IOGKF Newsletter: Sensei Ernie Molyneux’s Kumite Combination No2

Attack: Left leg forward, keep your eyes on your opponent and quickly switch stance from left to right. Move forward on your right in a slight diagonal and palm your opponents front hand slightly to the left in the same action migi kisami tsuki, then hidari chudan gyaku tsuki. Do the gyaku tsuki almost like you would punch a makiwara. Migi ura tsuki just behind their front elbow, draw front leg back to sweep your opponent. If your opponent falls, follow up with a stamp kick. If your opponent is just unbalanced, deliver hidari chudan mawashi geri to finish. The above combination is designed as a pre-emptive strike, if you try this technique out in sparring, do not wait for your opponent to start an attack. Try to move when you sense they are about to do something.