Defending Horizontal (Swing) Stick Attack to the Legs G1

Defending against a result of stick attack directed towards the leg or the knee area. Like in the regular technique against the baseball swing from the side bursting forward, heel toe, you turn the body and burst forward strongly. If you manage to see that the attack is low, at the last moment you can lift your front hand, absorb the attack on the leg, thigh, and grab the hand holding the weapon, or the weapon itself. Counter attack as early as possible with the rear hand, and then create distance by moving away, or pushing the opponent backwards. And this time, with additional counter attacks as needed. Your thigh should be absorbing the attack, the part which is close to the holding hand itself. You should advance with your back leg as soon as possible, so if the stick is circling around you, it will not get hit. After the counter attacks, while you do the finishing hold, you can either move away from danger zone or disarm the opponent and then continue as needed.

Defending with a shin against a horizontal swing with a stick coming from the side. The attack is directed towards your leg, towards your knee. As you are bit surprised, boasting forward is more difficult. So in this case, you are lifting and blocking the attack with the side, the muscular part of your shin. The shin is blocking and absorbing the attack on the area of the palm holding the stick, or the lower part of the stick, meaning near the hands. As soon as possible, with your front hand, control the stick, or the hands holding it. In all these techniques it doesn’t matter if the stick is being held by one or by two hands. You lifted your shin and block the attack, continue with advancing forward, closing the gap, closing the distance and counter attacking as soon and most efficient as you can. Finish the situation by moving away from the danger zone, or disarming if it’s possible, and continue as needed. Know that the side of the foreleg, the muscular part, the fleshy part, is the one that is absorbing and defending the attack. Avoid blocking with the bony area.

Using a stop kick to block the swing of the stick. As before here too the attacker is swinging with the stick to hit your leg, to hit your knee. It is difficult for you to move forward. The idea is to be able to block the attack as soon as possible, away from you. If you are able and capable, your kicks are accurate, and your technique is done well, the option that you have, if you are bit stuck at your place, is to block the attack using your foot. Especially if you’ve got the boot shoe. The foot in a perpendicular angle, is blocking the attack. The area of the block is the part of the stick which is very close to the opponent’s hand. Hitting the opponent’s hand may result in the stick swinging and still hitting you. So hit and block the stick itself.

This technique needs high level of accuracy. You should lift your knee, direct and send your foot to block and stop the attack. This is a simple short stomping kick directed to the attack, and able to stop it when the attack is considerably away from you. You utilize this technique in a situation that in one hand, you cannot advance so well forward, on the other hand, you do have enough time to stop the stick away from you. After the stop kick advance forward as soon as you can, close the gap, continue with counter attacks, and if possible also control and disarm the opponent. In the case that the opponent drop the stick, you can either move away from the danger zone, or pick up the stick and use it as necessary.