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- From: jon@zeus.med.utah.edu (Jonathan Byrd)
- Subject: Re: More Questions
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- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 17:27:59 GMT
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- In-Reply-To: actize@garnet.berkeley.edu's message of 27 Dec 1992 09: 01:23 GMT
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- In article <1hjrd3INNh5a@agate.berkeley.edu> actize@garnet.berkeley.edu () writes:
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- Hello netters. What's the counter to this move ? Attacker & Defender face
- each other as boxer usually do. Attacker kicks defender in midsection with
- rear foot. Defender drops lead hand to down to deflect kick. Attacker steps
- in and punches the defender, who dropped his guard deflecting the kick . ???
-
- It is common for beginners to stand immobile, and try to block
- everything thrown at them. This tendency contributes to the enormous
- success of combination techniques.
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- Try moving your body out of the path of the kick. Then you will be
- free to use your arms and legs to strike your opponent.
-
- Second Question: What's a good way to improve hand speed the easy way
- (i.e. not "after being punched 100 times you'll be able to block it") ?
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- Without having seen you, the best all-purpose advice I can give you to
- increase your speed is this: Relax your body.
-
- --
- jonathan byrd
- jon@apollo.med.utah.edu
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