Hatsumi Masaaki - Stick fighting
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SECTION 3<br />
Techniques against Foot Attacks<br />
Defences aga rnst foot attacks do not lend themselves to such a variety<br />
of ted'll1rques as those against frsl attacks or wnst holdrng for example.<br />
In the frrst place rf you stnke your adversary's leg as a preliminary to your<br />
technique. he wrll almost certainly wrthdraw it immediately, in wh1ch case<br />
rt w11l be out of range for you to apply a technique against 1t In the second<br />
place. as has just been mentioned. hrs f1st may already be on the way and<br />
1f you are not careful you may walk straight mto 1t<br />
To be on the safe side rt 1s advisable to be content w1th some form of<br />
strikrng actron as shown on page 62 and contrnue with an appropriate<br />
technrque taken from one of the other sectrons. Do not. however. neglect<br />
this section for though the techniques are difficult and re(Ju rr e skrllfu l<br />
body movement and good timing. a knowlege of them rs Important<br />
Take. for example. the srtuatron in wl1ich you have thrown your adversary<br />
to the ground but have not managed to Immobilize h1m. He mdy be lying<br />
on h1s back wrth his feet towards you. k1cking at you to prevent you<br />
approach1ng In such a case 1t should be no problem to trap h1s leg in<br />
one of the ways shown rn thrs sectron
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