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L1 Techniques Flashcards

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Left Straight Punch

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  • Extend fist toward target keeping elbow down
  • Rotate hips and shoulder forward for power
  • Rotate fist (~45 deg) to add power and make contact top two knuckles
  • Penetrate the target
  • Recoil quickly
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Right Straight Punch

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  • Extend fist forward keeping elbow down as long as possible
  • Rotate hips and shoulder forward to add power
  • Pivot on the ball of rear foot
  • Rotate fist (~45 deg) to add power and make contact with top two knuckles
  • Penetrate the target
  • Recoil quickly
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Palm Heel

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  • Extend open hand toward target keeping elbow down
  • Rotate hips and shoulder forward to add power
  • Pivot on the ball of rear foot
  • Just before contact, rotate your wrist inward, flex wrist backward, and make contact with meaty part of palm
  • Recoil quickly
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Eye Strike

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  • Extend hand forward keeping elbow down
  • Rotate shoulder and hip forward for power
  • Thumb in tight and fingers slightly spread and tensed
  • Stab fingers forward at 45 deg angle
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Straight Punch with Advance/Retreat

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  • Combining straight punch and movement techniques
  • As punch recoils, close the distance
  • punch leads, push off, land punch, recoil and close distance - works for both advancing and retreating
  • having attacker take step forward for retreating practice I think would work
  • don’t lead with your face
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Straight Punch Low

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  • Begin a standard straight punch
  • Send punch low while dropping body down by bending at knees and waist
  • Really tuck your chin and keep other hand up to protect head
  • Retreat out and continue with counters
  • Do not telegraph by dropping down first then punching
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Hammerfist to the Side

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(Passive Stance)

  • Look! Move hand upwards towards target with palm facing you (other hand should also come up to cover and tuck chin—turtle)
  • Rotate hip, shoulder, and fist for power
  • Pivot on outside foot (might take a step in if you have space)
  • Keep elbow slightly bent and make contact with meaty part of fist/hammer
  • Penetrate the target and recoil quickly
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Hammerfist to the Back

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(Passive Stance)

  • Look! Move hand upwards towards target with palm facing you (other hand should come up to cover, tuck chin —turtle)
  • Rotate hips, shoulder, fist for power
  • Pivot on the ball of rear foot (step in if you have space)
  • Keep elbow slightly bent and make contact with meaty part of fist/hammer
  • Penetrate the target and recoil quickly
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Forward Hammerfist

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(Passive Stance)

  • Raise hand upwards towards eyebrow height with palm facing attacker (other hand should come up to cover, tuck chin)
  • Rotate hips, shoulder, fist for power
  • Keep elbow slightly bent and make contact with meaty part of fist/hammer
  • Penetrate the target and recoil quickly
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Downward Hammerfist

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(Passive Stance?) I’d say put it into context for student

  • Raise hand upwards to eyebrow height with palm facing attacker
  • Rotate hips, shoulder, fist for power
  • Drop your weight by bending at your knees
  • Keep elbow slightly bent and make contact with meaty part of fist/hammer
  • Penetrate target and recoil quickly
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Elbow #1

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  • Make a tight V with your arm
  • Swing your elbow forward and horizontally toward target
  • Rotate your hips and shoulder for power and pivot on rear foot
  • Make contact with the tip/point of your elbow
  • Other hand should also come up to cover
  • Penetrate the target and recoil quickly
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Elbow #2

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  • Look!
  • Raise elbow up and strike out horizontally toward target to side
  • Tight V is where you end up
  • Lean in toward target as you strike
  • Make contact with tip/point of elbow
  • Penetrate the target and recoil quickly
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Elbow #3

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  • Look! Bring your hands up & turtle
  • Make a tight V with your hand to your chest as you move your elbow up and swing it horizontally behind you
  • Rotate your hips and shoulder for power as you pivot on your opposite foot
  • Strike with tip of your elbow
  • Penetrate target, recoil quickly and face the target or continue combatives
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Elbow #4

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  • Look!
  • Shift your hips sideways as you send the tip of your elbow straight backwards into target
  • Pivot on opposite foot and rotate hips and shoulders for power
  • Strike with tip of your elbow
  • Penetrate the target and recoil quickly, turn to face attacker and/or more combatives
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Elbow # 5

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  • Look! Bring your hands up to your face and turtle
  • Make a tight V in your arm with your hand to your chest
  • Bend at the waist and drive the tip of your elbow backward and upward toward target
  • Strike with the tip of your elbow
  • Penetrate the target and recoil quickly, turn to face attacker and/or more combatives
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Elbow #6

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  • Make a tight V with arm
  • Drive the tip of your elbow straight out and upward toward target
  • Pivot on the SAME side foot and rotate hips and shoulder for power
  • Strike with tip of elbow
  • Penetrate the target and recoil quickly
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Elbow #7

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  • Drive the tip of your elbow straight down at target while creating a firm bend in elbow
  • Drop your weight down by bending at the knees
  • Strike with the tip of your elbow
  • Penetrate the target and recoil quickly or follow up combatives AKA MAKE FIGHT!
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Front Kick (Regular)

