Stop Standing Still: The #1 Flaw in Most Martial Arts Training
- Kelly Mccann
- Aug 5
- 3 min read
Most combatives practitioners spend a lot of time learning to develop powerful strikes. It’s important to be efficient, to be able to exploit the momentary vulnerabilities your attacker presents and not waste them on half-assed or weak attempts at hitting and hurting.
Unfortunately, what people don’t spend enough time on in their martial arts training is understanding the importance of movement, establishing range, and being harder to hit. Sure, the combatives mentality lends itself to “hey diddle diddle, right up the middle” and “going caveman,” but is that the most effective approach? The most efficient?
Don’t misunderstand me: Sometimes the absolutely right thing to do is to cover and explode directly into your attacker to stop his momentum and establish the all-important transition from him feeling like the predator to him feeling like prey.
