Positioning

I was thinking it would be fun to write about out positioning people in fights and in sparring. I am more concerned with this particular thing than anything else in sparring. I want my lead foot outside of their lead foot almost all of the time. This gives me a huge advantage in most cases. If my lead foot is outside of my opponents lead foot that means that I am slightly behind them almost all of the time. It is very hard to hit someone who is behind you. It allows for me to be able to set up sweeps easily. Having my foot outside of my opponents positions me so I can hit them in the kidneys, the face, the abdomen, I can use my knee to buckle their knee. There are way to many reasons to take this position versus the inside position to explain here but get creative.

I would primarily put my foot to the inside of an opponents foot if I wanted to back sweep them and for a few other applications but for the most part if my foot is on the inside of theirs I am fighting to get  it to the outside.

Play with this thought in your next sparring match and see if you can't get a significant advantage over your opponent if you can maintain this positioning.