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Originally Posted by 47MartialMan  With all of this discussion about chamber, this thread ought to be renamed as "The Chamber of Secrets" |
That is GREAT MartialMan!
I am surprised that only one person suggested the 'chambering hand is not empty' and that was a CMA person. I was always taught that the chambering hand had someone's arm/clothes/head/leg/etc. in it, this pulling them into the punch and increasing the force. Many of the forms have applications which directly relate to the concept of the chambered arm holding onto someone's limb(s). This applies to so-called blocks as well.