Student Guard Hand Defenses - Imperial Combat Arts

[@timjuarez4438]

Building the fundamental framework for Gray cloud - great work

[@ncwarfield]

The all important line of defense…nice job…almost gave me sore forearms and bruises…almost 😝

[@Imperialcombatarts]

Trying to remember the last time an Instructor got bruised from sparring... lot of toughening since then!

[@taoching7781]

🔥Awesome video, painful but gratifying.

[@Imperialcombatarts]

Very!

[@heatherpinckney6392]

Nice defenses…one handed none the less.

[@MattCatura]

The Fundamentals!

[@Jonathank021]

Why didn’t they use both hands

[@Imperialcombatarts]

Good question. Training a strong rear guard is important for when the other hand is attacking or when fighting multiple opponents. If you can defend with the rear hand alone the front is free to counter. This is a beginning student exercise and of course they do use both arms in sparring and fighting. These concepts come from weapon training and are a big part of training for weapon use at Imperial Combat Arts.

[@tomjeff1743]

don't see a lot stepping to evade the strikes nor head and body movement and flexibility. watch mike tyson and floyd mayweather.

[@Imperialcombatarts]

Tyson and Mayweather are boxers. The reason head movement like that works well in boxing is because they only punch with no grappling or kicks. These students are training in arts that’s have kicks, knees, grappling, weapons etc. There is a reason boxing head movement is not used in Muay Thai, combative training, grappling, or weapons training. It doesn’t work the same and you’ll get knees to the face, taken down etc. Students at ICA do train with a boxing coach and a Muay Thai coach as a secondary study, but that’s not what’s being shown here. This is a important exercise that keeps students on the line under lots of pressure using the rear hand to develop it as a part of real combat training.

[@Baddqer]

Pentagram in the back.. wtf

[@Imperialcombatarts]

Imperial Combat Arts is not a religious organization in any way. Symbols displayed in the school are traditional parts of Chinese culture. Our schools have members from many faiths as well as atheists that train together with mutual respect.