Funny thing happened at class last night. We were doing some handgun disarms and I was emphasizing on not stopping when you acquire the gun but to continue to fight until your opponent is down and you're clear to inspect the weapon, or draw your own. Popeye, the unlucky guy I was demonstrating on, had gotten up, after I had taken him down, while I had turned to talk to the class. Before I realized what was going on, I executed a spinning back kick to his midsection and was swinging the handgun in for a back-handed pistol whip. I stopped before I hit him with the training pistol (he had dropped to his knees after the kick) and turned back to the class to see a bunch of wide open eyes.
"I said to keep on fighting until your opponent was down!" Everybody got to work pretty quickly.
I thought that was pretty funny. I rarely work spinning kicks anymore; it just came out of nowhere.
No big deal; just thought it was funny. I wish I had gotten it on video.
Nowhere near as cool as Hock's pocket catch with a knife disarm, but interesting. Made me wonder just how many times I've thrown a spinning back kick over the years.
Hmmm...
