Angelo Dundee, trainer of the legendary Muhammed Ali, once proclaimed "The first-est with the most-est is the best-est!". He understood that perhaps the single most important attribute one could posses in an all-out streetfight is overwhelming ones opponent. And by "overwhelming" I do not mean just physically blasting through someone, but overwhelming him emotionally as well. This means we are going to rattle this opponent - cause him to flinch, shut his eyes, cover up and perhaps turn away. Once this occurs, the rest of the fight gets exponentially easier.
The difficulty of any streetfight lies in the zone where both fighters are trading blows. This is when you are most vulnerable, especially if your opponent is larger or stronger. The ability to "turn on" a sudden burts of firepower, assaulting your opponent as rapidly as possible, is an indespensible asset. The principles of rapid assault tactics come directly from Bruce Lee. Although he never formally promoted this systematic approach to an altercation (it just came naturally to him ), we have only to examine his tactics when he considered a fight to be seriousto see these principles in action.
One of Bruce Lees greatest assests was the way he began an encounter in a seemingly complete state of relaxation and then suddenly erupted in movement almost too fast for the eye to see. In a fight bruce would intercept his opponent before he could even finish lauching his blow. This interception would typically be a quick shot to the eyes, knees or groin and would prevent any trading of blows. He would then follow up with a modified version of wing chuns straight blast a series of straight vertical punches roling down the opponents centerline. This happened so quickly the opponent ended up flapping his arms and backpeadling furiously, sometimes on one leg. Bruce jokingly used to refer to the helpless recipient of the poerful straightblst as a "wounded crane".
When a person is on the receiving end of a straight blast, one thing is certain: He has no base and no balance, which are two mandatory factors for any style to be effective. he art of wing chun was developed by a women, no doubt smaller and not as strong as her male counterparts. The underlying premise of using wing chun is that you are fighting a bigger, stronger opponent. Trading kicks and punches is clearly not the ideal strategy. The best way to mitigate the size differential is to apply forward pressure to get your opponent backpedaling.
Picture taking a worldwide tour to find the best representatives of each and every martial art style. Imagine finding the best tae kwon do person, the best kempo practioner, the best kung fu sifu, for example. Each individual has a style of fighting and each posses his respective attributes. Now, picture these people running backward, frantically trying to stay upright and getting out of the way of fists flying at their faces. Can you imagine these people trying to pull off their techniques? It is an immutable principle that is not affected by style or skill level: Once someone is running backward, he is transformed from a martial artist into a simple pedestrian. Its safe to say no one practices his art whle running backward, however before you start a new "backward training" program, remember that its not the reversed direction, but rather the lack of base and balance, that renders the straight blast recipient ineffective.
Source -: Anatomy of a streetfight P.Vunak
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