The Hidden Truth about Intention Throws!
[I:http://www.mymartialartsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/AlCase35.jpg]To watch the Mixed Martial Arts fighters one would believe that there is only one way to take an opponent down, and that is by rushing in low, grabbing the legs, and dumping them. Yes, this is the time honored way of doing things, but there are other methods that can be quite interesting. Truth, if you are fighting Some John Doe on the street, who has not concentrated on learning the attack and defense of that particular maneuver, there are lots of different ways of taking people down.
Actually, there are so many ways to take a person down it is ridiculous, and all are combat friendly. We can, however,organize the takedowns, as I have done in my Forty Monkeys Course, but there is a concept which make taking a person down extremely easy. This concept depends upon inserting intention into the person’s space.
When you take a person down you need to make some sort of a circle around a joint. Circling a joint requires leverage, just as a navigator might rotate a Captains Wheel. Thus, one must enter the space of the opponent and find the levers extending from the body, then he can turn the opponent upside down quite easily.
There are only a couple of spokes on the human body. They are the head, the arms, and the legs. Thus, to turn the body one must insert their arms past the spokes.
Insert an arm over the opponents shoulder, press forcefully against his neck as you lift his arm, and you will find he will flip to the ground quite easily. Of course you must make sure that the opponent doesn’t twist out of the hold, and this means you are going to have to be ready and quick to counter any of his counter motions. The main thing is to realize that smacking an elbow into a cheek, or pressing fingers in the neck, is going to make the person move in a manner that can actually feed the technique.
Insert an arm under the opponents arm and you will find a chance to bend that arm down, creating a sort of a wrong angle armlock. Or, you might bend the arm the other way, and find a figure four armlock, or a chicken wing, which threatens to snap the arm off at the elbow, or wrench the whole thing off at the shoulder. If the opponent doesn’t want to go along, you can do a shock and lock to him by delivering a sharp elbow to his side.
You can go between the legs, on the wrong side of the head, anywhere. Your arm will be a lever, and a little twisting will manipulate the nearest joint in ways he certainly won’t like. The idea, of course, is to project your intention along with your arm.
To extend your intention is the key to making this concept a usable one. Intention is desire is will is chi is ki is…whatever you want to happen made real. Once one understands this concept all sorts of joint manipulations will fill your toolbox.
Al Case has been throwing people for 4O years. You can get his free ebook at Monster Martial Arts.
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