Combat effectiveness

[Oraenor]

Do you guys have any philosophy on effective combat strategies(by that I dont mean what style you do cos I dont care)?
Here are some of my ideas;
To Do:
*Mass manipulation- if you can manipulate your opp. weight, you can control the majority of their power.

*large joint manipulation-this can be broken down to 2 parts; arms-elbows/shoulders will stop fist attacks and defences, hips/knees- stops kicks and most importantly imobilises opp and grounds them to the ground.

*relax-clear your mind, dont let your emotions get the best of you otherwise you will do somthing stupid

*hard and fast- dont let them see you attacking, otherwise your letting them block

Not to Do:

*Small joint manipulation- any pain for an angry person will take atleast a couple of seconds to register and in afew seconds, many things can happen.The other half of the problem is the fact that the pain doesnt usually stop them.

*talk/laugh etc- this will distract you as well as disturbing breathing.you should clench your teeth so your neck muscles are tense to lessen any impact damage.

*think-you are trained to do what you do and the requirement to think retards your whole body to react. Just use your training instinct

*Hold back- show them no mercy for you shall recieve none!

Just some ideas, very welcome to add some more.

[Thai Bri]

Learn to hit fukkin hard.

[Oraenor]

Learn to hit fukkin hard.

and fast and accurate

[koto_ryu]

Not to Do:

*Small joint manipulation- any pain for an angry person will take atleast a couple of seconds to register and in afew seconds, many things can happen.The other half of the problem is the fact that the pain doesnt usually stop them.

*talk/laugh etc- this will distract you as well as disturbing breathing.you should clench your teeth so your neck muscles are tense to lessen any impact damage.

Have to disagree with you on these two. An improper lock of a small joint won't stop them, true, but as taught in chin na and some forms of jujutsu you can actually lock the entire limb by locking a finger or wrist. I deal with shoplifters on a regular basis, many in some of the worser parts of the city who are simply stealing the stuff to sell on the streets to get more drugs. Many of these guys don't want to go easy and may be higher than a kite and often get their fighting blood up. Small joint manipulation has helped me control more than a few of them, as the main thing you want to do is NOT break the bone. Why? Once it breaks, yeah, they have a broken bone but then you no longer have a hold on them and the pain is not as great. You need to bend/twist it to almost the brink of breakage, which in turn will help lock out the limb.

[HtTKar]

You need to bend/twist it to almost the brink of breakage, which in turn will help lock out the limb.

Yes. and change the pressure so they dont get used to it.

I also think that laughing, talking, and yelling is a good way to confuse/intimidate an opponent, or diffuse a situation. It shouldnt' be underestimated.

Personally I also dont think that you should purposefully attempt to tense all you neck muscles. maybe I'm wrong on this. But you dont want your neck to tire out. It would be better to not get hit in the head. Keep moving/ducking/bobbing and block. I would focus more on that than on keeping tense.

Relax, I think, means to relax your entire body. You will be faster this way, and will be able to whip punches and kicks and hit harder.

It's like trying to pick up a person that is totally relaxed (dead weight). It can be almost impossible. If the person tenses up, they are easily picked up.

You should relax so that when you hit, kick, or stomp; you are hitting them with dead weight..

When you are fighting you have to "Think" about what is going on right now, about the fight in front of you; Not what move you are going to do next. But you do have to think. You have to study your opponent, because they are studying you. If you can figure them out before they figure you out,



Basically I wouldnt try to tie myself down with a list of things to NOT do during a fight.

[Thai Bri]

and fast and accurate

No. Speed must be correct, and as fast as is can not always right. Physics!

Accurate also, in eye of beholder. Yet beholder rmay defend eye yes even?