Mastering Self Defense
Ability 1
Hand and Eye Coordination
by Qi Sheng Sulayman
Acknowledgment
Special heartfelt thanks to Sifu David Jackson for contributions of time to help illustrate this book and for being an out-standing student and a great friend. Thanks for your continuous motivation and for helping me get my point across.
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Please note that the author and publisher of this book are NOT RESPONSIBLE in any manner whatsoever for any injury that may result from practicing the techniques and/or following the
instructions given within. Since physical activities described herein may be too strenuous in nature for some readers to engage in safely, it is essential that a physician be consulted prior to
training.
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To all the people who really want to be able to defend themselves in a real life situation.
Mastering Self Defense to me is having the ability to defend on a very high level. Not letting an attacker touch you, no matter how many there is. You just touch them! My guess for the most of you, this might seem a bit far-fetched, but over the years I have seen this ability pretty much in everyone Ive trained.
My self defense students were taught a specific curriculum that increased their skill levels in each area needed to master self defense. And out of all the skills that are necessary, hand and eye coordination is the first on the list.
By building your hand and eye coordination, you will gain the ability to see and react very quickly at the start of a situation, and will make you be able to shut down an attacker from the very beginning. Really, you increase your connection between your mind and body.
In this book, you will find the process I used to get my students to high levels fast while building a great foundation in attack and defense. So good in fact, I seen many who felt like what they learned doing the drills was all they needed. They could shut down an attacker in a couple seconds.
T he stance in any system of fighting is very important. The stance has many benefits such as building the connection to the ground and increasing mobility for attack and defense. For this process, I have students stand in a natural or center stance. I have them start this way because its the stance they would most likely be in if they had to defend themselves. Also, this stance helps to build a better overall ability for defense because your partner has more of an area to attack. I like to start off by preparing for a real-life situation.
From standing with your feet side by side, spread your feet apart about shoulder width facing your partner.
By facing your partner, more of your body is available to try to strike. This will give you the ability to get a wider range of defense. To increase your foundation and mobility, you can bend your knees slightly.
Y our hands and arms are also very important. The position that they are held in should allow for a quicker response of attack and defense techniques.
For this process, your arms and hands will be in a simple on-guard position. You can do this by starting with your arms by your side and palms facing your thighs.
place your arms by your side with your palms facing your thigh
Bring your arms in front of you with your elbow about a fist distance from your body.
position arms in front of you with about a fist distance between your body and your elbow
Now, bring each of your forearms up at about a forty-five degree angle. At the same time, have your palms facing each other with about twelve inches between them. Your hands should be aligned with the area between your chin and chest.
bring your forearms up to about a 45 angle with your palms facing each other keeping at least twelve inches between them
Depending on your partners height, you may need to bring your hands up or down just a little.
B efore we learn how to punch in my process, we first need to focus on making and using the fist safely to avoid injury. I have heard of people breaking a finger or thumb in a fight, especially in self defense. And this happens usually because the fist wasnt made properly or they hit the attacker with the wrong part of the fist. So, I know it is a need to make sure people understand how to make it and use it. Making a fist correctly involves protecting the fingers and thumb. First, you ball all four of your fingers up to where the tips are pressed in the palm. Then, the thumb is balled up bringing the base of the palm to cuff the fingernail while the thumb is pressed against the first two fingers, giving them support and protecting the thumb at the same time.