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Bluff
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Post subject: Suggestions to improve footwork? Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 1:31 pm |
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Joined: Thu Jun 10, 2010 10:23 pm Posts: 57 Location: Bloomington, IL
Started Fighting: 0- 8-2009
Realm: Wolfpack
Unit: Sons of Sylas
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I was wondering if people had suggestions to help improve my footwork. I have improved on it alot this year atleast with my stance but I still find myself going back to old habits which make me trip or or limit my side to side movement. I'd also like to make my movements more quick and fluid (as to help removed the flinch/predictablity of my attacks)
Any suggestions/tips that people have? Thanks!
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Celtic Christ
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Post subject: Re: Suggestions to improve footwork? Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 7:27 pm |
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Joined: Thu Mar 08, 2012 9:22 pm Posts: 78 Location: Jerome, ID
Started Fighting: 0- 4-2007
Realm: Shannara
Favorite Fighting Styles: Spear
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Learn some basic classical dance steps. The box step waltz is the one that made the biggest improvement for me. It'll help give your fighting a sense of rhythm and train your lower body how to move in relation to someone else.
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randy
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Post subject: Re: Suggestions to improve footwork? Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 10:29 pm |
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Joined: Sun Jan 10, 2010 11:30 am Posts: 212
Started Fighting: 0- 0-1994
Unit: rogue company
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Dane
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Post subject: Re: Suggestions to improve footwork? Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2012 12:34 am |
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Joined: Wed Dec 05, 2007 12:24 am Posts: 716 Location: Champaign, IL
Started Fighting: 18 Jun 2007
Realm: Numenor
Unit: The Amyr
Favorite Fighting Styles: Sword and Board, Single Blue
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You have habits that make you trip?
Practice moving the right way. Whichever way you're going, the foot closest to that direction leads.
Jump rope.
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Bluff
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Post subject: Re: Suggestions to improve footwork? Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2012 10:18 am |
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Joined: Thu Jun 10, 2010 10:23 pm Posts: 57 Location: Bloomington, IL
Started Fighting: 0- 8-2009
Realm: Wolfpack
Unit: Sons of Sylas
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Dane wrote: You have habits that make you trip?
Practice moving the right way. Whichever way you're going, the foot closest to that direction leads.
Jump rope. To clarify, the footwork I go back to doesn't necessarily make me trip.. it just makes me more likely to do so (though, i've gotten good at getting back up pretty fast with alittle flair... but.. that doesn't always work XD) Jump rope huh... Get my legs up... got it.
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Peanut of Loderia
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Post subject: Re: Suggestions to improve footwork? Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2012 11:30 am |
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Joined: Sun Dec 09, 2007 3:01 pm Posts: 642
Started Fighting: 0- 2-2007
Realm: Loderia
Unit: Clan of the Hydra
Favorite Fighting Styles: Sword and board
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Walk through the motions of footwork you want. If you want to throw a wrap with an off center step, do that. Or whatever combination you want. This will help drill your body into proper responses.
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Remdawg Killionaire
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Post subject: Re: Suggestions to improve footwork? Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2012 11:53 am |
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Joined: Sat Apr 26, 2003 5:10 pm Posts: 3261 Location: Portlandia
Started Fighting: 20 Apr 2006
Realm: Pyke and O.G. Babylonian
Unit: Catalyst
Favorite Fighting Styles: Acerbic wit and sassy one-liners
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I throw a philosopher's stone in chalk down on the pavement when I practice on my pell. I do slow work (like, stupid slow) with heavy rebar and make sure I'm moving on the diagram properly. You could try a triforce if the philosopher's stone is too weird for you. Jump rope helps a lot. Stop putting all the weight on your front foot then letting your back foot drift up off the ground to keep your balance. Just stop that. Bend your knees, grip with your toes and balance on the balls of your feet. Move around and with your center of balance.
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Bluff
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Post subject: Re: Suggestions to improve footwork? Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2012 12:54 pm |
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Joined: Thu Jun 10, 2010 10:23 pm Posts: 57 Location: Bloomington, IL
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Yeah, putting too much weight on the forward foot has also been an issue and I actually.. actively think to stop doing that.. but I find when i'm thinking about it.. I mess up and my other defenses slip and let people get the kill.
Also.. never thought of drawing a diagram under the pell stand to work on other kinds of footwork.
I need to start using my pell too....
