The FMA and their triangle footwork is full of "blind side" work.
Ashihara karate, an off-shot of kyokushin, is based on blind side fighting, but I am not sure when he started to develop it.
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***NOT TRUE, Niersun. I have a Red Sash with three Gold logos on it. Became Grandmaster William Cheung's student in 1983, (after 8 years with Moy Yat)...have hosted/organized some 25 different seminars by William Cheung, and to this day I still have the longest running TWC school in NYC.
And the "blindside strategy" that TWC uses has not been ripped off by other stylists. As far as wing chun goes, you can make the argument that no one has emphasized and developed this strategy to the extent that William Cheung has with TWC - but to say that other MA's have ripped it off from TWC is just false.
The basic premise of fighting on the blindside has always been a part of many
different striking arts to one extent or another.
It's just a word, but basically has the same connotation as "flanking."
As I think about it, something comes to mind as to why William Cheung may have chosen that word:
As you probably have read in my posts in the past, William Cheung teaches the importance of watching the opponent's elbows and knees - with particular emphasis on the lead elbow since it's the opponent's closest weapon.
This may have something to do with why he chose that word, as I can tell you from experience that watching elbows and knees does help to see what's coming in time to react efficiently.
And so the idea in the TWC blindside strategy is to work towards getting both of your arms to the outside of whatever arm the opponent is either leading or punching with as much as possible - so as to have a momentary advantage of two-on-one...
making it difficult for him to see some of your strikes because you're now on his flank - and he may be busy trying to deal with one of your arms while the other arm is being thrown at him as a strike.
I guess i call you Sihing.
I have seen karate people take a side step and execute a single strike only and thats when the opponent charges. In my opinion that really isnt fighting on the blindside as a main strategy like TWC.
But then again that is from what i have only seen. I havent seen old karate tournament footage, where alot of pressure is being put on from the blindside, which is fighting from the blindside.
I will take your your word for it though and say that i am wrong.
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