COMBAT FLANKING SKILLS

[Alan Armstrong]

Flanking is a very important strategy in winning battles against opposing armies, but how advantages is it for one on one or more combatants for martial artists?

Here is an excellent example of flanking tactics on the battle field from the perspective of generals, that can help the individual with their own personal flanking skills.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=I8pfNF6fPUc

Being out flanked and out maneuvered is no joking matter, especially when on the loosing side.

Are you doing enough with your flanking skills to win fights, by tipping the scales in your favor?

If you are unsure stay where you are, the time to understand will be flanking your blind side and will be surrounding you very soon.

[Alan Armstrong]

Lee Morrison hosting two videos demonstrating flanking.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7bQDQRb-l-U

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TPVchUHyKlE

Hoping these videos will help create some interesting conversation; what do you think about flanking methods?

[Alan Armstrong]

Dirty boxing flanking

While in a park, there was a boxer doing some shadow boxing, she was doing alright with four years training, but to my surprise, she never knew about flanking, till I showed her how.

[Bulltahr]

What are some good counters to flanking? if both are right hand dominant stance fighters everyone will be getting a bit dizzy after a while.....

If I feel my opponent is getting the better and controlling me I try to break off and reset....

[Alan Armstrong]

What are some good counters to flanking? if both are right hand dominant stance fighters everyone will be getting a bit dizzy after a while.....

If I feel my opponent is getting the better and controlling me I try to break off and reset....

Pivoting also kickstand as always keeping one heel off the ground. Never letting the opponent jump to your blind side, that's the key, right there.

[Alan Armstrong]

More elaborated version of how not to get flanked.

Don't mirror your opponent, as jumping to a flanking position starts from there.

By not adopting to mirror the opponent, you can pivot on the lead foot, hitting the opponent square on, if a flanking maneuver is tried against you.

Your front foot pivot is faster than the opponent trying to go around to your blind side.

Kick start footwork, with always one heel off the ground will give you access to using full body blows and head shots against the opponent.

The body mechanics of the human body is designed to generate a great amout of force with this hooking twisting motion, whatever your weight is, it should all be behind the blow.

Being out flanked depends also on the opponents speed of footwork, your footwork should be faster, this can be done by using the principle of "Hand before foot" hit move feet and position, hit move, hit move, hit move...

A person connot hit what is not there, imagine playing soccer and someone keeps moving the goal posts.

Blind the opponent with your dazzling speed or take out their radar.

It helps to have a matador strategy or what we like to call flanking.