Quote Originally Posted by wingchunIan View Post
Maybe, it just looks to me like trying to force fit a technique that you're out of range to pull off, but then again it's equally possible that I'm wrong as grappling isn't my area of expertise.
This is the major difference between the "Judo approach" and the "Chinese wrestling approach".

In Judo, you want to use the minimum amount of force to achieve the maximum amount result. That's why the Judo is also called "the way of softness".

The Chinese wrestling is a "sport for strength". You force your technique to work. This will give your opponent 2 options, either fight againt you or yield into you. In either cases, you have just forced your opponent to make a certain commitment. This is why Chinese wrestler may attack aggressively. You don't wait for your opponent to give anything to you. You give to your oponent. You then try to take away from him.