Doc
Senior Master
Complete the experiment assignment, and bring your observations and results.Flying Crane said:Here's a thought: if someone is trying to push you, the momentum and power are directed away from him and toward you (the victim). The force of the attacker's arms are not directed in a "squeezing together" motion. Clearing his arms from the inside of his push is really just redirecting his forward momentum to slightly outward, but still letting his momentum carry him forward and closer to yourself. In effect, he walks into your defensive handstrikes as you take control of his center.
The difference is that you aren't trying to simply force/muscle his arms out in a splitting movement, devoid of forward momentum.
Your thoughts on this?