Post by Kanashimi on Jul 6, 2016 15:03:53 GMT -6
Reading, Set-Ups, and Prediction
SKBC 2010
Sir Spyn
This is a new concept class for me to try and teach. Its what I teach most people as part of
learning to fight mentally, but I feel it’s important enough to merit its own class. First and
foremost, you will find everything in class to be taught from a single sword perspective,
because by the time you learn all this you will have picked up how to apply it better to
more styles. You will need to know all the Basic single sword shots and stances before
trying to work this stuff into your way of fighting. We will first approach how to attack
and defend properly.
1. Lanes of Attack / Cone of Defense
1.1. When lining up to fight, take time to notice the angle from your sword shoulder
to each of your opponent’s shoulders. This area / cone is known as your Lanes of
Attack. When you are thinking about blocking most people hold their hand to
close to the body. If you will look at the attached diagrams you will notice how
little you have to move your hand to block the further out your guard is. Why is
this helpful you ask? Your hand is further into his Lane of attack, making it
harder for him to throw around your block. The placement of the hand closer to
the centerline helps deny the center and force a cross or outside shot. This makes
reading easier and gives you more time to react to the longer shots that go around
your guard.
1.2. Review the diagrams
What is the main difference between the two hand-matched stances and the
regular right on right or left on left stances? Which stance looks more open and
why? You will notice the hand matched stances present much less of your
centerline and therefore make it easier to manipulate your opponent into crossing
or opening outside.
1.3. Lines are Horizontal and Vertical
This is a point I cannot stress enough in this class. Why does this matter you ask?
The taller your opponent is the easier time they will have straight chopping your
arm off and thus the further his sword has to travel to reach around or under your
guard. In general I point my hand at my opponents shoulder when I hold an
extended guard. This helps me block the easier higher percentage shots and helps
force him into longer easier to read lower percentage shots. This is also a good
rule to use against faster or more skillful opponents as well. Take the easy stuff
away and present less. Starting to notice a trend here?
2. Static Defense
2.1. Most people’s body positioning / stances, well to be honest suck very badly.
Reading has a lot to do with your basic stance, approach and body positioning.
Here is a list of common things most people do wrong.
2.2. Positioning of the Body i.e. = Hunching (reaching with the back), to long/to
straight (look like a track star lined up, shoulders turned way to much), or to low
(squatting to much)
2.3. Positioning of the hands i.e. = To high (the most common), to far off center, to
low, to close to your body (second most common)
2.4. Positioning of the Feet i.e. = Pointing the lead foot, positioning / angle of back
foot. What does not pointing your lead foot at your opponent’s center do you ask?
What it does to your swing mechanic and power generation and also its affect on
knees and hips over time. When swinging a stick the apex of your swing is at
your lead foot. So if your toe is pointed outside, your swing will lose power as
passes the apex and force you to arm the rest of the swing. If its pointed inward,
you swing will never get to its apex and will be robbed of power.
3. Predicable Openers and Returns
This is the main thing Block-Strike teaches you. When you throw somewhere on your
opponent, he basically has three choices where to throw back on you. Often times the
Primary and secondary return are not very far from each other can be blocked or
denied with the same block, and the third option is usually much slower and easier to
read.
3.1. Explain how stuff is predicable by showing the 3 returns from any given shot
thrown / blocked. Primary Return / highest percentage also the safest, Secondary
Return, Slowest Return also the lowest percentage shot.
3.2. Explain what Predicable openers means. How it can be used offensively and
defensively. Show class with shortest and tallest student how this works.
4. Reading and Set-Ups
4.1. Explain what reading is… the principal behind it and how it affect everything
you do. This is based on about a billion variables that constitute what could
happen.
4.2. Show how to affect the variables to make certain shots and returns more likely,
i.e. positioning of the hands, feet, and body.
4.3. What to do when presented with baits or set-ups. What is safest shot to throw
when unsure what to do? Throw for the hand or step back.
4.4. How else can you move someone from his or her set-up? Step off center, stutter
step, stab leads/feints.
5. How to approach the fight
5.1. Mental Checklist i.e. Observe variables in the opponent that could affect the
outcome of the fight.
5.2. What type of fighter are they? Hop and Pop? Reactionary? Grinder? Cheater?
Come up with a plan based on that. What weapon style do they have?
5.3. Then look for such things as but not limited to… Height, Speed, Skill,
Handedness, Foot Positioning, What foot is forward?
5.4. All this should be compiled in a matter of milliseconds. You use this information
to decide weather or not you can change / push your opponent around or weather
its safer to change your approach to them. In the beginning, you will find it easier
to change yourself rather than attempt to make the opponent read what you
present. This also saves you from the people who don’t know what they are
doing and just swing a lot.
5.5. How do all these variables affect you and come together for your personal gain in
fights you ask. Explain in detail about many of the variables. How it can and will
affect anything done in fighting.
