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    Force and Single Strike Damage: Formidable Fighter, #6
    Force and Single Strike Damage: Formidable Fighter, #6
    Force and Single Strike Damage: Formidable Fighter, #6
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    Force and Single Strike Damage: Formidable Fighter, #6

    By Martina Sprague

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    When you attempt to break a board and fail, there is a simple solution: Hit harder. Although it is tempting to engage in such elusive concepts as “striking through the target” and “extending ki,” understand that a board breaks only under the stress of a specific amount of force which can be pre-calculated. The lesson is that no matter what you choose to call the force, you cannot expect to do damage unless you strike straight. No matter how powerful, attacks fail when the direction of force is misunderstood or misapplied. This book focuses on the single strike or single technique concept to end a fight, primarily on the street where you are looking for a quick and decisive victory over your adversary. The focus is on overwhelming force resulting in disruption and defeat. Formidable Fighter: The Complete Series, a compilation of all 14 books in this series, is available in both electronic and print format.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMartina Sprague
    Release dateApr 19, 2018
    ISBN9781386364740
    Force and Single Strike Damage: Formidable Fighter, #6
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    Martina Sprague

    Martina Sprague grew up in the Stockholm area of Sweden. She has a Master of Arts degree in Military History from Norwich University in Vermont and has studied a variety of combat arts since 1987. As an independent scholar, she writes primarily on subjects pertaining to military and general history, politics, and instructional books on the martial arts. For more information, please visit her website: www.modernfighter.com.

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      Force and Single Strike Damage - Martina Sprague

      Preface

      The Formidable Fighter Series is a series of booklets for martial artists desiring to learn the concepts that create formidable fighters in the training hall, competition arena, and street. Each booklet is between 5,000 and 10,000 words in length and includes fighting scenarios, training tips, and illustrations. Force and Single Strike Damage, the sixth booklet in the series, deals particularly with how to use strikes that are intended to deliver enough power to a sensitive target to end the fight instantly. Training for the street requires an evaluation of gruesome methods, including eye gouges and strikes to the windpipe. However, martial art training in any form or way is not meant to be easy or pleasant; it is meant to be practical. Since the advice is not style specific but explores the underlying concepts of personal combat, it is applicable to students of most martial styles.

      Ring training and street training complement one another, but when your life is at stake you cannot afford to get into a sparring match with your adversary. If you follow the instruction and tips in the Formidable Fighter Series, you will learn how to develop your physical strength and mental tenacity and triumph as a fighter in the training hall, ring, and street.

      Don't fight forces; use them.

      —R. Buckminster Fuller, 1895-1983, American Architect and Engineer

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      Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.

      —John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963, 35th U.S. President

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      Not our location is important, but the direction in which we move.

      —Leo Tolstoy, 1828-1910, Russian Novelist and Social Reformer

      When you attempt to break a board and fail, there is a simple solution: Hit harder. Although it is tempting to engage in such elusive concepts as striking through the target and extending ki, understand that a board breaks only under the stress of a specific amount of force which can be pre-calculated. Start by placing the board horizontally between two tabletops. Now keep piling on weights until the board breaks. The number of pounds you placed on the board is equal to the force with which you must strike in order to break the board. The lesson is that no matter what you choose to call the force, YOU CANNOT EXPECT TO DO DAMAGE UNLESS YOU STRIKE WITH REAL POWER. When we talk about striking through the target or extending ki, we are really discussing the direction and focus of the force which can be quantified, and not some mysterious and little understood martial arts concept.

      Your objective determines the direction of the force you apply. For example, if your objective is to take your opponent down, the direction of the force must be toward the ground. I often see martial artists using large circles or directing the force straight back or horizontally in a circle when attempting a takedown. Large circles might look pretty, but they don’t produce a sharp and violent fall that ends the fight immediately. Although you may combine a circular motion with a downward motion, the combined and final direction must still be down if the technique is to result in a quick taking of balance. On the other hand, if your objective is to keep your opponent away with a sidekick, for example, you must kick straight at the centerline and preferably above the waist. Note that impacting the target with your toes, or dropping your foot prematurely after impact might result in injury to your foot or a decrease in power. Whenever your striking weapon is allowed to glance off the target, the direction of the force is disturbed and the power is decreased. TO STRIKE WITH POWER,

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