Body & Mind Training Center

Dear Fabrizio, as I said, fighting to me is a way to practice my knowledge of challenging and solving the problems of my life. So when I fight, I don't look to hurt someone. The only thought in my mind is to use my skill to take myself out of uncomfortable situation. Plus, to learn and experience the skill of the opponent.
This is not a fight for death or life. For this reason I never think in the sport match to hit someone so hard to hurt him.
I hope you get my point of view.

Dear Ostad Jalilzadeh, with you permission let me say thank you!
Your concept of fighting for me is amazing! I have never heard a description of a fighting like this. For me untill now fighting meant enter "in the circle" as it was called (never called ottayme) and try to avoid to be badly hurt, being faster than the opponent and hit not to be hit! To recieve a strong blow before the end was a "mathematical certainty" for everyone if you "forgot" to hold the guard properly (but I was never taught to do it anyway!!)

Your description change totally the point of view.
Thank you!

Thank you for your answer Ostad Jalilzadeh,
Your words make me happy, I always thought that the fight against another person was in the end only experience and learn about themselves.
You now I acknowledge that, and I teach or at least I try to teach my kids that.

I also noticed something important.
The battle reveals without doubt the character of the person before uslike us reveal our own.

Thank you very much

Dear Ostad Jalilzadeh, I am still working on my anattawa as well as on my atado too to improve my "weak point". One of this is haima (or this is what I feel in my body). I was thinking about the position of my shoulders, my hands, the legs and I realized that I don't understand what I am doing with the left arm!!
I have taken a picture from your book. We are in rato stance, right hand forward, hand a little angled at 45 degree, arm to hour 9 and shoulders in line, left arm to the chest. With the right hand I think I am defending from a hand striking technique, because if it would have been a kick probably it would have been dangerous to hold an open hand. But what am I doing with the left?
Usually in the techniques the reaction hand is fisted. If I think about the classic techniques, all reactions are fisted a little bit over the sash's hight, and as you said in doma defence as well as in all the techniques in which we are turning the body the reaction hand goes a little bit higher to be more effective for the action hand. In haima the action hand is open. Is it also to make power, or am i doing something else?

Back hand on Haima technique in Anattawa is a reaction and a backup defense as well.

When we defending a Mato with Soyeto technique like here in Haima, what would happen if opponent hits the Mato a little early or late? So, if he throws the punch faster before our defense on position, the right side picture shows how to block it. Now, if we do the defense Soyeto and he was late or he does a fake move to avoid to get blocked, here we have a backup to defend the punch by back hand which is right at the spot.
If you didn'tget it, I will explain it on oovoo later.

Dear Ostad Jalilzadeh thank you for the answer!
I tried to think about your words while I was training and I am not sure to have understood the second part.
The first part it is ok, I got it. The left hand is covering the face and I would say that the right hand is doing the same thing I think, but the main part is done from the back hand in this case, correct?
But about the second part I am not sure. You asked what would happen if he was a late or if he was doing a fake move. I think I would have only the left hand to defend, but it is turned with the back facing to the ground. Could I turn the technique into an afma? If I lift the hand and make the arm at 90 degree to the ground and the hand at the face level I think I could turn it into a orato too if necessary. Is it this what you are trying to make me understand? Did I got it?