All you need is one simple technique

[YouKnowWho]

Your thought?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AECoD...76816DF48B3424

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuvtwytNJqw

[-N-]

One really good technique can get you by.

But the time you run across the person that has mastered how to shut down that technique, you will be in trouble.

Best to have a few in which you are expert.

Then you can use strategy in addition to technique.

The girl in the video won not so much because of her one technique. More so that she was more aggressive.

[-N-]

Brendan Lai sometimes would say, "Technique can be matched against technique, but nothing can match speed."

One way of thinking of this is not in absolute speed, but in being faster than the opponent can adapt.

Strategy is part of this.

[bawang]

one of my students in Wombat Combat™

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBTPjhImt2A

[Syn7]

I think training a small set of high percentage techniques is most likely the best way to learn self defence quickly. That being said, if you want to step it up beyond simple street defence you need to diversify. If you know a smaller set of techniques, the odds are that it will be enough. But for those who want more security, it takes more.

Sports are a bit different. But when you get higher up, you really need to put more into your bag. There are very few one trick ponies that last a long time on top.

[Kellen Bassette]

one of my students in Wombat Combat™

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBTPjhImt2A

I see you finally trademarked your style, Leung Ting would be proud.

[sanjuro_ronin]

Its' not really about how many techniques you know, though having more than 1 is a good idea.
It is about how much you have exposed your techniques to.
If you have mastered 8 techniques and have exposed them to all manner of situations and environments vs the bets trained you can find, then you will be able to pull those techniques off against pretty much anything anyone can throw at you.

[ginosifu]

Its' not really about how many techniques you know, though having more than 1 is a good idea.
It is about how much you have exposed your techniques to.
If you have mastered 8 techniques and have exposed them to all manner of situations and environments vs the bets trained you can find, then you will be able to pull those techniques off against pretty much anything anyone can throw at you.

I like this concept ! 8 techniques is plenty enough put up against all plethera of situations.

ginosifu

[Bacon]

I like this concept ! 8 techniques is plenty enough put up against all plethera of situations.

ginosifu

Okay. We'll spar. You only get 8 techniques. I get unlimited and when I find those openings your 8 techniques don't defend against I get to hit you as much as I want

[sanjuro_ronin]

I think you both kind of missed the point, LMAO !

[Syn7]

Define "a technique"?

[YouKnowWho]

Define "a technique"?

To me, a technique is a tool in your toolbox such as roundhouse kick, upper cut, elbow lock, hip throw, ... I like to call it "finish move - something that you can use it to finish a fight".

If you can master 8 good techniques such as:

- jab,
- cross,
- hook,
- upper cut,
- front kick,
- side kick,
- round house kick,
- flying knee,

You are a very good striker.

A simple technique is only the starting point. It's the root of a tree. There are many branches that can grow out of that tree. In order to master a single technique, you have to master a set of techinques.

[Syn7]

Cool. Just wanted to make sure we are on the same page. In the past I have heard different definitions.

What about defence?

[YouKnowWho]

What about defence?

I don't play defence so I'll let others to define that term. Defence is bad. Just look at US and Iraq war.

[sanjuro_ronin]

I've bounced with boxers that have handled themselves against pretty much anything and they now 4 techniques.
It have never been a case of WHAT you know as much as the case of HOW WELL you can apply it.
Look at MMA, where you get the broadest examples of technqiues ( since it covers striking and grappling) and you can count the principle techniques used on both hands.
Looking at fight finishers:
Strikes: hooks, overhands, elbows, knees and round house are the majority
throws: hip, slams and trips/sweeps
Subs: RNC, arm bar, leg lock

The vast majority of fights end with some of the above.