Defense drill against a slide in roundhouse kick to the abdomen (from a leading horse)

 http://youtu.be/KXTznBOV3H0

The attacker slides his rear leg forward in a leading horse and executes a roundhouse kick to the side of the defenders abdomen with the ball of his foot.

While standing in a forward bow, the defender torques slightly toward the incoming kick and drives a downward  diagonal block with his palm heel into the attacker’s foot. As the attacker withdraws back to a fighting position, the defender steps forward and executes a counter offset kick to the attacker’s groin.


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Defense drill against a slide in offset snap kick to the groin

http://youtu.be/Lm7yZcGbE1c

The attacker step forward and executes an offset snap kick to the defenders groin with the ball of his foot.

The defender squats and drives downward hammer block with his forearm into the attacker’s foot. As the attacker withdraws back to a fighting position, the defender straightens up and steps forward to execute a counter front snap kick to the attacker’s groin.

In many ways this is very similar to the drill I performed a couple of days ago.

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Defense drill against a slide in front thrust kick to the abdomen

http://youtu.be/cje6oWA_DPA

The attacker step forward and executes a front thrust kick to the defenders abdomen with the ball of his foot.

The defender withdraws his lead leg back to a front cat stance and drives his palm heel into the attacker’s foot. As the attacker withdraws back to a fighting position, the defender advances to a bow and continues to shuffle forward to execute a counter front snap kick to the attacker’s groin.
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Defense drill against a slide in front snap kick to the groin

http://youtu.be/hVM1Pa00Ids

The attacker step forward and executes a front snap kick to the defenders groin with the top of his foot.

The defender squats and drives is palm heel into the attacker’s foot. As the attacker withdraws back to a fighting position, the defender straightens up and steps forward to execute a counter front snap kick to the attacker’s groin. At this point in the drill, the defender can either follow-up with more counters or withdraw depending on the situation.

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Slide in Front Snap Kick with Spin Backfist Follow-up

http://youtu.be/8xv7SZxd9P4

This combination is used against a retreating attacker. I kick with my lead leg to his groin and as the attacker withdraws just out of range, I step down and slightly forward and spin a backfist my rear arm to his head.

The spin backfist (like the spin back kick) is a slower than jabbing off the front kick but it is very strong.

Like the spin kick, the spin backfist is used on an attacker who is withdrawing slightly out of range but who is still in stance and poses a significant threat to me.

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Slide In Front Snap Kick and Follow-Up Rear hand Forefist Thrust

http://youtu.be/_mJ2W803f_Q

This combination is nearly as fast as yesterdays.

All I do after the kick is fall slightly forward and torque my hip as I punch with my rear Forefist.

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Slide In Front Snap Kick and Follow-Up Lead Jab

http://youtu.be/-1ZUx63RpMo

This is one of the fastest combinations possible off of the Front Kick.

All I do after the kick is fall slightly forward as I jab.

The rhythm is one and a half beats. As I have kicked to the groin, I fall into the jab to the head.

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Slide in Front Snap Kick with Spin Thrust Kick Follow-up

http://youtu.be/yCiES9uyyW4

Like yesterday’s combination, this is another basic combination kick. Again, I am using both legs against a retreating attacker. I kick with my lead leg to his groin and as the attacker withdraws just out of range, I step down and slightly forward and spin a back thrust kick with my rear leg to his torso.

The spin kick is a bit slower than simply another front kick but it is very strong.

Like yesterday, this is used on an attacker who is withdrawing slightly out of range but who is still in stance and poses a significant threat to me.

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Slide in Front Snap Kick with Opposite Leg Follow-up

http://youtu.be/XvAMgJJkg2o

This is another basic combination kick. This time I am using both legs against a retreating attacker. I kick with my lead leg to his groin and as the attacker withdraws just out of range, I step down and slightly forward and kick with my rear leg to his torso.

This is used on an attacker who is withdrawing slightly out of range but who is still in stance and poses a significant threat to me.

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Slide in Front Snap Kick with Same Leg Follow-up

http://youtu.be/LOXyjIl7M6c

This is a basic combination kick. I simply step in lift my kicking leg to the crane and kick twice in a row.

For the purposes of this drill I keep my kicks low but as I show at the end of the vid (on the bag) the kicks are really quite powerful.

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Angled Palm Block/Check then Multiple Counters

http://youtu.be/-PcRlWJaGXc

In this case, I block a heavy horizontal punch to the center of my body with an Angled Palm Block. This is immediately followed by the opposite arm ‘checking’. I literally hold his arm in place for a fraction of a second before countering.

