He mangaed to do it because his attacker wasnt attacking him and was just a dude in a funny costume .The Brother pulled off quite effectively, and how/why he managed to do that.
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Thats one of the nicest things anyone has ever said about me.Laird oozes Jimmy Maloney attitude that ferocious intent Ive unfortunatley only seen on video . He woke me up real fast to little love taps
Puts it in a different perspective doesn't it. I beat the crap out of Mr. pumpkin head while he sat in a chairHe managed to do it because his attacker wasnt attacking him and was just a dude in a funny costume.
This is what chi sao is all about and why there was so much emphasis placed on this training. Not mentioned is that the energy and sensitivity may be used with a simple energy strategy <perception/reaction> that allows this programming to bypass cognitive awareness for near instant adaptation to an opponent's energy "error."Van Canna wrote: The idea is very old and integral to many Indonesian, Malaysian, Chinese and Filipino fighting systems. In fact, this position is literally "Introduction to angles 101."
Putting this structure in front of you and charging forward was aptly described as "rudimentary silat."
No matter what you call it or where you got it from, what is important, is that the principle works for altering your opponent's orientation and off-balancing him.
The truth is, however, if you think that is effective, wait until you get to the good stuff. With a little bit of practice you can spin an opponent like a cue ball with english and put him exactly where you want him.
Your body movement in combination of your hand work creates a multi-directional force that disrupts your opponent's structure.
The end effect is you move him in such a way that -- for the next second -- he must be more concerned with staying upright and/or reorienting on you than launching another attack.
It sounds simple, but unless you consciously work at learning how to move in this manner you will not get it. But once you see the effectiveness and ease of combining forces like this you will never go back to doing things the old hard way.
Van Canna wrote: As long as these are the results, then the odds are that the person will continue to attack.
On the other hand, when the person throws a punch and is suddenly whirled around hurled off balance and finds himself facing another direction it causes a mental hiccup as he attempts to deal with all these unexpected results.
On a physical level, were he be allowed to, he would have to regain his balance, reorient himself and then continue attack. On a mental level all this confusion keeps him from noticing that you are putting him into a position that prevents him from continuing to resist.
What do you make of the concepts?
The S.P.E.A.R. SYSTEM™ represents the only fully ambidextrous CQC tactic and does not require the operator to slow down or stutter step to line up a kick or strike.
The "cowcatcher" is a symmetrical response, which does not rely on "sided-ness". The target area is high leading center-of-mass (coincides with shooting doctrine), and the palms are used with full extension of the arms.
The head lowers between the two extended arms, affording protection and streamlining the posture. It appears that you are "diving" into the opponent, and the forward-leaning attitude you assume produces the same bracing effect as using a chair underneath a doorknob.
You are then in a position to initiate forward drive, or "ride" the incoming charge of the opponent slightly backward without being knocked over. Many options for follow-up present themselves from this position, and can be dictated by your dept's use-of-force/suspect-control policies.
I followed the natural tendency for the surprised "target" to square off against an imminent threat (iso shooting stance, anyone?), just as a deer turns to look into the headlights of an oncoming car.
Development of the cowcatcher (named after the metal apparatus on the front of train engines) continued with thousands of iterations of sucker-punch/surprise attack, etc. scenarios, including being "jumped" while engaged in a typical field interview.
The use of our Bulletman suit has solidified the value of the symmetrical approach by highlighting the indifference of the technique to the orientation of the incoming threat.
The use of the extended arms/palms to impact the opponent follows the natural urge to push a threat away, and the resultant structure also provides head protection, as well as "hollowing" the body against a possible edged weapon attack.
The most vascular targets are covered: brachial region, face, inside of arms..... And the abdomen is difficult to reach with a blade as well. A wide spectrum of combative strikes is available from this position, as well as many of the standard restraint/control tactics.
At the risk of being flamed, I will mention an interesting take on the same concept. It is simply called the wedge and comes from Chris Clugstan of Comhrac Bas fame (or infamy).
It is less a jam and more of an escape but it is a classic triangular wedge aimed at the left shoulder as you drive through and past the BG. If you hit the left shoulder on a right punch the guy as almost no choice but to spin off balance giving you the chance to escape and on the ten percent chance he is a lefty, you will jam the shoulder.
Everything else Lee mentioned about a wedge applies such as the shoulders and arms protecting the head, the two hands supporting each other.
From my perspective, Blauer's not so much emphasizing the ability to implant a trained response during a thalamus-amygdala hijacking as much as he seems to be using the instinctive covering & protective motion of the arms during the body alarm reaction to chamber the SPEAR.
The SPEAR in this interpretation would remain a trained response, but it would be one of the first available and most logical responses that would be present as the neocortex came back into the loop; the speed of the SPEAR would come from the piggybacking of a simple, trainable response onto an unattainable-but-extremely-reliable one.
In talking to Rich Dimitri, a former student of Blauer's and now heading up Senshido, he talked about binding a technique like the SPEAR to the startle flinch reaction.
If you remember back a while there was a large discussion that discussed whether or not the Vertical elbow shield or a Spear type maneuver was a real flinch.
The argument being made was that "you can't flinch forward". I argued that in training you drive forward every time, even though you can't flinch forward.
The concept being that if the cover closely resembles a flinch (which both the spear and the VES do) then you could quickly transition from the flinch to the technique.