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Zoned out.....
Tap, tap, tap..... hello,hello, is this thing working, workin, workin....?
This forum has been too damn quiet as of late, so.... let's get some discussion going!!
If you can zone to the outside, you have the opportunity to attack while making it more difficult for your opponent to counter. But how do we make this happen? Simple... just female step to his outside. Damn... he isn't cooperating... he wants to readjust... as fast as we step to the outside, he turns so his centerline faces yours. The nerve... doesn't he know he's supposed to cooperate!!!
OK... I admit, I haven't had alot of success in implementing this basic principle of the FMA.
So I say to my self. "Self... how do I make this thing work?". On my "beat" I female step to his outside... I'm not quite in position to counter... on his "beat" he turns to face me... stalemate. where did I fail?... I didn't close enough distance to put myself in position to counter.... how do I make this happen?
Perhaps if we both close distance at the same time? Hmmm.... perhaps I can set him up. How 'bout this..... I back up, back up, back up... all the while waiting for him to follow. When I see that happen, I female step to his outside (zone) and simultaneously counter. .. thus allowing me to close twice the distance.
Just thinking out loud.... make sense to me(.. at this point in time).
How to train? Suit up in gear.... start out slowly... have your partner advance throwing single shots. Back up and at the appopiate time zone and counter... your partner attempts to defend. as you become more successful, your partner throws his shots with more intensity, and eventually working into throwing combinations.
This is kinda a stream of consciousness, hypothetical thing for me.... comments... does it make sense... what kind of success do you have in zoning.... how do you set it up... how do you train zoning???
If you read this, and don't reply.... I willl assume that you think I am absolutely brilliant.... a second coming of Bruce Lee squared!!! So let's hear it!
~Kev
This forum has been too damn quiet as of late, so.... let's get some discussion going!!
If you can zone to the outside, you have the opportunity to attack while making it more difficult for your opponent to counter. But how do we make this happen? Simple... just female step to his outside. Damn... he isn't cooperating... he wants to readjust... as fast as we step to the outside, he turns so his centerline faces yours. The nerve... doesn't he know he's supposed to cooperate!!!
OK... I admit, I haven't had alot of success in implementing this basic principle of the FMA.
So I say to my self. "Self... how do I make this thing work?". On my "beat" I female step to his outside... I'm not quite in position to counter... on his "beat" he turns to face me... stalemate. where did I fail?... I didn't close enough distance to put myself in position to counter.... how do I make this happen?
Perhaps if we both close distance at the same time? Hmmm.... perhaps I can set him up. How 'bout this..... I back up, back up, back up... all the while waiting for him to follow. When I see that happen, I female step to his outside (zone) and simultaneously counter. .. thus allowing me to close twice the distance.
Just thinking out loud.... make sense to me(.. at this point in time).
How to train? Suit up in gear.... start out slowly... have your partner advance throwing single shots. Back up and at the appopiate time zone and counter... your partner attempts to defend. as you become more successful, your partner throws his shots with more intensity, and eventually working into throwing combinations.
This is kinda a stream of consciousness, hypothetical thing for me.... comments... does it make sense... what kind of success do you have in zoning.... how do you set it up... how do you train zoning???
If you read this, and don't reply.... I willl assume that you think I am absolutely brilliant.... a second coming of Bruce Lee squared!!!
~Kev