Areas Of Doubt
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At certain angles at or very near the corners of the Box, it is often not immediately obvious as to which Box component the defender should employ. For instance a No.1 Strike (an attack to Zone One) entering at exactly 45° could potentially pass between the top and the left-side of the box. A similar ambiguity can occur at each corner of the Box, creating what is known as the Areas Of Doubt.
In such cases the defender often reacts with a weak side defence, a reverse roof defence, or even allows their Box to collapse completely. The Escrima Concepts system can easily handle such attacking angles, however care is taken to develop a strong, workable Basic Box before examining these areas of potential weakness.
The theory used to close down these areas of doubt is known as the Floating Box, which is introduced from the second student programme & beyond. This concept allows the Basic Box to move & adapt to tricky angles of attack whilst remaining strong. Study of the Floating Box also greatly improves the use of the students live hand, as in many cases it must reinforce & back-up the defensive power of the primary weapon.
Learn more about the four components of the Basic Box below;
- More about the roof/top of the box
- More about the right side of the box
- More about the left side of the box
- More about the base/bottom of the box
The Floating Box is used in conjunction with the Basic Box and the five striking zones as part of the entire Basic Box Theory. You can read more about this in other areas of this site.
