The Style of Bruce Lee
The Style of Bruce Lee
Notice on the leg obstruction that the shoulders are square. Like the support on a bridge the shoulders must be square to make the technique solid.
Photo 5- 2 people side view- shoulders on leg obstruction not square.
To test this, have your partner push on your leg obstruction with the shoulders not square and then square and see the difference in the strength of the stance.
Notice that the person doing the leg obstruction has his rear hand placed at his chin. This done as you move forward to counter attack and as the leg comes forward.
Photo 6- The leg obstruction _ way to target.
Notice that the front leg has a natural bend to it and the front hand is being retracted as the front arm is reaching out to cover the centerline and help to defend against any hand attack. When contact is made the power of the leg obstruction will come from the rotation of the body as well and the snap of the kick about 2 to 3 inches into the opponent ' s knee or shin.
Be very careful when working on this, as it is very easy to really hurt the shin or knee of your training partner. Shin guards should be required for any leg obstruction practice. At the same time we have not found any shin guards that we can practice the leg obstruction at more than about 40 % power. While it doesn ' t look like much you can develop considerable power with the leg obstruction, so be careful when practicing it.
One of the things that the leg obstruction is good for is to prevent the defender from either stop hitting or stop kicking either a hand or leg attack.
Photo 6- The stop hit- Fighting measure
Photo 7- A: attempts to land a side kick B: Stop hits
Photo 8- The stop kick- Fighting measure
Photo 9- A: attempts to land a jab B: Shin / knee side kick
This time instead of attacking with a hand or leg attack, the attackers attacks with a leg obstruction, which negates the stop hit or kick. Photo 10- Fighting measure RTR Photo 11- A: leg obstruction From this point the attack can followup his attack. I know that a lot of people have said that trapping does not work. This is not necessarily the case. After applying the leg obstruction it is quite simple to trap and hit.
If you are in a matching stance( that is if both have their same leg forward) it is quite easy to drop your weight and trap while hitting.
Photo 12- A: drops his weight and while trapping both of his opponent ' s