{"id":448,"date":"2007-07-01T11:08:00","date_gmt":"2007-07-01T17:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/royblumenthal.com\/wordpress\/?p=448"},"modified":"2007-07-01T11:08:00","modified_gmt":"2007-07-01T17:08:00","slug":"2007-07-01-illustration-friday-twist-j-taking-roy-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/royblumenthal.com\/wordpress\/2007-07-01-illustration-friday-twist-j-taking-roy-down\/","title":{"rendered":"2007-07-01 Illustration Friday &#8212; Twist &#8212; J taking Roy down"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }<\/style>\n<div class=\"flickr-frame\">\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/royblumenthal\/685436864\/\" title=\"photo sharing\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1098\/685436864_589cbb5b9c.jpg?w=605\" class=\"flickr-photo\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\t<span class=\"flickr-caption\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/royblumenthal\/685436864\/\">2007-07-01 Illustration Friday &#8212; Twist &#8212; J taking Roy down<\/a>, originally uploaded by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/people\/royblumenthal\/\">royblumenthal<\/a>.<\/span><\/div>\n<p class=\"flickr-yourcomment\">\tWith <a href=\"http:\/\/www.illustrationfriday.com\/\">Illustration Friday<\/a>&#8216;s topic this week being &#8216;Twist&#8217;, I thought it would be a good time to pull out all the stops. <\/p>\n<p>So I asked J to put a move on me that she learned from Benjy. It&#8217;s the old &#8216;disarm the assailant by taking control of his punch and turning his own power against him&#8217; move.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m a willing participant in her experiment, cos I&#8217;ve been through it enough times with white belts to not get injured myself. The good news is that she&#8217;s got much more control than a white belt, so she&#8217;s not going to injure me by mistake. She&#8217;ll only do that if she actually wants to.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the way the move works.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>o Observe your opponent.<\/p>\n<p>o When he or she throws a punch, be ready for it.<\/p>\n<p>o Catch the fist, and turn it in towards the body, down, towards the groin. (This is a gentle twist. No force needed. The assailant is already doing all the work.)<\/p>\n<p>o Because of the momentum, the assailant effectively disarms him or herself.<\/p>\n<p>o But the best thing about it is that the human body&#8217;s mechanics make it impossible for the assailant to retaliate. He or she is completely at the mercy of the person that got attacked in the first place.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Heeheee. J is a good student.<\/p>\n<p><i>This painting was made in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ambientdesign.com\/artrage.html\">ArtRage 2.2<\/a> on my Toshiba Tecra M4 tablet pc, based on a reference pic taken by Benjy while J and I were sparring. No animals were harmed in the making of this picture. And Arnica Gel realllllly helps for sore elbows and wrists. Reallly reallllllly.<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">Roy Blumenthal is a writer, director, artist, and <a href=\"http:\/\/snipurl.com\/visualfacilitator\">visual facilitator<\/a>. Hire him to make pictures of your meetings or workshops.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2007-07-01 Illustration Friday &#8212; Twist &#8212; J taking Roy down, originally uploaded by royblumenthal. With Illustration Friday&#8216;s topic this week being &#8216;Twist&#8217;, I thought it would be a good time to pull out all the stops. 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