Arts of Korea
Arts of Korea
The Hwa Rang Do ®- joint locks & throwings
In the first two instructional videos we addressed the concepts, the tactics and strategies of knife fighting, joint manipulation and takedowns. We saw how you can defend yourself from an armed attack, in particular another knife attack, using a knife as a defensive weapon. Moreover we studied how to approach from the stage one( 1- distance standing up) position to get to the stage two( 2- in close standing up) position and then how to effectively take them down to the ground so that you can maintain control and submit and finish the opponent.
In this third DVD we ' ll instruct you on how to utilize the joint manipulation as a takedown technique. Joint manipulation is not often seen as a technique for takedown, but we ' ll show you how you can go ahead and use proper pressure, maintaining the right angle, and leverage to be able to effectively take your opponent to the ground gaining your advantage position and submit your opponent on the ground if you choose to do so. In the first technique we ' re going go ahead and defend from an overhead strike. Usually an over-head strike occurs when there is a weapon or something in the hand that you ' re striking with, and the opponent swings downward at the person. But for right now, we ' re just going to have the attack performed with an empty hand. The first thing you must do is always move out of the line of fire. The important thing to understand is that, whenever there ' s a strike, the main area that an opponent will aim for is
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