Zigzag Footwork

[YouKnowWho]

Have you ever use zigzag footwork like this?

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zf_5flVU6iE

Of course you don't always need to use 3 steps. You can just use 1 step. If your opponent doesn't turn with you, you attack his side door. If he does, you change angle and attack his front door.

What's your opinion on this?

[hunt1]

zig zag type of footwork is important and effective. We don't perform it the way it is shown in the video but the ideas are similar. Allows you to be aggressive while protecting yourself by moving off the line.

[TAO YIN]

Ba Bu Gong Si, 8 step chasing the cicada...awesome footwork for shape changing while attacking, and a bunch of other stuff. Works good going backwards too. We have a ton of drills where we use this type of footwork. Blending all kinds of footwork together is necessary.

[PalmStriker]

2nd video shows how to get around centerline fighters.

[YouKnowWho]

2nd video shows how to get around centerline fighters.

Can you talk about "centerline" without talking about "front door (space between 2 arms)"?

[Yum Cha]

Anybody ever thought the way around a cenreline fighter is Horizontal, on the perpendicular axis to the centreline?

But back to zig zag footwork. Also well known in Loong Ying and Pak Mei.

I really like John's video, with the unsyncopated change in rhythm.

We like to train our 'charges' and combinations with varied range to accommodate toe-to-toe, chasing down someone backing off, and closing a large gap to attack.

[YouKnowWho]

Anybody ever thought the way around a cenreline fighter is Horizontal, on the perpendicular axis to the centreline?

You can use a 45 degree downward haymaker to interrupt both jab and cross. After that you can reverse your haymaker and get your opponent into a reverse head lock (guillotine).

[Yum Cha]

You can use a 45 degree downward haymaker to interrupt both jab and cross. After that you can reverse your haymaker and get your opponent into a reverse head lock (guillotine).

well, nice to know its not just me....

[YouKnowWho]

well, nice to know its not just me....

People who believes in center line don't want to accept that fact. The principle is very easy to understand. If your opponent uses straight line attack, you can either use clockwise circle, or counter-clockwise circle to deflect it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AVJlx9ISQo

[Yum Cha]

People who believes in center line don't want to accept that fact. The principle is very easy to understand. If your opponent uses straight line attack, you can either use clockwise circle, or counter-clockwise circle to deflect it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AVJlx9ISQo

and also, more aggressively, with a lateral attack, their defence is lacking. Of course, only as lacking as the skill of the man behind the style.

[Sima Rong]

People who believes in center line don't want to accept that fact. The principle is very easy to understand. If your opponent uses straight line attack, you can either use clockwise circle, or counter-clockwise circle to deflect it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AVJlx9ISQo

That seems like Western fencing strategy too.

[Neeros]

Zig zag footwork is great in conjunction with swiveling of the body to avoid strikes, it is one of my favorite thing about dragon patterns.