Self-Defense

Indio Critiques Andy And Demonstrates The Importance Of Sensitivity And Unbalancing When Creating

Indio critiques Andy’s randori and also answers a bunch of Andy’s questions. In particular, Indio explains the importance of developing sensitivity when creating to be able to counter an opponent’s counter technique. Indio also explains the importance of unbalancing, staying close, and stepping on the opponent’s foot in the context of helping Andy to create more efficiently and to make it more difficult for Andy’s opponent to resist and counter.

Andy has been studying this system for a little over 12 months. He trains hard, trains regularly, and practices frequently on his own. It definitely shows. His advancement has been impressive especially over such a short period of time.

One of the items that Andy could focus on as he progresses is learning to master the art of unbalancing. If the unbalancing is done well then the creating is easy.

Unbalancing is a sub-art in and of itself. You can unbalance your opponent via a number of strategies. You could step on the opponent’s foot. You could get close and displace your opponent’s center (“hara”) with your center. You could control your opponent’s spine. You could take away your opponent’s space and prevent him from having the space to freely move and counter. You could crowd the opponent by sending him to the ground or into a wall. You could unbalance the body and mind through pain. You could implement one of these strategies, a few of these strategies simultaneously, or all of them at the same time.

Topics: Indio, Andy, Creating, Create, Randori, Questions, Sensitivity, Unbalancing