The human body, is an
amazing balancing act. It balances upright, on 2
support shafts (the “Bi-pod”, if you will) that each
consist of multiple hinged joints, that are all in a constant
state of adjustment. Despite the instability potential, that
frame is consistently in a state of locomotion, moving the torso
(which additionally has limbs hanging to either side of it) to
whatever location the controlling mind wishes it to go to.
Regardless of these
obvious potential weaknesses, Much ado has been made of the ability
to place an opponent upon the ground. Or (maybe more accurately)
how to do so while gaining, or maintaining control over that
opponent while doing so.
The most common
method of doing so, is via brute force. Which, as long as your
strong enough, and/or bigger than the subject being
moved, isn't usually a problem. But when your not, then
alternative methods are required.
Taking into account the physical
construct of the human body, one wouldn't think that would
be such a big deal. The difficulty comes from that pesky
brain that people have in their head. Despite the (often obviously)
limited social and/or reasoning skills that the owner may
possess, the brain (working on a subliminal basis) maintains
the body's position and state of balance with fairly regular
consistency.
Consider the conditions
that the body faces when a person experiences a “Tripping”
incident. Though (often) completely unexpected, the body
attempts to prepare for an impact while simultaneously trying
to correct and remain upright. The total number of independent
actions that are required to accomplish this feat would fill
several typed sheets of paper. To perform these same
tasks consciously, could not be accomplished.
Most often when we are
attempting to force an individual to the ground, it is being done to
(either or both) prevent any further aggressive
behavior and/or to control that individual's ability to
perform any further aggressive behavior (for what-ever
reason).
That is commonly
accomplished by placing the individual on their stomach (face down)
upon the ground/floor. The higher level of difficulty (for the
student) is doing so without causing them injury/harm. Though pain
is not a relevant factor to being able to accomplish this,
it's inclusion/occurrence (when applicable) does make it simpler.
There are several methods
of collapsing the standing individual. This can be done by the
manipulation of an upper extremity (meaning the arm's), or by direct
impacts made upon the legs. Manipulations/impacts upon the torso
tend to require greater amounts of force/effort to effect even
equivalent reactions (than when made upon the upper
extremities).
The neck and upper chest
regions would (of course, LOL) be the exception to this (as either
are very susceptible to impacts). For beginning
students, these areas are already being emphasized as primary targets
(both being easily accessed and able to be used with multiple
striking methods).
The more difficult method
(for the beginning student) is the manipulation of the upper limbs to
effect a take-down. New student's mistakenly assume that the
purpose of the arm/wrist manipulation is to cause/create damage to
that limb (that happens to only be a side-effect). The
(main) purpose is to effect a collapse of the aggressor's
support system (legs). This allows for further
manipulation (of the upper limbs), which is required to apply the
control positioning upon the aggressor.
Even if utilizing strikes
upon the aggressor's legs (to effect their collapse), some manner of
control needs to be in-place upon the aggressor's upper body/limbs to
effect control of that collapse (lest the aggressor be able to
escape that control despite being taken down).
The most difficult part
of accomplishing a take-down, is the ability to control
the individual once they are there. For that reason we spend
an inordinate amount of time teaching students the (many) variables
that will be encountered when they have placed someone there (and
what's required to maintain control of that individual).
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