Placement of thrusting target.

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Corey Roberts
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Placement of thrusting target.

Postby Corey Roberts » Tue Oct 03, 2006 3:18 pm

Just out of curiousity what in most of your opinions is the ideal height at which one should place their thrusting target?

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Re: Placement of thrusting target.

Postby JeffGentry » Tue Oct 03, 2006 6:44 pm

Corey Roberts wrote:Just out of curiousity what in most of your opinions is the ideal height at which one should place their thrusting target?


In normal sparring i usualy thrust at mid chest all the way to the face, so i would say that is about the rigth height.


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Re: Placement of thrusting target.

Postby Randall Pleasant » Tue Oct 03, 2006 7:36 pm

Corey Roberts wrote:Just out of curiousity what in most of your opinions is the ideal height at which one should place their thrusting target?

Corey

The center of mass (chest & belly) is in most cases the easiest target if it is opened. However, the head and upper legs are also important targets when thrusting from a bind. So be sure to include in your practice high thrusts to your pell about the height of the head and low thrusts to about the height of the upper legs. In any case, practice thrusting at small targets, it will make hitting bigger targets much easier in sparring.
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Postby Richard Strey » Tue Oct 03, 2006 10:51 pm

Since we train outside, we use an easily portable setup of two tennis balls connected by a length of rope. Thrown over a branch, you get two targets at chest level or one high, one low, depending on how you distribute the rope. I feel that variety is the key here, unless you know an enemy that always stands the same way, without moving. :wink:


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