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Remdawg Killionaire
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Post subject: Re: Suggestions to improve footwork? Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2012 3:02 pm |
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Favorite Fighting Styles: Acerbic wit and sassy one-liners
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Bluff wrote: I need to start using my pell too....
Yup
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Bishop wrote: Overall I believe the article was positive for our image, loosely defining us as a sadomasochist anti-larp. I'm ok with that. http://www.vice.com/en_ca/read/LARP-harder
Caleidah wrote: But, his sensei passed that style down to him! Literal hours of tradition!
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Sleeper
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Post subject: Re: Suggestions to improve footwork? Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2012 8:41 pm |
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Joined: Sat Mar 11, 2006 1:07 pm Posts: 597 Location: Nashville
Realm: Dur D
Unit: BladeStorm
Favorite Fighting Styles: Greatsword, nothing else.
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just go outside, every night at your house, and practice fighting but while running sideways and different directions. Enough practice and you'll be running circles around your opponents. (if you don't have a sparring partner, just imagine one)
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Remdawg Killionaire
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Post subject: Re: Suggestions to improve footwork? Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2012 9:24 pm |
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I don't know if running around in the dark backwards and such is a good idea...
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Bishop wrote: Overall I believe the article was positive for our image, loosely defining us as a sadomasochist anti-larp. I'm ok with that. http://www.vice.com/en_ca/read/LARP-harder
Caleidah wrote: But, his sensei passed that style down to him! Literal hours of tradition!
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Sleeper
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Post subject: Re: Suggestions to improve footwork? Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2012 7:52 am |
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Joined: Sat Mar 11, 2006 1:07 pm Posts: 597 Location: Nashville
Realm: Dur D
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Remy the Wroth wrote: I don't know if running around in the dark backwards and such is a good idea... Well... if you can't do it.... do it during the day.....
_________________ BladeStorm Guard and Executioner Lord of the Greatsword
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Mint
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Post subject: Re: Suggestions to improve footwork? Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 4:25 pm |
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Joined: Wed Dec 29, 2010 5:49 pm Posts: 187 Location: Wisconsin
Started Fighting: 0- 9-2010
Realm: Sand Plains
Unit: Sons of Sylas
Favorite Fighting Styles: shame stick
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Mayhaps a lil' late to the party, but Tai Chi has helped my footwork by leaps and bounds by teaching me better stance and balance. It's also made me a little more graceful as well.
My .02
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Post subject: Re: Suggestions to improve footwork? Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 10:19 pm |
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Joined: Sun Mar 20, 2005 11:06 pm Posts: 991 Location: Bettendorf IA
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Remy the Wroth wrote: I throw a philosopher's stone ... I buy one of these when i'm playing wukong all the time!
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Remdawg Killionaire
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Post subject: Re: Suggestions to improve footwork? Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 11:54 pm |
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Favorite Fighting Styles: Acerbic wit and sassy one-liners
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NERD :l
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Bishop wrote: Overall I believe the article was positive for our image, loosely defining us as a sadomasochist anti-larp. I'm ok with that. http://www.vice.com/en_ca/read/LARP-harder
Caleidah wrote: But, his sensei passed that style down to him! Literal hours of tradition!
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Remdawg Killionaire
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Post subject: Re: Suggestions to improve footwork? Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2012 12:02 am |
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Realm: Pyke and O.G. Babylonian
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Favorite Fighting Styles: Acerbic wit and sassy one-liners
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Mint wrote: Mayhaps a lil' late to the party, but Tai Chi has helped my footwork by leaps and bounds by teaching me better stance and balance. It's also made me a little more graceful as well.
My .02 The gym I'm going to gift myself a membership if(when) I get straight As in the Welding Program, trains MMA fighters in Thai boxing, Brazilian Jiu Jutsu and Tai Chi as the main focus for competitive MMA fighters. They also teach FMA for disarming but I think a lot of people don't realize just how brutal Tai Chi can be. It's a great way to learn footwork as well as condition your body and mind. I took tai'chi for a couple months and learned some cane, spear, sword and open-hand. My teacher told me I have 'big chi' lol
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Bishop wrote: Overall I believe the article was positive for our image, loosely defining us as a sadomasochist anti-larp. I'm ok with that. http://www.vice.com/en_ca/read/LARP-harder
Caleidah wrote: But, his sensei passed that style down to him! Literal hours of tradition!
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