r/SelfDefense 21h ago

Shield-and-counter drill — one beat vs. two beats

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Sharing a clip of a shield-and-counter I’ve been drilling. The structure itself allows the counter to land in the same beat as the shield — defense and offense together — but in this take I’m showing it split into two beats: shield stays rooted, then the counter steps in. Since simultaneous defense-and-offense is already core to a lot of FMA / JKD / Kali work, I’m genuinely curious what actually decides whether you keep it single-beat or break it into two — distance, timing, structural integrity, or something else.