Peter Consterdine is something ofa legend in SD. The technique he's using here is simly one of body mechanics. The best way to explore this is with a heavy bay. At close quarters the whipping motion of the hips allows you to hit with more force.
I agree with the above comments. My first thought was that the double hip movement was a bit telegraphic.
It probably is, but it's important to remember that this isn't a tournament/MMA technique. I suspect is most applied surprise circumstances the short movement there won't cause a problem.
As he put it "most martial artists are better fighters than me - I'm just better at being preemptive.
The double hip is ok in a static setup as a pre-emptive. But totally lacking as a delivery mechanism when things have progressed beyond that and gone "live" and dynamic.
As such even though its interesting to learn - its far too specific to program in as any sort of primary means of defense...
Id tend towards Mick Coups C2 stuff - all his "primary tools" have arguably more power, are repeatable and cant be used as pre-emptives or "live" tools.
Heres mick talking about the hook (which is one of his secondary tools) -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvHMwjZsB7Y
Hook to him (although sodding powerful!) is of limited application in specific circumstances (ie when the head is covered from a straightshot) hence SECONDARY. C2's primary stuff is all about straight powerful shots to the target - repeatedly until the guys neutralised....
Peter C's double hip is too specific - the guy needs to be static or VERY predictable - and it lacks repeatability.
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Hey Chris,
Peter Consterdine is something ofa legend in SD. The technique he's using here is simly one of body mechanics. The best way to explore this is with a heavy bay. At close quarters the whipping motion of the hips allows you to hit with more force.
hope that helps.
Rannoch
I agree with the above comments. My first thought was that the double hip movement was a bit telegraphic.
It probably is, but it's important to remember that this isn't a tournament/MMA technique. I suspect is most applied surprise circumstances the short movement there won't cause a problem.
As he put it "most martial artists are better fighters than me - I'm just better at being preemptive.
The double hip is ok in a static setup as a pre-emptive. But totally lacking as a delivery mechanism when things have progressed beyond that and gone "live" and dynamic.
As such even though its interesting to learn - its far too specific to program in as any sort of primary means of defense...
Id tend towards Mick Coups C2 stuff - all his "primary tools" have arguably more power, are repeatable and cant be used as pre-emptives or "live" tools.
Heres mick talking about the hook (which is one of his secondary tools) -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvHMwjZsB7Y
Hook to him (although sodding powerful!) is of limited application in specific circumstances (ie when the head is covered from a straightshot) hence SECONDARY. C2's primary stuff is all about straight powerful shots to the target - repeatedly until the guys neutralised....
Peter C's double hip is too specific - the guy needs to be static or VERY predictable - and it lacks repeatability.
Excellent response!
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