?
I don't have a manual handy, and don't feel like typing out a move-for-move analysis of Clutching Feathers. My question is more of the application/situation surrounding the attack. I have heard numerous kenpo students and instructors play down the significance or likelihood of a frontal hair grab. I have often posed to my students more of a situational grab.
Say, for example, that you were caught off guard with a punch that doubled you over, or dropped you back to your knees. The thug who attacked you now does what he's seen in some action movie...grabs your hair to pick you up to keep pounding on you, or give you that finishing blow. Clutching Feathers (I think) works great as your attacker pulls you up, and you rise up into a neutral bow and execute the technique.
What do you think? Anyone have any other favorite applications for Clutching Feathers, other than you let somebody walk up to you, and you let them reach out towards your head and grab a handful of your hair?
Look forward to your responses. Thanks!
Sean
ps-any input from Brother John on this one?