It's almost time for another round of sparring for me. I think I'm all healed up or at least I think I will by this coming Monday (hopefully). I have another round of high stance sparring to get through, this part of the training sucks, because I already know what the outcome will be. The first day of sparring pretty much summed up everything I've talked about narrow stances, the risks, and dangers of using a high stance. With all of that said I'm still going to give it my best shot to figure out some exceptions to what I currently know about using a high stance.
I've been thinking to ask him if I can record the next session. It seems like I'm throwing a way a good opportunity for other Kung Fu practitioners to have some video footage that may help them with some of their own theories. If you guys don't have anyone to take you down then at least you can see me hit the mat (every time), at least until I start lowering my stance. So what are my plans for the next round of punishment?
Here's what I'm thinking:
1. Footwork speed and big angles (larger than 45 degree angles.
2. In and outs - pop in and get out.
3. Jumping - My theory about jumping is that it will force me not to stand up too tall as my legs will need to be in a position to be able to jump. In kung fu there is a technique where the practitioner jumps away from the attacker. I'll give this a try if it's feasible to do it from a high stance. There's a small jump / stomp in kung fu that has always seem out of place in sparring and my theory is that it might be used for grappling to prevent the leg from being picked up. There's only one way to find out lol.
After this I'm done with anything high stance + grappling. It's just a bad idea all around. I've seen it play out the same way every time no matter the sport. Physics and Biology just works against me then add the strength of my opponent. It's like I'm making things more difficult for me, which is something you just really don't want to do in competition or in a fight.
Well that's my plan for round 2. I'll try to record it if the MMA guy is cool with that. Maybe he'll have some thoughts of his own about it.
I've been thinking to ask him if I can record the next session. It seems like I'm throwing a way a good opportunity for other Kung Fu practitioners to have some video footage that may help them with some of their own theories. If you guys don't have anyone to take you down then at least you can see me hit the mat (every time), at least until I start lowering my stance. So what are my plans for the next round of punishment?
Here's what I'm thinking:
1. Footwork speed and big angles (larger than 45 degree angles.
2. In and outs - pop in and get out.
3. Jumping - My theory about jumping is that it will force me not to stand up too tall as my legs will need to be in a position to be able to jump. In kung fu there is a technique where the practitioner jumps away from the attacker. I'll give this a try if it's feasible to do it from a high stance. There's a small jump / stomp in kung fu that has always seem out of place in sparring and my theory is that it might be used for grappling to prevent the leg from being picked up. There's only one way to find out lol.
After this I'm done with anything high stance + grappling. It's just a bad idea all around. I've seen it play out the same way every time no matter the sport. Physics and Biology just works against me then add the strength of my opponent. It's like I'm making things more difficult for me, which is something you just really don't want to do in competition or in a fight.
Well that's my plan for round 2. I'll try to record it if the MMA guy is cool with that. Maybe he'll have some thoughts of his own about it.