Repeated Devestation

[Andrewj411]

One of the techniques I am struggling with conceptually is Repeated Devastation. The first part of the move makes sense to me: Hit the face, split the arms, step away, grab the arm, elbow the head. After that, though, the move calls for stepping back to the point of origin, exposing the back of the defender to the attacker in order to set up another elbow strike. This seems to me to be a bit dangerous, since this provides the attacker with the opportunity to again grab the defender.

Can you explain the logic of this, please?

Thanks,

Andrew

[administrator]

Repeated Devastation is one of the techniques taught on both sides, as the standard curriculum. Depending on which way you are forced to step, you should be able to do the technique on either side, and finish with the extension on either side. THere are a few other techniques like this in the standard curiculum. We go into detail about this in our Home Study Course.
Kevin Lamkin

[warrior-scholar]

Once you see the extension to this technique it all makes sense. Think about Scraping Hooves as a parallel as well; would you do this to both sides in a combative situation?

Many techniques give you an answer to the other side, but with another technique in the system and perhaps in a modified form.

[warrior-scholar]

Once you see the extension to this technique it all makes sense. Think about Scraping Hooves as a parallel as well; would you do this to both sides in a combative situation?

Many techniques give you an answer to the other side, but with another technique in the system and perhaps in a modified form.

The Home Study Course does do an awesome job of making sense of everything.

[Andrewj411]

Thank you for the clarification.

Andrew