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JamesC
07-29-2010, 11:45 AM
I'm coming from a background in close-range fighting systems. Jun Fan JKD, Muay Thai, and Okinawan Shorin-Ryu.

My training partner has been telling me for the last couple weeks that I need to work on extending my punches and stances out. The problem is that I feel like I am, but he assures me that i'm still really compact with my form.

You guys have any tips on how to try and break out of my short-range mindset? I would really like to be able to apply my Longfist techniques at long-range effectively.

On the other hand, I think that's why i've been enjoying it so much. It is such the polar opposite of everything i've ever been taught that it just hurts my brain when I can't do something that I know is simple, lol.