Gorillas in the midst: the question of wrist grabs
In my view people sometimes get caught up asking the wrong question: ie. a question that contains one or more false assumptions which serve to distract you from seeing the full picture. Consider the following video as an example. Watch it carefully and see if you can answer their question correctly... An episode of "Sleek Geeks" featuring a memory/concentration test. It is my strong feeling that wrist grab defences are subject to a similar "distracting question", namely: "Why practise defences against wrist grabs when they are not realistic attacks?". This question contains a number of false assumptions that serve to distract you from the otherwise obvious "gorilla". What are they? First, this question assumes that applications proceeding from a wrist grab are always intended to teach a defence against a wrist grab attack. In my opinion the primary purpose of wrist grabs is to put you in the correct range for the application of a technique in a...