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- From: azw@aber.ac.uk (Andrew Michael Woodward)
- Newsgroups: rec.martial-arts
- Subject: Re: poor technique
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.141900.12287@aber.ac.uk>
- Date: 31 Dec 92 14:19:00 GMT
- References: <1992Dec30.153837.25923@cs.brown.edu>
- Organization: University of Wales, Aberystwyth
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- In article <1992Dec30.153837.25923@cs.brown.edu> tac@cs.brown.edu (Ted A. Camus) writes:
- >>(1) All attacks are focused short of where they would be focused in an
- >>actual fight. That is, the attack goes to full extension, but that
- >>point at which the attack finishes is within an inch OUTSIDE the
- >>opponent's body, rather than an inch or more INSIDE, as they would be
- >>in an actual fight.
- >
- > This is perhaps the worst way to do this!
-
- If you end a tightly focussed blow in mid air, the impedance mismatch means
- that the force of the blow is reflected back up your arm and can do major
- damage to your tendons/joints/muscles. Very tightly focussed blows cannot
- be practiced in play, since you have a choice of either harming yourself
- or your partner.
-
- What is the solution to this problem?
-