Groundfighting

Ground Fighting involves a variety of techniques to defend yourself on the ground. Kung Fu teaches you to avoid getting knocked down to the ground. Kung Fu uses a variety of footwork, postures, angles, and critical distance. However, you can never predict when a confrontation might end on the ground. Kung Fu has many techniques to defend yourself on the ground.

This month’s special Master’s club class is ground fighting. The first two techniques you will learn in a ground fighting class are the Spider Run and Crab Walk. These two ground exercises allow you to move quickly away or even toward your opponent for an offense.

Next, you’ll learn the fighting strategies from the ground. For example, we covered simple palm blocks, eagle claw grabs, and the flower leg technique in kung fu. You also learn several kicking techniques, including the Front Heel Kick and Side Cutting Kick.

Next, you explore how to sweep an opponent to the floor. Sweeps are used from the ground fighting position or just a standing position. Some of these sweeps include the Reverse Sweep, the Forward Sweep, the Iron Broom Sweep, and the full Circle Reverse Sweep; they are always a lot of fun! Once you get this arsenal of weapons down, you’ll have more strategies and techniques from the ground, or you can sweep your opponent to the ground.

Suppose you get into a self-defense situation, and an attacker moves in quickly. You drop and sweep his legs from under him, and down he goes. That allows you to leave the area and avoid further conflict. More advanced strategies include using the third leg to unbalance the opponent to drive him to the ground. Once on the ground, you have opportunities for various locks.