As of yet I don't really have any techniques I'm specifically good enough at to consider specialized weapons. The two I work on though, and even though I hadn't thought about it that way, the two I'd most like to be my 'weapons' would be my right/lead 'elbow hook', and my lead leg sidekick. I had long been disappointed in my hand power, and although that is changing, I've worked very hard on my lead elbow as a devastation attack. I know it's not a very 'refined' technique but it fits my body style well. I used to be fat and inactive, but I always carried a backpack that weighed in at 40lbs. As I've lost the fat I've discovered that I'm a lot stronger than average from the abs/lower back on down, but above that I had been really weak. I found out one day that my elbow, when thrown into the heavy bag hit pretty dern hard. So I did it over, and over and over again. Now I've got a faint scar where I had scabbed up my elbow, but kept practicing it anyway, and my right elbow has about a third of the sensitivity of my left. While training the elbow I tried to keep all my basics in mind, so I now I can throw it with little telegraphing from the on-guard position, and return to on-guard fluidly. Not too long ago I knocked over both the B.O.B. and the punching bag next to it at my local Oshman's with the elbow
If I could only land one strike in a fight, this would be it. My sidekick could really be considered 'a weapon in training' because it could still be a lot better. I've really begun to focus on this kick in the past couple of weeks, and I know it sounds silly, but I really want to get it to Bruce Lee level. Or as close as possible ;P My only other weapons would be my stunning good looks, and my post-McDonalds SBDs >
Chris Sanders
Frank Benn (aka F
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