Stop an Aggressor's Advance
Not that Bruce Lee's writing puts me to sleep, but last night I was reading some of his notes, to make my eyes tired before bed.
Bruce Lee had a few cryptic scribbles about using rear kicks primarily as a weapon for countering.
If you think about this, it makes sense.
If you were facing a meanie in the street, you probably wouldn't turn your back on him, and lead with a rear kick, right?
I did say "probably."
On the other hand, as a counter weapon, the rear kick has several uses:
* interrupt a technique with a rear kick (stop kick)
* distractor on a rear advance, to make you attacker pause, just for a second
Start thinking of your rear kick as a counter to an attack. If you don't think this way already, this little paradigm shift, will make your rear kick infinitely more practical. Especially in a real-life attack from behind.
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