: In all combat sports we have a basic need for defensive soundness at all times. Whenever you REACH for an opponent, whether with arms or legs, you lose defensive soundness. Over is vulnerability in this . KEEP YOUR TO YOUR CHEST AND YOUR ELBOWS TO YOUR AND ELBOWS AND KNEES CLOSE TOGETHER AND YOU'LL BE DEFENSIVELY SOUND. When you need to make contact, don't do it so much by REACHING as by . Use either your motion or your opponents motion to CLOSE DISTANCE – that way you can make contact without compromising your defensive . So when you need to make contact – use MOTION to close distance rather than REACHING in ways that create vulnerability