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The 'parry' Bruce Lee does is a pak sao (slapping hand). He incorporated this movement into his JKD and it's originated from Wing Chung.
It's not so much a real parry but rather a controlling move towards the opponents elbow. Bruce lee's execution of this technique is very hard. It's normally combined with a simultaneous strike.
Of course the real ...
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he avoids opponents' blows by a combination of moving out of the way and lightly smacking their limb away with his hand
While the previous answers are totally correct in their statements about movie technique vs. real life, this observation actually strikes to the core of your understanding about the role of "blocks" in martial arts.
I'm going to ...
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As with any historical study, the individual elements need to be contextualised.
At its core, MA was essentially either defending or aquiring assets. The way to do so was with weapons rather than empty-handed. Parry study in MA likely have come from its weapon equivalent; Aikido being one of such arts.
So I think pretty much every MA that has its concepts ...
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This technique is one part parries and one part fight-scene choreography.
Parries are a basic element of boxing, many styles of karate, wing chun, and most striking arts in general. Bruce Lee studied each of these (wing chun most of all in his early career, and boxing close behind it as he explored other arts) and a given instance of Bruce Lee smacking away ...
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For an 8 year old kid, keeping the distance is probably the best option. like robin and dave have mentioned.
If they are looking to be a little more adventurous. o uchi gara, and uchi mata are both viable counters to a bjj style ko soto gaki/gari.
http://judoinfo.com/new/techniques/throwing-techniques/95-traditional-40-throws-gokyo-no-waza
o uchi ...
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The advice I'd give to an eight year old for preventing a Gracie-family-style kosotogake-makikomi would be limited.
Dominate the clinch. Get double underhooks, and prevent the opponent from getting double underhooks.
Keep your hips away from their hips, and your legs away from their legs, once any clinch is established. This opens you up for other ...
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The inside leg trip is a more reliable takedown than the outside leg trip, but it's not popular in BJJ because the inside leg trip puts you in their guard, while the outside one at least gives you half mount. The inside leg trip is a natural counter to the outside leg trip, and in practice the inside leg trip tends to win (I'm not entirely sure if this is ...
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