Thanks again Alan for your insight on the striking techniques and hand positioning. I admit I'm not that good at writing the combos in the abbreviated form, I think I'm learning that more slowly than the actual movements.
Fortunately for me I'm retired and my set up is in my garage, so I can work in the yard or around the house and then take about 15 to 20 minutes and go in and practice some more. This movement has been occupying a lot of my time. In fact my one elbow has a scab on it from the repeated strikes from practicing.
I have tried to practice this move coming off from a lot of different other combinations. I try to keep the speed at a moderate pace. Surprisingly it's actually harder to do really slow. I have tried it coming off the D-TES and when I can actually pull it off, which right now is rare, but I have done it, it is a pretty cool move. I am also trying to improve on going right into the O-I 4 way rather than starting with an I-TES.
I don't think I could do this move using a FCP in the second fist position. The FSP is the most natural for me in this combo. In fact I was pondering that some time ago when I was practicing just the FDP, whether I should always practice it using the FSP on the second fist. It seemed to me that the FSP sets you for more movements than the FCP. So I thought it might be good to just always practice it that way so my mind won't try to switch horses in the middle of the stream. But after some thinking about it and practicing more with it, I've decided I would be more versatile if I could do it both ways at will.
This has been an interesting and challenging technique to put together. But it has followed a familiar course for me in trying to learn it. First, I think, I'm never going to get this. Then after hours of trying and repeatedly failing, I actually do it in a very sloppy manner, but it's kinda there. Then I try it again and no dice, I can't repeat it. But I figure if I lucked out once, if I keep at it I can luck out again. So after many more hours of flubbing and goofs and then I kinda do it again. I go back and watch the video's of people doing it over and over, study the hand positions and then try to break it down into a half move. Then I start to do it more frequently, still sloppy but it's there. Usually after a few weeks of concentrating on it, breaking it down into simpler moves and then putting them together I can finally say I can do it at will, most of the time. I still have not been able to do a 5 to 10 minute workout without a flub or miss hit. Eventually I may be able to do that too.
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Fortunately for me I'm retired and my set up is in my garage, so I can work in the yard or around the house and then take about 15 to 20 minutes and go in and practice some more. This movement has been occupying a lot of my time. In fact my one elbow has a scab on it from the repeated strikes from practicing.
I have tried to practice this move coming off from a lot of different other combinations. I try to keep the speed at a moderate pace. Surprisingly it's actually harder to do really slow. I have tried it coming off the D-TES and when I can actually pull it off, which right now is rare, but I have done it, it is a pretty cool move. I am also trying to improve on going right into the O-I 4 way rather than starting with an I-TES.
I don't think I could do this move using a FCP in the second fist position. The FSP is the most natural for me in this combo. In fact I was pondering that some time ago when I was practicing just the FDP, whether I should always practice it using the FSP on the second fist. It seemed to me that the FSP sets you for more movements than the FCP. So I thought it might be good to just always practice it that way so my mind won't try to switch horses in the middle of the stream. But after some thinking about it and practicing more with it, I've decided I would be more versatile if I could do it both ways at will.
This has been an interesting and challenging technique to put together. But it has followed a familiar course for me in trying to learn it. First, I think, I'm never going to get this. Then after hours of trying and repeatedly failing, I actually do it in a very sloppy manner, but it's kinda there. Then I try it again and no dice, I can't repeat it. But I figure if I lucked out once, if I keep at it I can luck out again. So after many more hours of flubbing and goofs and then I kinda do it again. I go back and watch the video's of people doing it over and over, study the hand positions and then try to break it down into a half move. Then I start to do it more frequently, still sloppy but it's there. Usually after a few weeks of concentrating on it, breaking it down into simpler moves and then putting them together I can finally say I can do it at will, most of the time. I still have not been able to do a 5 to 10 minute workout without a flub or miss hit. Eventually I may be able to do that too.
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