"Being a bouncer, according to me, it's more being able to talk and being able to use words instead of your arms to do the job..."posted by lemuring at 10:26 PM on September 4, 2011 [2 favorites]
Interception - the stop hit is considered the highest level of skill in both systems [fencing and jeet kune do]. An attacker is most vulnerable when his mind is focused on his own attack. Bruce Lee considered the stop-hit so important that he named his system after it. Jeet Kune Do - "The Way of the Intercepting Fist", is a name that embodies the highest level of what a Fencer knows as "Attack on Preparation" or attacking as the opponent prepares his attack. As we shall see in Part 2 of this series, attacks on preparation are an important tactical skill, with differing methods used such as the simple stop-hit and the stop-hit in opposition. We may also discuss counter time, the method used to beat the stop-hit!it's not quite it; the anchor punch as Silva and Ali use it interrupts a chain of attacks, not the preparation of a single attack, like in fencing, but the principle is similar enough to warrant mention and the difference possibly one of the very different circumstances of an MMA or boxing match. by interrupting a chain of attacks they have the attacker's momentum working against him to give the stop hit its power, and because power is simply not a concern for a fencer there's no need to wait for the attacker to build up that momentum.
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posted by empath at 7:15 PM on September 4, 2011