Continuing my research into knifefighting and combining it with drawing a picture a day, here is Day 18th's drawing. The focus today is on Dwight McLemore's/American Fighting Congress' "Window of Combat" which is like the Box Theory of my 2 previous pictures. In case you missed them:
- Inktober Day #16- "Box Theory" by Terry Trahan
- Inktober Day #17 - Bob Kasper's 5th Principle of Knifefighting - "Stay in the box."
From "Bowie and Big-Knife Fighting System" (2003)
By Dwight C. McLemore
Pages 89-90
2ND PICTURE CAPTION
Application of window of combat - principle of inside and outside the box. Both fighters are inside the box.
NOTES
- Cocncept as taught from W. Hock Hochheim's American Fighting Congress
- Imaginary rectangles bounded by shoulders and hips.
- Some Renaissance masters of defense defined this concept as a circle of opponent's vulnerable points.
- On the dark side, the area is from which opponent can fire both accurate thrusts and cuts at you.
- When inside the box or window, be aware that you have to 'deal with the steel' by parry or feint to obtain an attack opening inside the window.
P.S. Props to my friend 'casteel' for the reminder of W. Hock Hochheim's/Col. Dwight McLemore/American Fighting Congress' "Window of Combat" when I posted the Inktober Day #16- "Box Theory" by Terry Trahan sketch I drew.
DIGRESSION: I highly recommend all of Col. Dwight McLemore's books - love them all! And with Paladin Press shutting down their business towards the end of November, you can buy them at 55% off if there is inventory left.
My drawings for Inktober 2017 - drawing at least 1 pic each day in October:
- Inktober Day #1 - Taiji's "Snake creeps down"
- Inktober Day #2 - DBMA's Chupacabra knifefighting stance
- Inktober Day #3 - Peacock Pose/Mayurasana/Kujaku
- Inktober Day #4 - Bob Kasper's/Kni-com's knifefighting stance
- Inktober Day #5 - Bob Kasper's/Kni-Com's "Passata Sotto"
- Inktober Day #6 - "Grab & Stab" vs. "C" Grips
- Inktober Day #7 - Richard Ryan's/DCM's Knifefighting Stance
- Inktober Day #8 - Michael Janich's/MBC's Knifefighting Stance
- Inktober Day #9 - Michael Janich's/MBC's "The Filipino Grip"
- Inktober Day #10 - Bob Kasper's/Kni-com's In-Waist Band Carry
- Inktober Day #11- Trapping's "Pak Sao"
- Inktober Day #12 - Bob Kasper's 'palm push'
- Inktober Day #13 - Bob Kasper's tiger claw entry
- Inktober Day #14 - Michael Janich's Vascular Knife Targets
- Inktober Day #15 - John Styers' On-Guard Stance
- Inktober Day #16- "Box Theory" by Terry Trahan
- Inktober Day #17 - Bob Kasper's 5th Principle of Knifefighting - "Stay in the box."
- Inktober Day #19 - Beware the hidden knife!
- Inktober Day #20 - Richard Ryan's Tactical Concealment/Deceptive Carry Methods
- Inktober Day #21 - Lee Morrison's/Urban Combatives' Body Language Cues
- Inktober Day #22 - Lee Morrison's/UC's The 3 Es
- Inktober Day #23 - John Styers' In-Quartata (or Out-of-Line)
- Inktober Day #24 - John Styers' Passato Sotto
- Inktober Day #25 - John Styers' Targets
- Inktober Day #26 - Amante Marinas'/Pananandata's 12 Targets
- Inktober Day #27 - Fernan Vargas'/Raven Combatives' Fairbairn Vital Template
- Inktober Day #28 - Bloody Brazilian Knife Fighting Techniques' Immobilizing Targets
- Inktober Day# 29 - Hank Reinhardt - Old fencing trick
- Inktober Day #30 - Michael Janich's/MBC's Abanico
- Inktober Day #31: Craig Douglas' Pikal: Some points and stance
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