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However, the second reason is even more im-
portant. These big movements teach you to carry
through on your strikes. A friend of mine, Paul
Ingram of the Kali Center, often says “under
pressure you will perform at your lowest level of
training.” I have seen really good fighters begin to
choke under stress and begin to pull their pun-
ches. Once this happens that fighter is no longer
committed to the attack and they get picked apart.

Lohan Kung Fu gets fighters to always commit to
their attacks. When Lohan fighters fall back on
their training they are always active and always
striking. Some of the striking might look wild but

Takedowns on triangles. Sifu Wayne gave me a techniques are sound and aggression has its own
great lesson on balance. value. Roy Nelson, a Kung Fu practitioner, uses
these techniques all the time to lay fighters out in
WHAT DID I LEARN?: Lohan Kung Fu is charac- the UFC. Similar techniques always give him a
terised by large swing hands. Their big movements “puncher’s chance” and he seems to chance on
are designed to help a fighter generate the maxi- luck a lot. After all, a good defense is a strong
mum amount of power possible. There are several offense.
very good reasons to train like this. First, you can
offset relative strength. There will always be stron-
ger fighters and you may require additional power
to win the fight. In the Lohan system you use body
mechanics to build that additional power which
can give a “weaker” fighter a strength advantage
over a much “stronger” opponent.

Lohan fighters training with weights to develop
power.

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