If you are looking for an article that is going to teach you these wildly flashy martial arts acrobatics, then you'll have to keep looking. My articles emphasize the practical side of martial arts - principles of good self defense. Really, what's wrong with these acrobatic moves if used in a martial context? Couldn't they work, if it were a real fight?
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These Acrobatic Martial Arts Do Work in Some Schools
OK, this is a good time to sum up my main problem with acrobatic techniques. In general, acrobatic martial arts seem to work in some schools, because they have very cooperative opponents in the same school. Your partner waits for you to kick, then he (or she) continues. Your opponent waits for you to do a back handspring to get back your feet, then she kicks.
And your best friend in the martial arts class waits for you to walk up a wall and flip over (assuming you don't beak your neck). After the wall flip, he continues to fight, all the time thinking how impressive your aerial rotation was. In each case, your opponent waits. That's the key to making the acrobatic techniques effective in the majority of schools. And that's the major martial arts problem. These practitioners are waiting.
I teach my students to hit and kick mid-motion.
No waiting.
So, up my opponent goes -- BAM, BAM -- I hit him in the head or neck or back.
He tries to flip -- I reach straight up and punch or grab.
I realize that countering mid wait is not necessarily a simple tactic to employ. You have to understand timing, distance, and rhythm. Still, the majority of these acrobatic martial arts moves have a period where the instigator is off balance, in the air, or can't see your actions.
Big disadvantage. Big.
So, are all acrobatic moves bad?
You need to think through your own criteria for including moves where you lack balance and expose yourself. Maybe there are occasions to go airborne -- and maybe not. It depends if you can figure out a safe way to use the technique, without leaving lines open. And if you have a need -- because no other technique will work.
Are you a martial arts kicker? Here's an article on developing your kicking speed: Speed Kicking
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In your quest for realistic, efficient martial-arts techniques, you should also read my new, Free ebooklet, "Elbow Strike Counters": Free -- Elbow Strike Counters
Keith Pascal has been a full-time martial-arts author for eight years and a martial-arts teacher for 25 years.
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