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Kicking & Grappling
is pretty much our arsenal of kicks that we
Similarly I have restricted kicking and gra- would use in a standing situation.
ppling in training. I do still teach many of the-
se techniques as awareness and so that the As with kicking we try to avoid grappling and
students can learn to defend against these restraint.
types of attacks but I make them aware of
why many of these techniques should be avoi- We still learn the aspects of grappling and the
ded where possible. principles associated with it such as leverage
and restraint but we mostly still learn these
Let me explain in a little more detail. techniques to aid in the training of escaping
bear hugs, headlocks etc.
We do use kicks but when we are on the
ground. From here stability is no a problem. Our biggest problem with grappling is that it
We can still use Hook Kicks, Side Kicks, Axe ‘ties’ us to the attacker. It can restrict our abi-
Kicks and Push Kicks, just from a different lity to leave the situation at the easiest oppor-
angle than you might normally expect to see tunity. “The longer a fight continues, the more
them. likely it is that something could go wrong”.

If we were standing we would normally use In addition it requires using the arms or legs
stomps, if the person were on the ground. Or to do so. And this leaves us vulnerable if ano-
we would use knees, if we are in close and we ther person should become involved or if the
can use the surroundings or the other person attacker should produce a weapon that you
for stability (if the situation dictates). Or we were not previously aware of. We always work
may use a turning kick to the knee. But that on a +1 theory.

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