Angle Theory: Part 4 - Orientation
In this final installment of Angle Theory, let's take a look at how orientation affects the angles of strike.
Before that, let's review the previous installments:
In part 1, we discussed the anatomical and physiological reasons for why the angles of strke exists as they do and why they are fairly universal.
In part 2, we looked at how the target could be varied, much like zooming a rifle scope, such that the various angles could be applied to multiple targets.
In part 3, we discovered that altering the elevation of either the striker or the target further diversifies the angles of strike with respect to targeting options.
Now, if we take the target body and rotate it about its vertical axis, we find even more targets to hit with each angle of strike. Whereas the de facto target for angle 1 is the left temple, if the target is rotated 180 degrees the target is now the right temple.
Again, as was with elevation, this concept is rather obvious. But beyond the disassociation of the typical angle-to-target lies the idenfication and association of all the other available targets for the given angle. In other words, using any particular angle, if a body is presented to you in whatever stance, height, direction, orientation, etc., can you immediately identify and zero in on the optimal target within the range of the angle? If you fully understand all part of this Angle Theory series, then the answer should be yes.
In a future series, we'll examine blocks and deflections in the same manner.
Before that, let's review the previous installments:
In part 1, we discussed the anatomical and physiological reasons for why the angles of strke exists as they do and why they are fairly universal.
In part 2, we looked at how the target could be varied, much like zooming a rifle scope, such that the various angles could be applied to multiple targets.
In part 3, we discovered that altering the elevation of either the striker or the target further diversifies the angles of strike with respect to targeting options.
Now, if we take the target body and rotate it about its vertical axis, we find even more targets to hit with each angle of strike. Whereas the de facto target for angle 1 is the left temple, if the target is rotated 180 degrees the target is now the right temple.
Again, as was with elevation, this concept is rather obvious. But beyond the disassociation of the typical angle-to-target lies the idenfication and association of all the other available targets for the given angle. In other words, using any particular angle, if a body is presented to you in whatever stance, height, direction, orientation, etc., can you immediately identify and zero in on the optimal target within the range of the angle? If you fully understand all part of this Angle Theory series, then the answer should be yes.
In a future series, we'll examine blocks and deflections in the same manner.