Touch your leading leg against your opponent's leading leg

[Kung Fu Wang]

When you move in, if you can touch your leading leg (shin bone) against your opponent's leading leg, you can prevent him from using his leading leg to kick you or to knee you.

If your opponent

- moves back his leading leg, you can attack his "back leg" when he lifts up his leading leg and his back leg carry 100% of his weight.
- refuses to move back his leading leg, you can attack his "leading leg" since you know exactly where his leading leg is.

In either cases, you can attack either your opponent's leading leg or his back leg. What's your opinion on this strategy?

 

[Touch Of Death]

When you move in, if you can touch your leading leg (shin bone) against your opponent's leading leg, you can prevent him from using his leading leg to kick you or to knee you.

If your opponent

- moves back his leading leg, you can attack his "back leg" when he lifts up his leading leg and his back leg carry 100% of his weight.
- refuses to move back his leading leg, you can attack his "leading leg" since you know exactly where his leading leg is.

In either cases, you can attack either your opponent's leading leg or his back leg. What's your opinion on this strategy?

I'm lovin' it. Don't forget you can kneel in and cause a hyper-extention, or even a break.

 

[K-man]

When you move in, if you can touch your leading leg (shin bone) against your opponent's leading leg, you can prevent him from using his leading leg to kick you or to knee you.

If your opponent

- moves back his leading leg, you can attack his "back leg" when he lifts up his leading leg and his back leg carry 100% of his weight.
- refuses to move back his leading leg, you can attack his "leading leg" since you know exactly where his leading leg is.

In either cases, you can attack either your opponent's leading leg or his back leg. What's your opinion on this strategy?

Trapping the leg like that is certainly part of Goju.
:asian:

 

[Kung Fu Wang]

By using the more aggressive approach, you can even use your knee to knock your opponent's leading leg into your hand, a very special "single leg" method.

 

[Takai]

IMHO if you can lock up the opponents lead leg with your leg more than likely you could have broken it coming through. Even if you don't unless the opponent knows how to stick to your leg or has very good footwork the contest is already over. Once you can break a a person's root you have the advantage.

 

[Shai Hulud]

I've seen this done by a few CMA practitioners. I particularly recall XYQ and WCK.

I find it creative. It's a sneaky little tweak to your stance when you close in, but you put yourself in a position where you can compromise his bearings and balance almost immediately.

 

[Touch Of Death]

IMHO if you can lock up the opponents lead leg with your leg more than likely you could have broken it coming through. Even if you don't unless the opponent knows how to stick to your leg or has very good footwork the contest is already over. Once you can break a a person's root you have the advantage.

All be it small. Ha ha

 

[Kung Fu Wang]

More than 50% of the time, your opponent will step back and your leg contact intention will fail. When that happen, you try to take advantage on his weight shifting.

 

[Shai Hulud]

More than 50% of the time, your opponent will step back and your leg contact intention will fail. When that happen, you try to take advantage on his weight shifting.

I was thinking of this, exactly - not necessarily as a way to position your lead for a kick, but as an entry into some sort of Judo/BJJ reap/trip/lift while his weight distribution's in transit from one foot to the other.

 

[RTKDCMB]

You would need to watch out for his hands and he may sweep your leg.

 

[Kung Fu Wang]

You would need to watch out for his hands and he may sweep your leg.

That's true. When you leg touch your opponent's leg, his leg also touches your leg. It's your hand skill against his hand skill to make your "sweep" work and to make his sweep fail.

The bite, scoop, sticky, and sweep are 4 in 1. If the inside edge of your foot can hook behind your opponent's ankle, and your shin bone bite on the inside of his leg, you will have better foot position than he has. That's your advantage. Of course your oppponent can turn his foot and bite on your leg too. It will be your skill against your opponent's skill.

 

[drop bear]

That's true. When you leg touch your opponent's leg, his leg also touches your leg. It's your hand skill against his hand skill to make your "sweep" work and to make his sweep fail.

The bite, scoop, sticky, and sweep are 4 in 1. If the inside edge of your foot can hook behind your opponent's ankle, and your shin bone bite on the inside of his leg, you will have better foot position than he has. That's your advantage. Of course your oppponent can turn his foot and bite on your leg too. It will be your skill against your opponent's skill.

Ankle pick?

 

[RTKDCMB]

Ankle pick?

Watch out for his knee and that you don't get hit in the back of the head or neck with a downward strike.

 

[Kung Fu Wang]

Ankle pick?

This move in Shuai-Chiao (Chinese wrestling) is called "捞月 (Lao Yue) - grab moon from water surface".

IMO, the "撮 (Cuo) - scooping kick" which start from a leg contact is safer to use.