by bo1 » Mon Mar 09, 2009 1:38 pm
first of all, your foot work is terrible, slagar i am sorry but you are wrong.
there are countless times your back foot is 12 inches in the air and all your wieght is on your front foot, kind of hopping and throwing high cross. stop this first. then move on to other things. next your feet are flat on the ground and your knees are not bent enough. your feet are also square to your opponent lots and lots. this is ok for breif moments, but seems as though you stay here too long.
center line, the line to the center of the opponent. you should practice moving off the center line and seeing what becomes available. there are strengths and weaknesses there. know them and be aware of them. it forces the opponent into predictable shots and opens some interesting offencive oppertunities.
on to range, you are fighting with a 36ish blue, held by pommel, along weapon. why on gods green earth would you ever step forward? unless you are going to wrap shot the **** out of the opponent, which you could do if you didn't throw high crosses like my grandma eats M&M's.
shield work, you have a strap shield, use the edge to hold the opponents shield breifly while you throw your wrap, also step to your right about 45 degrees off center. shoudl seem pretty easy from there. use it to check the opponents weapon/hand, or just shove it into their armpit.you will open some for this but if you do it with foot work, getting a good position first it should make for a safe entry and exit from this.
base shield position, ok so you open your shield with great regularity when you throw shots. that arm goes forward and you show your shoulder almost everytime. practice slow work, learn the movements slow. you can work with anyone for this, just slowly move your body while holding perfect form. straight spine, bent knees, on balls of feet, wieght on back foot.
shield blocking, try to move your hips to block a shot, do it slow, have a friend help. dont move your arms, just your hips. then practice with moving your hips and a bit with the shoulders. the block movement should be really short now. also fast and strong. to block legs, lunge or egress/ leave.
weapon block, lower your weapon in stance by about 6 to 12 inches. fight single blue for a few months until your weapon blocks get solid. ya you will die alot, yep you will suffer. so what you will improve. that what this is for, right? also try to remove the gap between your weapon and shield. it makes for an easy arm swipe once there is like 3 inches in there.
shots, a+B+A+B+A+B+A+B+A+B+A+B+A+B+A+B+A+B doom loop, doom loop A+B+A+B+A+B+A+B+A+B+A+B+A+B+A+B doom loop. a= a high cross, b equals the side hack thing, successfully hitting the opponets shield everytime. doom loop, is a swirl of your sword in the air to act as a fient, but really just a bs move.
practice throwing a more defencive shot. basic shoulder pop, short cross( elbow stays below wrist). learn the hip wrap, shoulder wrap, inside leg snipe. look to kenny for these he has the shots, borric too.
ok so i have been a *, sorry about that. you are a decent fighter, and i think you are a good kid. i will post my vid and you can rip me apart too, it is all for the good of the fighters. nothing personal, it is just what i see. i hope you use this as a tool, because that is what will make us all better.
on the upside, you took all your hits, good job. you threw a wrap shot i saw, first vid, looked pretty good. just polish it up a bit and bingo you are home. you are closer than it seems, once the foot work gets fixed the rest will fall into place with practice. also good to see you trying with a sword/round. way to do the work. get rid of the down sword, it jsut covers foot work weakness. practice with out it helps lots faster. you also bait that leg once or twice and get it out of there, swiping at the opponets arm. if you would throw a short cross instead of a high cross, this would be a solid technique.
chi, you are guilty of many of the same problems as i stated above. make sure he gets this too.
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