Re: TCMA techniques in the modern era
Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2017 10:55 pm
What went wrong in this clip? All teachers have taught their students how to borrow force. But students still didn't know how to borrow force. When a teacher demonstrated how to establish a bridge, that teacher intentionally ignored that his partner student didn't know how to borrow his force. It makes no sense to me.
When you use "downward parry" to establish a bridge, you should not expect your opponent's arm will still be there. All my students had experienced that when they used "downward parry" on me, I would always borrow their downward force and hay-maker, spin my arm, and hit on the side of their head. Why? Because my arm was free.
IMO, when you use downward parry, you can either use
- a wrist grip to temporary restrict your opponent's arm mobility.
- an arm wrap. The moment that you can sense your opponent's arm is going to spin, you change your clockwise downward parry into a counter-clockwise arm wrap.
In wrestling, you try to control your opponent's arm. But you will soon find out that when your opponent's arm also rotate with your arm into the same direction, you will then just control into the thin air. It doesn't take long for you to figure out that your clockwise arm move should soon be changed into counter-clockwise arm move. This way when your opponent's arm tries to rotate with your arm, you can meet his arm in the opposite direction.