Great Discussion!

We train Defence a lot because you really can't eat a blow to the head
as a previous poster clearly illustrated.

IMHO though if you ONLY play Defence you are going to Loose. You have
surrenderred the tempo to your opponent and all things being equal, he
who controls the Tempo / Range controls the fight.

Thus we train to close the gap and seize the opportunity if the fight
is clearlly going down. If we do have to react to then, then block
and xhange the range to something more advantagous and go on the
Offensive.

Regards,
Guro Rob
Boston Fighting Faction


On 7/4/09, tom21obrien <thomas22778@...> wrote:
> Finally some action. The subject came up because about a week prior to our
> practice, my fire company was dispatched for an EMS run for a victim of an
> assault. Once we got there we found a 20+ lad on the ground with his head
> split open. Once we patched him up and sent out in the ambulance, we talked
> to some bystanders and they said some dudes came up to him with a bat and
> swung for the fences. Apparently over a pack of smokes. So we started
> talking about body mechanics and how if the lad had a stick, and a little
> knowledge, he could have blocked the swing and given them a good quick
> thump.
>
>

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