Comments on: Combination 2, another way.

By: Feral

Feral — Tue, 05 May 2009 19:29:36 +0000

it would be great to see some more combo 2 videos! It is one of my favorite techniques.

By: Justin Terrien

Justin Terrien — Tue, 05 May 2009 12:49:40 +0000

I agree with your critique. One thing to keep in mind is the age of the students in the video, and I dont want to get into a debate about it with people but they look to be about 15 or 16.

I believe #2 is a very misunderstood technique. In my opinion when done properly the technique will cover lots of ground pushing the attacker back and your footwork will basicly be catching up to them in order to gain range.

#2 and #5 I am hoping to do a little vid on myself and will get to but for those out there who do not know I recently closed my commercial school and am teaching a handfull of my closest students out of my home dojo. This is neither here nor there in regards to this video it is only my excuse for not posting more vids lately. ;)

By: matt

matt — Sun, 03 May 2009 23:54:54 +0000

Justin – I believe you are correct. I’ll Drop Mr. V. an email to ask for some clarification. My main concerns are with the opening footwork and the back two-knuckle. The ‘leg trip’ maneuver is one variation that I used to do, and still sneak in now and then, but it’s an artifact of not getting enough power on the back two knuckle punch. If you observe the foot work after the takedown, it’s a nice smooth transition to a horse stance (1:11) that is a natural defense vs. the right leg kick by the downed opponent.

My main complaint is that when he blocks, and when he strikes, he does not have his mass moving to back up his strikes on his opponent. The blocking footwork takes him off line, but leads to a very precarious structure with his feet together and his mass not moving toward his block/strike. For his strikes, they seem to be mostly ‘arm’ based. For example, watch his hips from 0:43-0:45. They are completely stationary.

As for the speed, it’s obviously a ‘demonstrate and explain’ video, so the lack of speed doesn’t bother me, and I’m glad they are thinking about what they are doing.

By: Justin Terrien

Justin Terrien — Fri, 01 May 2009 23:05:50 +0000

Hey Matt, I believe these are some of Doug
Veronesi’s students.

By: Feral

Feral — Fri, 01 May 2009 18:10:57 +0000

hmmm, I don’t think that this technique looks very effective. It just looks like a slower less aggressive version of combination 2. IMO combo 2 is supposed to be faster, more aggressive, and more in your face than this one.

At my dojo where I practice instead of doing an L ‘step’ we shuffle as we block. Then whip the back two knuckle strike into the opponents face. Immediately thereafter we shuffle forward with the elbow knocking the opponent off balance. Once the opponent loses balance we reach down with the tigers mouth and scoop their leg up(using the left hand as a guard), fling their leg away and shuto to groin, HIYAH! pivot out.

By: shaolinwarriormark

shaolinwarriormark — Fri, 01 May 2009 13:54:21 +0000

ok, i have 2- number 2′s, he did the “Quick Version, ” but screwed it up.
At 41 seconds, You do not “Step out” when doing the Quick version of#2, the back to knuckle flows right of the block, Then you step out as you perform the downward elbow to the collarbone/throat.practice with a partner, this way, and you will see it is much faster then the “L” step #2.
Also note, he did a big #3 block, on the “Fast version#2″, you do a quick #3 block with a twist.