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Much of karate and martial arts are about the use of the arms. The particular positioning and structuring of the arms holds considerable importance. A few degrees of rotation or angling can make untold difference in the power generated and the efficacy of techniques.
The triangle guard is an essential anatomical structure for the arms. The guard becomes structurally sound only when our elbows face downward rather than facing out to our sides. They also must remain within the width of our torso. This way the body can generate and receive force with great efficiency.
The soundness and strength of the triangle guard comes from its formation and inter-connectedness to the torso which serves as a solid foundation. The shoulders stabilize the arms, the spine stabilizes the shoulders, the legs stabilize the spine, the legs get their stability from their connectedness to the Earth. Add in the forward stance - one foot comfortably in front of the other - a bladed stance and we have a solid triangle guard fighting stance, posture and position.
If you manifest proper structure and posture, you will absorb far more pressure because you will have constructed the triangle. The triangle guard is a critical principle that moves us toward fulfilling the percentage principle and efficiency, and one that utilized the implicit structure of the body.
As stated, when in a bladed position, etc., the triangle guard serves a combative function. It established a core of protection - a shielding of the body. The further the arms extend while maintaining centerline, the more we decrease the number of angles that our adversary can exploit. The triangle guard also provides us dominance when using the primary gate.
The triangle guard is a collection of triangles, both positive and negative, fulfilling part of the yin-yang sub-principle, that actually form a pyramid, and pyramids take the geometric strength of one triangle and multiply it by four. Note that the elbow position is important to this structure of pyramids. When down any pressure placed on them transfers downward into the legs and ground instead of out beyond the structural sides of the body.
Proper elbow placement transfers pressure first into the body, which means into the spine all provided there is good posture, then into the legs. The legs provide a powerful foundation for the pressure. If the legs are relaxed properly, the force ultimately will root into the Earth.
The triangle and formed pyramids rely on posture and how all three interact. A sound anatomical triangle will defeat other structurally unsound physiologies.
In addition, we must advance quickly enough so as not to get hit in the head, and the proper use of sidestepping, typically, does not hurt. Then you add in breathing and posture to gain an additional advantage of structurally deficient adversary’s. If we eliminate our own structural deficiencies and naturally exploit the structural failings of our adversary’s we can achieve success in physical defense.
The triangle guard poses no actual difficulties. All techniques can be applied within the construct provided we exercise proper movement of the body. The triangle guard receives force well, so does it release force well. It excels at receiving force toward its base and releasing force away from its base.
As can be determined from this information a complex inter-connectedness of several principles and factors contribute to this triangle guard. A position found in violent physical altercations to be of maximum efficiency for defense.
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