Originally Posted by
Ben Gash
I think it depends at what range you use it. At long range it's pretty dicey but at contact range it's similar to push hands movements, or of course a cross collar choke.
Collar choke, clinch, headlock, outward elbow wrench,...
Multiplicity of applications for a few simple ideas is one of the things that makes CLF a good system.
Agree with the similarity to some push hand ideas. Find the elbow and you know what to do.
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