May 20, 2009

Unarmed Tactics: Fighting Single Unarmed Opponent


One-on-one weaponless fight is the simplest and easiest form of fighting. This is also the basic form of any Martial Art. But it does not mean it does not need good tactics and understanding.

Based on body size, we could divide opponent into 2 type. Type 1 is big bodied opponent, Type 2 is small bodied opponent.

How to Defeat Type 1:

Speed and agility are needed to defeat this kind of opponent. Launch various punch and kick techniques to fatal points of opponent's body. I suggest you to move by light/narrow stance. If you have to, you may have little running. Do not get close, and avoid applying throw techniques and/or lock techniques. It is hard to defeat this type with such techniques.

How to Defeat Type 2:

This is contrary of Type 1, small bodied opponent. You must get closer to win. Restrict his/her movement range. Use throw, lock, or break-joint techniques most. Move by heavy/wide stance. Avoid unnecessary move.

It seems easy if our opponent do not practice Martial Art. Now, how will we fight well-trained opponent?

First, you must identify his/her martial type. Close-fight martial art or far-fight martial art? You must know it first (to define types of martial art, please read my former article: Two Categories of Martial Art).

Second, apply reverse martial type of the opponent. If he/she has close-fight martial art, fight with far-fight martial art (or principally the same method on Type 1). If he/she has far-fight martial art, fight with close-fight martial art (or principally the same method on Type 2).

Above explanation is tactics of Weaponless 1-on-1 Fight. I will explain how to fight many unarmed opponents in my next article.