Today I want to focus on one of my favorite techniques.

As close as I could find to this movements ending position

Perhaps others will find this interesting. I have had a lot of fun with this over the years.
As we have just reached over 190.000 viewers of the blog, I enjoy sharing this

 

This is because as disabled I have become, I can still perform these close in motions with fluidity. They have the added advantage of not using grabs keeping the hands free for additional responses.

 

It is a  part of the motion found in Mawashi Uke/Uchi or Tora Guchi (Tigers Mouth). You might view this as a fractal of that movement.

 

The simplest explanation.

 

The attacker’s right hand extends toward you.

Whether a grab or a right strike.

 

1.    In neutral stance, you step out with your left foot.

a.     As you are stepping out you rotate your center to the right

b.    And as you do so your left open hand parries their right arm to the right, the arm and hand working as one unit

2.    Your right open hand, where your right arm and hand are acting as one unit, slides up your left arm and then across their deflected arm

a.     As you do this your alignment of your center rolls away from their arm.

b.    Then your right hand slides alongside their arm and presses inward.

3.    You roll your center back toward their arm

a.     As you do so strike behind their arm’s elbow to hyper-extend it (their arm) or break it (again their arm).

 

And also:

 

The attacker’s right hand extends toward you.

Whether a grab or a left strike.

 

1.    In neutral stance, you step out with your right foot.

a.     As you are stepping out you rotate your center to the leftt

b.    And as you do so your right open hand parries their left arm to the left, the arm and hand working as one unit

2.    Your left open hand, where your left arm and hand are acting as one unit, slides up your  right arm and then across their deflected arm

a.     As you do this your alignment of your center rolls away from their arm.

b.    Then your right hand slides alongside their arm and presses inward.

3.    You roll your center back toward their arm

a.     As you do so strike behind their arm’s elbow to hyper-extend it (their arm) or break it (again their arm).

 

You can readily move from left side to right side for drill purporses. There are many more uses than I have explained.

 

This was an Indonesian version I picked up. Very quick and versatile.

 

This is a instruction session for the movement.