[I heartily encourage a reading of Part 1 to gather all the threads that lead to this point. While what follows is valuable and useful information—context sets the cognitive hook. You can read Part 1 here .] When we left off we were asking the following questions. ONE - Why when engaging in power-based or stressed based tasks [combat, competitive sports, power-contact tasks] do we place the dominant hand/foot to the rear as opposed to advancing the “good side” forward? TWO -We also implied the “Hidden Question”… When we “retreat” the strong/coordinated side to the rear we are also placing the dominant eye to the rear, in essence, further from the targeted opponent/task before us—why would this seemingly sub-optimum gaze placement be a “good” idea? THREE - Why is it that this “good side” to rear stance seems to be a human default and not a later tactical “choice?” That is, humans default to this position before any training comes along and says “ This is the right way ...
Examining & Resurrecting Indigenous Skills and Frontier Rough & Tumble Combat