iceniner
16th March 2009, 12:16 AM
Here's a fighting method I've developed.
As you will soon see, this method is simple and direct and anyone can learn it. All of the applications for this method can be found in Filipino martial arts, and in fact many of the FMA emptyhand methods exist within a form that I will give you, a form so short as to be almost ridiculous in its simplicity.
The form is as follows:
Raise right elbow so right hand covers your temple. Left hand slaps right elbow.
Right fist hammers down into left palm.
Right fist punches, left hand slaps right biceps
Repeat the three steps on the left, then alternate back and forth.
What is going on here is that you are grabbing with one hand and hammering or elbowing what you grabbed, then punching. Or the sequence can begin at some other point, such as the punch-and-slap-biceps.
He throws a right punch at your face. The "slap biceps" portion would represent a pat parry with your left hand simultaneous with a punch to his face or throat. Then, since the next movement in the sequence is the left side elbow, you would step in and elbow his temple with your left elbow while grabbing the side of his neck with your right, the hand that just punched.
Another application. He is throwing jabs at your face. Every time he jabs, perform the "slapping elbow" movement, moving your head out of the way and trying to redirect his punch into your upraised elbow. Since most people will headhunt in a fight this can be surprisingly effective, and the hand covering your temple will protect against the left hook which commonly follows a left jab. Furthermore, the elbow of the arm that is slapping is also raised somewhat and can stop bodyhooks or crosses from the other arm.
Then, the next movement in the sequence is "grab and hammer." Throw a left eyejab or rake past his eyes, then grab the back of his neck with your left hand while you hammer down on the bridge of his nose with your right. Alternatively you could grab his hand or arm and hammer down on it with the other hand, perhaps holding a marker, metal object or even a lighter to try to shatter the bones in the hand that you've grabbed or do nerve damage to numb muscles in his forearm or shoulder.
The next movement is "slap right biceps and punch." Since you've already hit his hand and jabbed at his eyes, and you may have the back of his neck, we're going to interpret that movement as a neck wrench followed by either a figure 4 choke or a takedown.
The neck break is performed thus. Since you have the back of his neck supported with your left hand, we'll interpret the "punch" portion of this movement as a long thrusting palmstrike to his chin with your right arm. This will at the very least rotate his head to his left. His chin will end up in your elbow area and his neck should then be available for a classic sleeper choke, or alternatively you can step behind one or both of his legs with your right foot, plant it, and then violently turn your hips to your left while continuing the extension of your right arm to your left. This will drop him like a wet sack of shit.
Another neck wrench off of the "slap biceps and punch:" Left hand grabs his hair, if available. Right arm extends, hacking against the right side of his neck (his right) while your left hand yanks forcefully. This will push him back and possibly injure his neck; follow up by continuing the cycle.
There are literally hundreds of applications for this very short series. You can view the blows as simple blows or blocks, or neckbreaks, or the upperbody portion of throws. The movements in between the steps have meaning too, if you look for it.
The point is that you are training your body in such a way as to be able to deliver numerous devastating blows one after another in a very efficient pattern. Even if someone else knows how to fight, there are a number of things in here that will throw them off their game, not least the "grab and hit" which will tend to neutralize fighters who rely on speed, and the fist destructions using your elbow which will really harm the game of a person who likes to stay at range and jab.
I will include one kicking movement with this system. This kick is a low kick to his shin or knee, with the inside of your foot: if you are kicking with your right leg, your toes will be facing out to the right. This means that you are less likely to miss because you have a much wider impact area than simply the toe of your shoe. Practice this kick until you can execute it easily without thinking about it, with either your lead or rear foot. Any forward step when in close range should be a kick to his shin.
And one other foot technique: after this kick, step on his foot to tack him to the ground, while continuing with the striking sequence. He can't help but fall over, and may very well break his ankle.
The combination of high and low blows, and the fast flowing strikes, should overwhelm most people very quickly, and there is great power available from the waist rotation necessary to switch sides. Experiment with it and you will see what I mean.
Practice this sequence until you can deliver three blows per second or more. A huge part of this is figuring out new applications for the movements and rehearsing them in your mind. Design and practice technique chains starting with limb destructions, moving to an attack to the face, then a takedown or throw. Figure out how to bridge the gap and close in, starting with each of the three blow types and moving through the sequence. Combine with rips and clawing motions to the face.
Most people don't hold up well at all to this sort of treatment.
This minisystem is a self-contained module which should function very well on its own if practiced hard. It will also combine with any other martial art to make traditional arts much nastier. You can perform many of the movements with a knife or palmstick in reverse grip: in a hammer-and-anvil blow, a palmstick will quite easily shatter bone.
A weakness of this method is that it doesn't have a long range component, it is really geared towards my personal fighting preference which is close-in assault. If you wanted to, you could add in basic thai boxing tactics (low thai round kicks in the open and closed box patterns) and you would have a very unpleasant system indeed.
