Once upon a time, far back in our evolutionary history, we had tails to help us maintain our balance when running about with each other up in the trees. As we have now filled a slightly different, ground dwelling ecological niche, we have lost the need for tails as a means of maintaining balance although there are still remnants of this particular period in our evolutionary past visible in the elongated form of our coccyx (which incidentally can make an interesting target in a combative sense), and even in some of the Pharyngeal stage in our embryonic development, where we in fact grow a tail for a short time (and gills, and a covering of hair.)
This aside, despite the fact that our vestibular system is highly advanced and is usually pretty good at allowing us to maintain our balance, there are still some inevitable flaws of our bipedal arrangement that we can easily exploit as martial artists in order to better our position in a combative situation.
The two principles in this video provide a very brief introduction into methods for exploitation of the natural flaws in our balance.
This aside, despite the fact that our vestibular system is highly advanced and is usually pretty good at allowing us to maintain our balance, there are still some inevitable flaws of our bipedal arrangement that we can easily exploit as martial artists in order to better our position in a combative situation.
The two principles in this video provide a very brief introduction into methods for exploitation of the natural flaws in our balance.
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