[Tango-L] Pudding

[Clif Davis]

Hey Jeff, just got this message and couldn't resist. One of my favorite 
places to fight is "inside" where I can use hooks and knees and elbows, 
then move outside for more leg work. Sort of like dancing close embrace 
and then moving to distant frame for hero, sacada, gancho and things 
that need more room.

Interestingly enough, I bring dance theory into the martial arts classes 
I teach and MA theory into the dance classes I each. Body mechanics is 
basic to all movement.

One of the concepts I enjoy working with (and teaching) is  timing 
happens  on the  beat or numbers of the music, the dance happens between 
the beats. On the beat, the head should be above the shoulders, which is 
above the hips, which is above the weighted foot. The movement from this 
position to the next position, is where the dance happens.

Anyway, cheers and best wishes...
Clif


Jeff Gaynor wrote:
> Clif Davis wrote:
>
>   
>> Hi Dani, and being from North Texas and having first trained in Germany 
>> (1965) and then in South East Asia (1968) with some really crazy Korean 
>> guys (ROK) and finally coming back to the insane world of Pat Burleson 
>> blood and guts Texas Karate, I except that challenge.
>>
>> I do know that I wish I had known body mechanics as much then as I do 
>> now, I would have been a much better fighter. And now that I am teaching 
>> MA again, I feel lucky to have the skill dance has given me to pass on 
>> to the new fighters I am training.
>>
>>  
>>
>>     
> Hah! Both of you are blinded by your impact-based systems and therefore 
> lamentably chained to open embrace! I do jujutsu and have for a couple 
> of decades so I can use my grappling skills to do the one pure apilado 
> style.
>
> May I propose a new, bold direction in tango fusion, say with a UFC 
> smackdown? :-P
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jeff
>
> (Proving that if you want you can pick a stupid fight about anything. 
> Actually there are a fair number of martial artists on the list which is 
> pretty groovy. Can we get back to dancing?)
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