But then it would just be Kali.
As you will soon see, this method is simple and direct and anyone can learn it. All of the applications for this method can be found in Filipino martial arts, and in fact many of the FMA emptyhand methods exist within a form that I will give you, a form so short as to be almost ridiculous in its simplicity.
The form is as follows:
Raise right elbow so right hand covers your temple. Left hand slaps right elbow.
Right fist hammers down into left palm.
Right fist punches, left hand slaps right biceps
Repeat the three steps on the left, then alternate back and forth.
What is going on here is that you are grabbing with one hand and hammering or elbowing what you grabbed, then punching. Or the sequence can begin at some other point, such as the punch-and-slap-biceps.
He throws a right punch at your face. The "slap biceps" portion would represent a pat parry with your left hand simultaneous with a punch to his face or throat. Then, since the next movement in the sequence is the left side elbow, you would step in and elbow his temple with your left elbow while grabbing the side of his neck with your right, the hand that just punched.
Another application. He is throwing jabs at your face. Every time he jabs, perform the "slapping elbow" movement, moving your head out of the way and trying to redirect his punch into your upraised elbow. Since most people will headhunt in a fight this can be surprisingly effective, and the hand covering your temple will protect against the left hook which commonly follows a left jab. Furthermore, the elbow of the arm that is slapping is also raised somewhat and can stop bodyhooks or crosses from the other arm.
Then, the next movement in the sequence is "grab and hammer." Throw a left eyejab or rake past his eyes, then grab the back of his neck with your left hand while you hammer down on the bridge of his nose with your right. Alternatively you could grab his hand or arm and hammer down on it with the other hand, perhaps holding a marker, metal object or even a lighter to try to shatter the bones in the hand that you've grabbed or do nerve damage to numb muscles in his forearm or shoulder.
The next movement is "slap right biceps and punch." Since you've already hit his hand and jabbed at his eyes, and you may have the back of his neck, we're going to interpret that movement as a neck wrench followed by either a figure 4 choke or a takedown.
The neck break is performed thus. Since you have the back of his neck supported with your left hand, we'll interpret the "punch" portion of this movement as a long thrusting palmstrike to his chin with your right arm. This will at the very least rotate his head to his left. His chin will end up in your elbow area and his neck should then be available for a classic sleeper choke, or alternatively you can step behind one or both of his legs with your right foot, plant it, and then violently turn your hips to your left while continuing the extension of your right arm to your left. This will drop him like a wet sack of shit.
Another neck wrench off of the "slap biceps and punch:" Left hand grabs his hair, if available. Right arm extends, hacking against the right side of his neck (his right) while your left hand yanks forcefully. This will push him back and possibly injure his neck; follow up by continuing the cycle.
There are literally hundreds of applications for this very short series. You can view the blows as simple blows or blocks, or neckbreaks, or the upperbody portion of throws. The movements in between the steps have meaning too, if you look for it.
The point is that you are training your body in such a way as to be able to deliver numerous devastating blows one after another in a very efficient pattern. Even if someone else knows how to fight, there are a number of things in here that will throw them off their game, not least the "grab and hit" which will tend to neutralize fighters who rely on speed, and the fist destructions using your elbow which will really harm the game of a person who likes to stay at range and jab.
I will include one kicking movement with this system. This kick is a low kick to his shin or knee, with the inside of your foot: if you are kicking with your right leg, your toes will be facing out to the right. This means that you are less likely to miss because you have a much wider impact area than simply the toe of your shoe. Practice this kick until you can execute it easily without thinking about it, with either your lead or rear foot. Any forward step when in close range should be a kick to his shin.
And one other foot technique: after this kick, step on his foot to tack him to the ground, while continuing with the striking sequence. He can't help but fall over, and may very well break his ankle.
The combination of high and low blows, and the fast flowing strikes, should overwhelm most people very quickly, and there is great power available from the waist rotation necessary to switch sides. Experiment with it and you will see what I mean.
Practice this sequence until you can deliver three blows per second or more. A huge part of this is figuring out new applications for the movements and rehearsing them in your mind. Design and practice technique chains starting with limb destructions, moving to an attack to the face, then a takedown or throw. Figure out how to bridge the gap and close in, starting with each of the three blow types and moving through the sequence. Combine with rips and clawing motions to the face.
Most people don't hold up well at all to this sort of treatment.
This minisystem is a self-contained module which should function very well on its own if practiced hard. It will also combine with any other martial art to make traditional arts much nastier. You can perform many of the movements with a knife or palmstick in reverse grip: in a hammer-and-anvil blow, a palmstick will quite easily shatter bone.
A weakness of this method is that it doesn't have a long range component, it is really geared towards my personal fighting preference which is close-in assault. If you wanted to, you could add in basic thai boxing tactics (low thai round kicks in the open and closed box patterns) and you would have a very unpleasant system indeed.
But then it would just be Kali.