”ED PARKER NOTES" ”NOTES ON OPPOSITES AND REVERSES”: 1. ORBITAL ADJUSTMENTS / LINEAR ADJUSTMENTS 2. PARALLEL MOVES OF DEFENSE / CRISS=CROSS MOVES OF OFFENSE 3. MASS BEHIND OF THE WEAPON / MASS IN FRONT OF THE WEAPON 4. ORBIT TO LINEAR / LINEAR TO ORBIT -- "When the circle ends, linear begins...
COLLAPSING ORBIT - given that there may already be forward and rotational momentum as well as gravitational marriage, the inward looping overhead elbow gains its own special sort of power through the build up of centrifugal force of the arm accelerating for one third of a circle. At that point, called...
FROM CURT COKELEY BORROWED WEAPON - Involves defending yourself against a weapon, disarming the weapon, and then using your opponent's weapon against himself or his assistants. COLLAPSING STRIKE - An existing strike, which when dropped, gravitates into a secondary offense. DIRECT TORQUE - The...
Here was Howard Silva's contribution that my father found value in. FROM HOWARD SILVA 1. Rules are made to be broken, but if broken on a constant basis, it becomes habit. (In my mind I have concluded that if one freestyles at all the tournaments it becomes habit. When on occasion a serious crisis...
VARIABLE EXPANSION - (1) The ability to randomly select solutions, or build upon precepts, as a result of having a thorough knowledge of the principles and concepts of the Martial Arts. (2) The number of additional weapons and targets that can stem from a specific point of origin. (3) The ability to...
REELING - Allowing slack to occur between you and your opponent who is being grabbed before he has strategically been pulled in. It is a form of deception which momentarily allows an opponent slack before the intended action occurs. RESTRAIN - To check, control, and restrict an opponent from taking...
ORGANIZED RETROGRADE - PARALLEL LINES OF ENTRY - the striking of targets at various heights, widths, or depths that follow parallel lines. (Write more.) PATH OF ACTION - Any action that covers a path, or follows a specific direction. SEE LINE OF ACTION PERSONALIZED SESSIONS - An isolated class session...
HUMAN BLOCKADE - The strategic positioning of an opponent as a blockade to prevent his partners from having easy access to you. INSERT(S) - (To be added to the present.) While the term INSERT is a method of COMPOUNDING, it is mainly used defensively, where COMPOUNDING is primarily associated with...
CONTACT MANIPULATION - is the fourth stage of the FOUR STAGES OF RANGE. It entails the orchestration of control, once contact is made, to contour, leverage, twist, sprain, lock, choke, restrain, dislocate, break, fracture, strikedown, takedown (groundwork), etc. Such moves help to increase the effectiveness...