Monday, 6 June 2016

MUSCLE REACTION: BODY REACTION

MUSCLE REACTION: BODY REACTION

There are automatic reactions to force which you can take 

advantage of if you understand them. In judo and Aikido it has 

been referred to as the “giving way” principle, but that does 

not adequately describe the full range of action and reaction 

which it means to explain.

You can experiment in this fashion: do not tell your partner 

what you are trying to do and you will have a completely 

unrehearsed demonstration of muscle reaction.


Ask him to make a fist and instruct him to push up as hard as 

he can, while you push down on his fist.

If you suddenly remove your hand, his fist will rise quickly as 

the result of his own action.


Body reaction is the same principle applied on a larger scale. If 

you ask your partner to pull back while you pull him forward, 

and then suddenly release your grip, he will move back-ward 

as the result of his own action.

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