Originally Posted by
YouKnowWho
Let's use the "foot sweep" as example. You may not like to use it on your opponent, but you can't prevent your opponent from using it on you. When your opponent uses it on you, what will be your "response"?
good example. had to deal with this earlier this week with a training partner with a background in wrestling (but primarily a kung fu guy as well). At one point his front leg tried to sweep my front leg from behind, I felt it and responded but our legs locked. It's wasn't hard contact so I tried to pressure him forward but he used his energy to pull his front leg (the one locked with my leg) back while kind of "twisting" me. If he wanted to, it would've gotten me **** well.
Then he gave me a lecture on how my grappling instincts suck, which they really do. But its a good point that we should train all sorts of scenarios, especially the common ones, because sure I could've hit him, but under the rules at the time, I was pretty much responding in the worst way.
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