TODAY'S TIP: Remember that in general, you want to be either so far away from a threat that he can't touch you or hurt you, or, if you're forced to get physical, so far into his space that he can't get his balance or space to do anything useful. Apply this idea in your contact flow training. You're either staying away from him (FAR away, so that he can't touch you or preferably even shoot you) or moving through him as if to make your spines fuse. NOT in-between--NOT sparring distance, no "stand and trade" nor "feeling out," etc. If you're going to get within his kill zone, you need to render him incapable of drawing a weapon or moving decisively until you can easily escape and create BIG distance. The only reliable way to do this is to take away his space and balance as you attack. Most people are most comfortable, through experience, hitting at medium distance, like kickboxing, and wrestling at close distance. One thing that makes GC unique is the trained ability to apply devastating striking within "grappling range" via looseness, balance, body unity and dropping (guided by full-body sensitivity). So move into where he can't hit you effectively but you can devastate him. If you happen to take him out on the way in, well, such is life. . . . At any moment in contact flow, if there is free space between your bodies, whoever fills it effectively (with balance) first will usually have the advantage. Note that this is a general idea, not absolute.
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