October 10, 2008
I learned four new things from Master Ridenhour
today. - I
never thought that Master Ridenhour would be
able to grab people the way he does – I thought that at high speed his
grabs might not work, because they have not worked well for me. I now see
that he grabs differently to some degree then I previously understood. He
grabs by hitting and does not commit to the grab working. When he does
grab, he’s grabbing the structure of the bones beneath the surface. If the
opponent does nothing about the grab he uses it to suspend their motion or
pull or push them in a way that will better his position or make his next
attack more possible or more devastating. If the opponent does something
effective to release the tension Al has created or moves in a way that the
hit/grab (like a Slambag) doesn’t work for him
then he works off of the new motions, changing his A to B picture if you
will.
- I
noticed a single yield that looked different then motion I was familiar
with, when Master Ridenhour was working with
Instructor Joe Marterano. Joe threw a left that
Al parried off center toward his own right shoulder, but he also did many
other things. Al moved to the end of the reach of Joe’s strike where it
would have made contact. While he did this he rotated on an axis that was
unfamiliar to me..... FULL ARTICLE HERE @ DAVIDRANDELJR.COM
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