Quote Originally Posted by hskwarrior View Post
The downward Gam Jin or Cross Block as we term it, what is your opinions on it for blocking a low frontal kick? would you use it? do you believe it to be effective against a strong kicker?

personally, i wouldn't use it for a low block for a couple of reasons. first, you don't know how experienced or conditioned another fighter is and i feel it can be a dangerous move to stop of low kick. for me, i'd just use my legs to stop it.

the other reason is not safe is of course the huge open door for your opponent to knock you out. In the Lau Bun Hung Sing Cheung Kuen form we do use it to block a low kick but its followed up with the flower block for a punch to your face, followed by a kick and chop choy..
You know, the Gam Jin reminds me of the kind of blocks used in butterfly swords usage. What if empty hand practice was really meant to represent weapons usage. I'm not much of a historian but wasn't there a weapons ban in Chinese history?