Link to Source
SKBC 2010
Sir Spyn
This is a new concept class for me to try and teach. Its what I teach most people as part of
learning to fight mentally, but I feel it’s important enough to merit its own class. First and
foremost, you will find everything in class to be taught from a single sword perspective,
because by the time you learn all this you will have picked up how to apply it better to
more styles. You will need to know all the Basic single sword shots and stances before
trying to work this stuff into your way of fighting. We will first approach how to attack
and defend properly.
1. Lanes of Attack / Cone of Defense
1.1. When lining up to fight, take time to notice the angle from your sword shoulder
to each of your opponent’s shoulders. This area / cone is known as your Lanes of
Attack. When you are thinking about blocking most people hold their hand to
close to the body. If you will look at the attached diagrams you will notice how
little you have to move your hand to block the further out your guard is. Why is
this helpful you ask? Your hand is further into his Lane of attack, making it
harder for him to throw around your block. The placement of the hand closer to
the centerline helps deny the center and force a cross or outside shot. This makes
reading easier and gives you more time to react to the longer shots that go around
your guard.
1.2. Review the diagrams
What is the main difference between the two hand-matched stances and the
regular right on right or left on left stances? Which stance looks more open and
why? You will notice the hand matched stances present much less of your
centerline and therefore make it easier to manipulate your opponent into crossing
or opening outside.
1.3. Lines are Horizontal and Vertical
This is a point I cannot stress enough in this class. Why does this matter you ask?
The taller your opponent is the easier time they will have straight chopping your
arm off and thus the further his sword has to travel to reach around or under your
guard. In general I point my hand at my opponents shoulder when I hold an
extended guard. This helps me block the easier higher percentage shots and helps
force him into longer easier to read lower percentage shots. This is also a good
rule to use against faster or more skillful opponents as well. Take the easy stuff
away and present less. Starting to notice a trend here?
2. Static Defense
2.1. Most people’s body positioning / stances, well to be honest suck very badly.
Reading has a lot to do with your basic stance, approach and body positioning.
Here is a list of common things most people do wrong.
2.2. Positioning of the Body i.e. = Hunching (reaching with the back), to long/to
straight (look like a track star lined up, shoulders turned way to much), or to low
(squatting to much)
2.3. Positioning of the hands i.e. = To high (the most common), to far off center, to
low, to close to your body (second most common)
2.4. Positioning of the Feet i.e. = Pointing the lead foot, positioning / angle of back
foot. What does not pointing your lead foot at your opponent’s center do you ask?
What it does to your swing mechanic and power generation and also its affect on
knees and hips over time. When swinging a stick the apex of your swing is at
your lead foot. So if your toe is pointed outside, your swing will lose power as
passes the apex and force you to arm the rest of the swing. If its pointed inward,
you swing will never get to its apex and will be robbed of power.
3. Predicable Openers and Returns
This is the main thing Block-Strike teaches you. When you throw somewhere on your
opponent, he basically has three choices where to throw back on you. Often times the
Primary and secondary return are not very far from each other can be blocked or
denied with the same block, and the third option is usually much slower and easier to
read.
3.1. Explain how stuff is predicable by showing the 3 returns from any given shot
thrown / blocked. Primary Return / highest percentage also the safest, Secondary
Return, Slowest Return also the lowest percentage shot.
3.2. Explain what Predicable openers means. How it can be used offensively and
defensively. Show class with shortest and tallest student how this works.
4. Reading and Set-Ups
4.1. Explain what reading is… the principal behind it and how it affect everything
you do. This is based on about a billion variables that constitute what could
happen.
4.2. Show how to affect the variables to make certain shots and returns more likely,
i.e. positioning of the hands, feet, and body.
4.3. What to do when presented with baits or set-ups. What is safest shot to throw
when unsure what to do? Throw for the hand or step back.
4.4. How else can you move someone from his or her set-up? Step off center, stutter
step, stab leads/feints.
5. How to approach the fight
5.1. Mental Checklist i.e. Observe variables in the opponent that could affect the
outcome of the fight.
5.2. What type of fighter are they? Hop and Pop? Reactionary? Grinder? Cheater?
Come up with a plan based on that. What weapon style do they have?
5.3. Then look for such things as but not limited to… Height, Speed, Skill,
Handedness, Foot Positioning, What foot is forward?
5.4. All this should be compiled in a matter of milliseconds. You use this information
to decide weather or not you can change / push your opponent around or weather
its safer to change your approach to them. In the beginning, you will find it easier
to change yourself rather than attempt to make the opponent read what you
present. This also saves you from the people who don’t know what they are
doing and just swing a lot.
5.5. How do all these variables affect you and come together for your personal gain in
fights you ask. Explain in detail about many of the variables. How it can and will
affect anything done in fighting.
Link to Source