bushidomartialarts
Senior Master
hi all,
fairly recent (4 years ago) transplant here from tracy to epak. i love and respect both takes on the art and have enjoyed even moreso the perspective gained from studying both. i do have one bone to pick with epak techniques and am curious if anybody out there can help me understand:
a lot of the brown-level techniques end with a several-step process of kicking the bad guy once he's down. examples would include the end of 'the bear and the ram' or 'falcons of force'. this seems to get even longer and (imho) sillier with many of the black belt extensions.
here's the trouble i have with these:
1. once the bad guy is down, running is the best defense 99% of the time. why risk the additional contact?
2. if you have to do it, why the long, drawn-out, step-by-step sequence? (i'm thinking specifically of 'the bear and the ram' here). at brown and black belt level, shouldn't we be moving towards more spontanaeity?
3. several of the two-man defenses have us doing this dancing on the grave while we remain bracketed by our opponents. this strikes me as unutterably daft.
i have great respect for epak and am probably missing the point. sadly, the guy who was teaching me epak is no longer available to ask (my current instructor is primarily a tracy guy). anyone out there have any thoughts?
fairly recent (4 years ago) transplant here from tracy to epak. i love and respect both takes on the art and have enjoyed even moreso the perspective gained from studying both. i do have one bone to pick with epak techniques and am curious if anybody out there can help me understand:
a lot of the brown-level techniques end with a several-step process of kicking the bad guy once he's down. examples would include the end of 'the bear and the ram' or 'falcons of force'. this seems to get even longer and (imho) sillier with many of the black belt extensions.
here's the trouble i have with these:
1. once the bad guy is down, running is the best defense 99% of the time. why risk the additional contact?
2. if you have to do it, why the long, drawn-out, step-by-step sequence? (i'm thinking specifically of 'the bear and the ram' here). at brown and black belt level, shouldn't we be moving towards more spontanaeity?
3. several of the two-man defenses have us doing this dancing on the grave while we remain bracketed by our opponents. this strikes me as unutterably daft.
i have great respect for epak and am probably missing the point. sadly, the guy who was teaching me epak is no longer available to ask (my current instructor is primarily a tracy guy). anyone out there have any thoughts?