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| Hands at chest height, face exposed, feet are heel, toe shoulder width apart. Rear foot goes slightly back. |
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| Hands at eye level, head protected, chin-tucked, shoulders high, feet are heel, toe and shoulder width apart. Rear foot goes fully back. Rear heel is off the ground and knees are bent. |
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| Move 3-Dimensionally while fighting. Advance, retreat, side-to-side, etc. Move around target. |
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| Like straight punches, but with your palm heel. Don't have your fingers loose everywhere, keep them together. Don't telegraph your palm strikes; keep your hands relaxed until you strike. |
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Jab (lead side) and cross (across the body).
Make sure to hit with your pointer and middle knuckles. |
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| Advancing/Retreating Straight Punches (1) |
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Advancing: Burst forward to close distance and provide force while you punch.
Retreating: Punch as you retreat. Not the strongest punch there is but it keeps the target busy while you make space. |
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| Straight Punches to the stomach for when the target is guarding their head. |
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| Eye Strikes (f) (Not on Apex Krav Maga Test) |
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| [image] Thumb knuckle is bent and hugged to the rest of the hand, not out. Knife hand position. Hit with a small arc rather than straight in so your fingers don't jam as much on a miss. Make sure you use your closer hand; this has the most reach of hand strikes. |
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| Strike with meaty part of fist (muscular as opposed to skeletal). Forward is swinging forward toward the face or another high target. |
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| Strike with meaty part of fist (muscular as opposed to skeletal). Low is swinging somewhat more downwards at any target below the face like the chest. |
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| For when the target is at your side. Look to the side at them. Raise hand up, hammer fist swinging your arm to the outside, follow through, and adjust your feet with the follow through to end in fighting stance facing the target. |
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| Elbow strike by rotating front and pivoting on same side foot. Action in the horizontal plane. |
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| Send elbow out and tuck in chin to strike at your side. Action in the horizontal plane. |
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| Look behind, pivot on opposite side foot, and elbow strike by rotating back. Action in the horizontal plane. |
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| Look behind you. Attacking elbow straight back to the target's midsection, rotating on opposite foot. Action in the vertical plane. |
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| Look behind you. Bend slightly forward at the waist and send elbow up into the target's chin. Action in the vertical plane. |
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| Attacking elbow straight rotating up to their chin like an uppercut, rotating on same-side foot. Action in the vertical plane. |
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| Raise elbow while taking a step forward and then drop the elbow to hit back of the neck/base of the skull on a target that is hunched over. Action in the vertical plane. |
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| Kick with full leg at once, don't lift then extend. Look to the chest so you're not telegraphing your attacks and so you kick through. Impact with your shin. |
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| Defensive Front Kick to Vertical Target (f) |
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Knee comes up, extend forward and punch the target away with bottom of foot. Some counter balance - the body tilts slightly back to give more extension as you kick.
Keeps and makes distance. |
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| Roundhouse Kick Inside (1) |
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| Angle front foot slightly out to align with where you'll end up and give your body more natural torque, then kick with your opposite foot and moving towards the alignment of your front foot. An inside kick is aiming for the inside between the legs. |
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| Roundhouse Kick Outside (1) |
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| Angle front foot slightly out to align with where you'll end up and give your body more natural torque, then kick with your opposite foot and moving towards the alignment of your front foot. An outside kick is aiming for the outside of the body either an outside leg or torso. |
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| Knees with Reference Point 1 (f) |
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| Bend knee properly as you strike to provide a strong striking surface. Pull enemy into strikes as you make them using grip from RP1. Recoil knee quickly and make sure foot goes all the way back on the ground between knee strikes for maximum travel and thus power. |
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| Knees without Reference Point 1 (f) |
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| There are a variety of things, but if you're jabbing with your knee, remember, hips back as you thrust kee forward, sort of like with a front kick. |
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| Thai Clinch/Round Knees/Pin the Head (1) |
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Both hands high on the head, elbows in nice and tight squeezing the neck from either sides, controlling target's head and pulling it down into your collar. Your head should be on one side of their head. This is what you need to know for the basic clinch.
Variations: 50% Thai Clinch is 1 hand on the head and the other on their arm as they've got you in a 50% Thai Clinch.
What you can do with Full Thai Clinch:
Pull head down to the hip as you step pivot, bringing your opponent off balance, and then knee strike, pulling them into the strike as with knee+RP1.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBqZrvNEQUA |
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| Chin tucked, forearm strong over head. If both arms were up at once, fingertips would be on elbows. |
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| Chin tucked, forearm strong over diagonal vector to head. If both arms were up at once, fingertips would be touching like the roof of a house. |
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| If both arms were up at the same time, forearms strong like a goalpost out in front (not behind). Elbows are away from body. |
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| If both arms were up at the same time, forearms strong like Defense 3 but with elbows coming into the body so forearms angled to block body shots from a slightly lower angle. |
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| Slight bend at the waist, elbow rotated out, fingers pointing down. |
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| Bent at the waist, elbow rotated out, fingers pointing down towards your middle line. If both arms were up, your fingertips on each hand would touch. |
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| Bent at the waist, elbow rotated out. If both arms were out at once, fingertips would be on elbows. Similar to 1 but blocking down. |
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| Inside Defense vs Straight Punch High (1) |
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| Intercept and redirect with your palm on the same side that they're punching from, keeping your chin tucked and moving your head slightly out of the way as you do it. |
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| Inside Defense vs Straight Punch Low (1) |
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| Intercept and redirect with the side of your arm on the same side that they're punching from. Your palm should be facing you, elbow pointed down. |
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