Originally posted by ShaolinTiger00
define "probing offense".
You are incorrect.
sorry I did not follow up with lightning speed here tiger. I worked all night and had to spar all day, and I just found out about the Space Shuttle, so sorry if I am now a bit incoherent.
by "probeing offense" I am reffering to useing uncommited attacks to feel out an opponents range, timeing and possibly reaction patterns. In a fight with a known limit to time of contact (ie rounds) and a single opponent, feeling them out is a good idea.
However in a as I said "quote/unquote" street fight this is not always a good idea, and can be a very bad idea. Now of course it's best to be a skilled aggressor, but every time you jab I also learn your reach, your timeing and maybe some idea of your reaction patterns. A skilled defender can exploit this, in much the same way a skilled aggressor can exploit timidity or hesitation on the part of the defender.
If i am going to throw a limb at someone I want it to hit something! now I don't alway get my wish, but I'd guess I make contact at least 80 percent of the time.
BTW was a post deleted, or are you calling me a shaolin master? I'm not even a student!
Originally posted by Watchman
In fact, ST00's description of the "finger-jab to the eye" that is used to disrupt an opponent's timing and balance sounds a lot like Biu Sau to me.
As I WC guy I agree with Watchman, partialy cause I'm afraid he'll sic JWT's weiner dog on me if I don't, but mostly cause he is right.
but I think we would all have a good laugh at the poor kung fu guy that threw Biu sau after Biu sau at a good MMA guy before getting taken down and pounded to dust.
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