Johnlogic121
Orange Belt
Joined: 23 Jul 2007
Posts: 156
Styles: Montgomery Style Karate, Ninjutsu, Isshinryu, Judo, Mang Chaun Kung Fu, Kempo
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 Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 11:54 pm Post subject: Green Long Turns its Head |
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"Green Long Turns its Head" is a rather unusual name for a technique I read about in a Kung Fu magazine several years ago. The technique is a throw that resembles a kind of single leg sweep. As the attacker lunges, you dive forward with a low, deep stance and seize his rear ankle with one hand as you use the other hand to grapple his extended arm behind your back. My description might not be as effective as a photograph, but essentially, once you achieve the basic lock you rise on your deep stance into an upright position and heave the opponent off of your back onto the ground. The dive towards the rear ankle keeps your head out of the way of the incoming lunge. From the title, however, you can guess almost nothing about the technique. I take it that this is common in Kung Fu. Can anybody else give an example of a technique they can describe in words, but which is named oddly? I think that these naming systems once protected the secrecy of martial arts knowledge.
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First Grandmaster - Montgomery Style Karate; 12 year Practitioner - Bujinkan Style Ninjutsu; Isshinryu, Judo, Mang Chaun Kung Fu, Kempo |
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on the post.