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  • From Fighting Stance
  • Swing leg forward and bring knee up (knee up higher helps with next steps snapping foot out)
  • Hips drive forward and upward for power and reach
  • Snap foot out driving thru target (target is head via groin)
  • Make contact with shin-to-shoelace
  • Recoil quickly back into fighting stance
  • I’m looking at attackers collarbone, not at target.
  • Hands are up
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Front Kick (Vertical Target)

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  • From Fighting Stance
  • Swing leg forward with knee up
  • Punch foot, leg, hip straight out
  • Make contact with ball of foot with toes curled up, drive thru target (midsection, chin)
  • Recoil quickly
  • Eyes on collarbone, hands up
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Round Kick

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  • From Fighting Stance
  • Swing leg forward bending knee
  • Roll hip over by pivoting on plant foot
  • Snap foot out making contact with shin, slight bend in knee
  • Penetrate target (knee, thigh, ribs, head)
  • Recoil quickly
  • Eyes on collarbone, hands up
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Knee Strike

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  • From Control Position
  • Pull attacker into knee as drive knee into target (groin, midsection, head)
  • Drive with hips for power
  • Keep sharp bend in knee and strike with kneecap
  • Recoil quickly & finish the fight
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360 Outside Defenses

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  • From neutral stance, hands up at face level
  • Elbow bent 90 deg, defend attack at 90 deg
  • Defend wrist to wrist
  • Defend using blade of forearm
  • Put weight behind defense
  • Look at attackers collarbone
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Inside Defense

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  • Defend using same-side (mirror side) hand
  • Redirect punch offline by sending my palm outward and inward toward my center line
  • Keep elbow down and in
  • Palm should slide along attackers arm
  • Small movement, can make slight head defense
  • Control the center line
  • Keep stable platforms and preserve the counter
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Inside Defense against Low Straight Punch

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  • Defend using same-side (mirror side) hand
  • Lead the motion with the elbow
  • Send elbow in a sweeping motion across my body while keeping hand up
  • Contract abs to protect and lower body by bending at knees
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Choke f/ Front, 2-hand Pluck

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  • Reach hands in down deep past attackers hands
  • Use hands as hooks to pluck at attackers thumbs by tracing shoulder line and dropping my elbows down and back (*speed & leverage at 90 degrees!). Ideally plucking/catching with my WRISTS, fingers as backup.
  • As I pluck, take a small side step (stomp) to shift my weight and line up for the groin kick
  • Recoil my kick & clear his hands
  • Continue w/ counters, move into a control position, and finish the fight.
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Choke f/ Front, 1-hand Pluck

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  • Same side hand to pluck, simultaneously sending palm heel to attackers chin (blow their head off with my palm)
  • Move into control position & finish the fight
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Choke f/ Behind

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  • Tuck your chin, contract abs, hands go up, elbows up, reach down back as far as possible
  • Pluck at attackers thumbs pulling elbows straight down (like YES!)
  • As you pluck, step diagonally backward moving BOTH feet
  • Outside hand continues to hold onto attacker, inside hand delivers groin strike followed by elbows up body to head
  • Outside hand releases and turn in toward attacker with hammerfist strike to face
  • Follow with additional counters, control position, finish the fight
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Choke f/ Side

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  • Reach up across and close to my chest with outside hand just past the attacker’s wrist
  • Make a hook with hand and pluck violently down across chest, keeping elbow in tight to side
  • Simultaneously strike groin with inside hand
  • Elbows to body & head
  • Drive into control position & finish the fight!
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Choke f/ Front w/ Push

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  • Stab the sky, shoulder to ear, pinky in the back like a backstroke
  • Turn sharply/explosively 90 deg (to opposite side as hand up)
  • Drop elbow down & in turning pinky towards you & trapping attacker’s arms with opposite hand (ELBOW POWER!)
  • Counter w/ an Elbow to face
  • Drive into Control position & finish the fight
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Choke f/ Behind w/ Push

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  • Stab the sky, shoulder to ear
  • Turn sharply around toward attacker (same side as hand up)
  • Step back with inside foot
  • Drop the elbow & simultaneously counter
  • Move into control position & finish the fight
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Headlock f/ Side

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  • Go with pull, turning chin in and down
  • Strike the groin with outside hand, inside comes up to grab hair or under nose/chin of attacker
  • Drop elbow straight down, lifting head/chin of attacker
  • Drive attacker straight down as I stand up
  • Continue with counters, finish the fight
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Back Position

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  • Head & shoulders off the ground
  • Chin tucked
  • Hands up
  • Closest foot is up by bringing knee to chest, toes peeled back
  • Base foot is close to rear with hips off ground
    —I’m coiled up & ready to strike like a rattlesnake!!
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Back Position: Movement on Ground

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  • Goal is to keep my feet between my body/head and attacker
  • Use base foot to turn & stop
  • Closest foot to attacker is up for kicking (left/right switch as necessary)
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Get Up f/ Ground

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  • Sit up
  • Place hands on ground same side as kicking leg
  • Hips up
  • Get up by swinging kicking leg quickly under & behind me
  • Cover distance & be in balanced fighting position
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Front Kick on Ground

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  • Stomp foot out
  • Drive hips out for power
  • Base on ground with elbows
  • Strike with heel or entire foot (like defensive front kick)
  • Recoil immediately (hopefully to GET THE FUCK UP! GTFU)
    —I’m uncoiling like a rattlesnake strike!!

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