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Matthew Sylvester has been training in the Martial Arts since 1991. He currently studies Ao Denkou Jutsu, Kempo Ryu Karate, Tae Kwon Do and Shunryu Kempo. With grateful thanks to Sensei Dean Martin (Kempo) & Dan Can (Kempo)

This technqiue is called Waiter's Defence simply because there is no real name for it under Kempo. We decided on Waiter's Defence since the opening defence is rather like that a Waiter would use when carrying a plate. Kempo techniques are all named using imagery so that rememberance is (hopefully) much faster. The attack is a straight thrust with a stick. Dean is defending with our favourite victim Dan, being the attacker.
Dan thrusts his stick towards Dean. As he does so Dean steps his right leg back, shifting so that the stick goes past its intended target (Tai Sabaki for the Trads reading this). As he does so he does two things. The first is to 'flop' his right hand so that it is palm up and his stick at 90 degrees to his body (it should be facing to the right). The second is to use his left (or lead) hand to check the opponent's attacking hand. Dan thrusts his stick towards Dean. As he does so Dean steps his right leg back, shifting so that the stick goes past its intended target (Tai Sabaki for the Trads reading this). As he does so he does two things. The first is to 'flop' his right hand so that it is palm up and his stick at 90 degrees to his body (it should be facing to the right). The second is to use his left (or lead) hand to check the opponent's attacking hand.
As soon as he has done this, Dean whips his stick over and down onto Dan's wrist, hopefully breaking it and at the very least making him drop his stick. As soon as he has done this, Dean whips his stick over and down onto Dan's wrist, hopefully breaking it and at the very least making him drop his stick.
This next bit is tricky to explain, so hopefully the picture is good enough. Following straight on from the wrist attack, Dean brings his stick up and to left, turning it so that the stick is pointed slightly down. He strikes to Dan's neck or jaw, using the stick to pull him forward. This next bit is tricky to explain, so hopefully the picture is good enough. Following straight on from the wrist attack, Dean brings his stick up and to left, turning it so that the stick is pointed slightly down. He strikes to Dan's neck or jaw, using the stick to pull him forward.
Dean then moves his left leg back into right fighting stance. As he does this he continues the movement of the stick so that it circles round to the left and back to the right for an overhead attack to either Dan's knee or, if the previous strike brought him forward to the back/ side of his head. The strike should coincide with your left foot hitting the ground. Dean then moves his left leg back into right fighting stance. As he does this he continues the movement of the stick so that it circles round to the left and back to the right for an overhead attack to either Dan's knee or, if the previous strike brought him forward to the back/ side of his head. The strike should coincide with your left foot hitting the ground.


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