How to Do a Parry Double Elbow Strike Combo in Martial Arts

United Combat Style is a form invented by one of Michigan’s top martial-arts masters. United Combat Style combines several forms of martial arts--tae kwon do, shotokon, kempo and kung fu--as well as components of wrestling, Thai boxing and the use of acupressure points to quickly subdue an opponent. This unique style of martial arts utilizes the most effective moves of each form, combined with a unique, well-balanced ready stance, in order to maximize a person’s strengths. United Combat Style is an ideal set of self-defense techniques, because it boils down the quickest, most basic martial-arts moves for a no-nonsense, clean defense that is useful on the mat and the street alike. A parry-with-double-elbow-strike combo is a complex set of martial arts moves that is well-suited as a lead-in to a throw.

Difficulty: Moderately Challenging

Instructions

1. 

   Assume a right ready stance. Place your right foot in front, angled at about 45 degrees to the inside. Point your back foot forward at a slight angle to the front foot. Elevate the back heel a couple of inches and align it with the big toe on your front foot. Square your hips to the side and angle your shoulders slightly forward. If you do not have time to get into a ready stance, quickly stabilize your feet side-by-side, about shoulder-width apart.

2. 

   Swing your left arm up and out from the elbow to parry your opponent’s right arm away, keeping your hand open and your palm facing inward.

3. 

   Grasp your opponent’s right wrist with your right hand. At the same time, step forward with your right foot, turning your back to your opponent, with your hips squared and knees slightly bent in a balanced grappling stance.

4. 

   Swing your left elbow backward, keeping it in close to your body, and use it to jab your opponent in his right ribs. Maintain your right hand’s hold on your opponent’s right wrist, holding it up over your right shoulder during the elbow strike.

5. 

   Switch your grasp on your opponent’s right wrist to your left hand, keeping his arm over your right shoulder. At the same time, shift your hips slightly to the right, maintaining a balanced stance, and use your right elbow to jab your opponent in the right side of his back.

Tips & Warnings

• Perfect your balance for this combo by practicing the transitions from one stance to the next without doing the arm movements. Balance is crucial before, during and after a move.
• Practice initiating this move from a normal, relaxed position, so you develop an instinct for going into automatic self-defense mode when taken by surprise.
• Never practice martial arts with an opponent who is not wearing proper protective gear. Use a karate dummy for training if possible.

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