Backhand Diagonal

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Apologies that I missed Ryan’s question from last June until just now.

Aaron’s observation here is dead on, even more so with the bhand horizontal, a.k.a. “the Dodger”

Now I would like to add some observations of my own.

1) Note the use of the complementary hand to increase power and speed. In PTK this is called “double force” and it is from here that I found this idea which I now manifest in DBMA’s “Chupacabra Knife”.

2) At first blush it may seem a bit pedantic, but I regret the use of the world “diagonal” here as contrary to the point I made at the beginning of this DVD about the hour glass being a better and more accurate way to think of TD’s power striking pattern.

In DBMA terminology the correct term here would be “Bhand Vertical Slash”– with “slash” meaning a strike that crosses to the other side of the body, and “vertical” meaning a strike in alignment with gravity.

In other words, our terminology is this:
a) Vertical — strikes aligned with gravity. Think of throwing a ball, a tennis serve, etc and you will have it.
b) Horizontal– parallel to the ground. Think of swinging a baseball bat at a pitch and you will have it.
c) Diagonal– the combination of the two.

Assessing TD’s movement here shows it to be Vertical, not Diagonal.

In this moment, it is well worth noting that vertical motions, be they descending or rising (e.g. a roof block), tend to be the most efficient ones to use as part of initiating a charge (sagasa).

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Module 1	Introduction	-
Unit 1	The Importance of Power
Unit 2	Terminology
Unit 3	Theory & Structures
Module 2	Krabi Krabong	-
Unit 1	Basic Striking
Unit 2	Range Control
Unit 3	Footwork
Unit 4	9 Count Variations
Module 3	Power	-
Unit 1	Warm Up Exercises
Unit 2	Forehand Diagonal
Unit 3	Backhand Diagonal
Unit 4	Stroking Exercises
Unit 5	Breaking Sticks
Module 4	Footwork	-
Unit 1	Side Stepping
Unit 2	The Attack Triangle
Unit 3	The Evasion Triangle
Unit 4	The Sawtooth
Unit 5	The Takeoff
Unit 6	Hi-Lo & Kangaroo
Module 5	Siniwali	-
Unit 1	Siniwali Theory
Unit 2	The Fluid Attack
Unit 3	Switching
Unit 4	Alternating Eights
Unit 5	Fluid Eights
Unit 6	The Florete Variation
Unit 7	The LaCoste Eight Count
Unit 8	The Exploding Star
Unit 9	The Basic Six Jabs
Unit 10	The Overhead With Jab
Unit 11	The Jab & Toe Smash - The Takedown
Unit 12	Uppercut & Slash - One Side of the X
Unit 13	Stick To Empty Hand
Module 6	Dos Triques	-
Unit 1	The Cavewoman (formerly known as The Bat)
Module 7	Blocks & Thrusts	-
Unit 1	The Four Walls
Unit 2	The Umbrella
Unit 3	The Roof Block
Unit 4	Thrusts & Punyos
Unit 5	Disarms
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Unit 1	Self Defense Laws of all 50 States
Unit 2	4 Cues Of Criminal Assault
Module 9	Kali Tudo™	-
Unit 1	False Lead Jabs On Snaggle Tooth
Unit 2	Panantukan Jab Drill

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