odee
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Post by odee on May 30, 2013 8:09:54 GMT -5
Does anybody else believe there is a ladder when it comes to the skill required to execute any given technique?
Take punching for example - I'd put it on the top rung because an opponent would have to be MUCH better than you to stop you from managing to punch them.
I'd put a low kick just below the punch - It does take a bit of balance to use a kick.
High kicks I'd put in the middle - High kicks don't require you to be better than your opponent but you do actually have to be good at using the kicks.
I'd put counter-throws at the bottom - You have to predict your opponent to a good degree, be faster than they are AND good at the technique.
Any thoughts on this?
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Post by Glutton4Punishment on Jun 6, 2013 18:48:10 GMT -5
You mean like grading each type of technique based on how tough it is to actually pull off? If that's the case, then of course. I've never thought of it as a ladder though.
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Post by odee on Jun 7, 2013 1:46:18 GMT -5
Pretty much yeah. It's something that people never really seem to think about but it's been popping up for a while now so I had to ask if anyone else ever thinks about it.
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Post by KyKarateka on Jun 7, 2013 17:54:00 GMT -5
I haven't really considered a degree as to how difficult a technique is to execute compared to others. Obviously some are harder to do but seeing what people from different styles say is the hardest/easiest could be interesting.
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Post by Glutton4Punishment on Jun 7, 2013 19:49:05 GMT -5
I've never particularly felt that I could generalize it this way. I've always noticed that different people excel at different types of techniques, but that's it. In Muay Thai, for example, my boxing has never been particularly great, but in a clinch I can work pretty well especially with my knees. Others can't throw knees or work in clinch at all, but can box or kick like crazy.
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Post by odee on Jun 8, 2013 4:36:31 GMT -5
Yeah, I guess people are just too different to cover things that way. Some are naturally flexible, some are naturally balanced, some are naturally powerful and some are naturally acrobatic and some are like me, naturally hopeless and forced to work on everything to get halfway decent.
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Post by boyo1991 on Jul 4, 2013 0:39:34 GMT -5
Most certainly! Everything builds upon itself, let's take grappling into account (ik I will mostly use grappling for all examples as its what I know.. ) I'm sure most people can figure out that you can step behind someone and trip em school yard bully style (osoto gake??) Then osoto gari, then osoto guruma. It's a progression, once you get it you can develop to the next version more difficult may I add of that move.
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