Doc
Senior Master
Originally posted by jeffkyle
Personally I believe that each person WILL react differently to any strike. You may be able to kick one guy in the groin and him drop immediately, and you may do the same kick to another guy and he will just stand there and smile (probably before he commences to use you as a punching bag for a while). I have kicked someone in the groin before and he just winced a little and came after me (so much for one strike knockdown or out).
The good thing that I get out of Kenpo is that I don't believe that ANY ONE strike will have the intended effect on ANYONE. So therefore it makes me try to learn how to continue the flow of motion and Graft anything together that is necessary to complete the intended task. Me being a smaller guy, I can NEVER have the idea of one strike is all that is needed.
If they react to a strike the way I intend...great! If not, I hope I am prepared to work around that situation and still have the same effect on the opponent.
Everyone is different...some stronger some weaker...some luckier some not so lucky....
In commercial or motion based Kenpo that is called an, "Assumption of Failure." You have already concluded it won't work so you just rapidly move on to the next move. the problem is it's a slippery slope. If you weren't skilled enough to make the first couple of moves work, what makes you think the next two will?