After I check the punch with my other arm, I counter with a Knifehand, a Punch and another Knifehand before shifting back to kick.

This concept of block/ check works best against a heavy punch.

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Crossdownward Palm Block/Check then Multiple Counters

http://youtu.be/5_8ByvpnV7o

In this case, I block a heavy horizontal punch to the center of my body with a Crossdownward Palm Block. This is immediately followed by the opposite arm ‘checking’. I literally hold his arm in place for a fraction of a second before countering.

After I check the punch with my other arm, I counterpunch three times before shifting back to kick.

This concept of block/ check works best against a heavy punch.

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Mantis Block/Check then Multiple Counters

http://youtu.be/fdlep2YgYxE

In this case, I block a heavy horizontal punch to my body with a Mantis Block. This is immediately followed by the opposite arm ‘checking’. I literally hold his arm in place for a fraction of a second before countering.

Once I have blocked the incoming punch, I check it with my other arm before counterattacking.

This concept of block/ check works best against a heavy punch.

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Outside Palm Block/Check then Multiple Counters

http://youtu.be/x-uRrqANrhg

In this case, I block a heavy horizontal punch to my face with an Outside Palm Block. This is immediately followed by the opposite arm ‘checking’. I literally hold his arm in place for a fraction of a second before countering.

When I block using the Outside Palm Block, I am blocking across my body with the palm before checking his arm.

Just like yesterday’s drill, this block/check works best against a heavy punch.

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Inside Hooking Block/Check then Multiple Counters

http://youtu.be/YJKj3-jMluI

In this case, I block a heavy horizontal punch to my face with an Inside Hooking Block. This is immediately followed by the opposite arm ‘checking’. I literally hold his arm in place for a fraction of a second before countering.

When I block using the Inside Hooking Block, I make it a point to clear the punch away from the body. The inside of my arm is aligned with the outside of my shoulder when it is finished.

Just like yesterday’s drill, this block/check works best against a heavy punch.

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Rising Block/Check then Multiple Counters

http://youtu.be/uS-u5AK29BY

In this case, I block a heavy overhand punch to my head with a rising block. This is immediately followed by the opposite arm ‘checking’. I literally hold his arm in place for a fraction of a second before countering.

This block/check only works against a heavy punch.

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Update Postponed Until Sunday, July 14 2013

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Crossdownward Palm Block and Multiple Counter Attacks

http://youtu.be/Prol0nkOiM8

My lead arm performs an Crossdownward Palm Block. I immediately follow this up by driving my lead arm from the finished block into the attacker with a Forefist Thrust counter attack. There is no pause between my block and same limb counter. 

Then I perform another counter punch with my rear arm and a third Forefist thrust with my lead arm. I finish with a rear leg shift away lead switch Front Snap Kick to the groin with the top of the foot before stepping forward into a bow.

Like the others before it, this is a continuous stream of movements until the kick. It is another example of a blitz defense.

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Mantis Block and Multiple Counter Attacks

http://youtu.be/0xwKn4Pn_gc

My rear arm performs a Mantis Block. I immediately follow this up by driving the same arm from the finished block into the attacker with a Forefist thrust counter. There is no pause between my block and same limb counter. 

Then I perform two more counterpunches with alternating arms. I finish with a rear leg shift away lead switch Offset Kick to the groin with the ball of the foot before stepping forward into a bow.

Like the others before it, this is a continuous stream of movements until the kick. It is another example of a blitz defense.

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Outside Palm Block and Multiple Counter Attacks

http://youtu.be/zZ85EeB9no8

My lead arm performs an Outside Block. I immediately follow this up by driving my lead arm from the finished block into the attacker with a backhand Knifehand counter. There is no pause between my block and same limb counter. 

Then I perform counter punch with my rear arm and another Knifehand thrust with my lead arm. I finish with a rear leg shift away lead switch Front Snap Kick to the groin with the ball of the foot before stepping forward into a bow.

Like the others before it, this is a continuous stream of movements until the kick. It is another example of a blitz defense.

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Inside Hooking Block and Multiple Counter Attacks

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Inside Hooking Block and Multiple Counter Attacks

This time I use my rear arm to perform an inside hooking block followed immediately with the same arm executing a short swift counter punch. There is no pause between my block and same limb counter.  As before, I perform two more alternate arm counter punches. I finish with a rear leg shift away lead switch Offset Kick to the groin before resetting my position.

Like yesterday’s drill, this is a continuous stream of movements until the kick. It is a blitz defense.

http://youtu.be/LCw8_upnu9Q

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