Technical Grappling: Foot Pin

TheOneRonin · 03-29-2014, 07:20 PM

In the school where I train (Modern Arnis), one of the things we do with our footwork is something we call a "foot pin".

You use the ball of your foot and your body weight to pin the lead foot of your opponent in place. It makes it very difficult for him to do any sort of foot work, and makes unbalancing him much easier. It also makes a retreat VERY difficult.

How would you represent this in GURPS? It's not a Stamp Kick because we aren't bringing our foot down hard enough to do damage. Is it a grapple? What kind of effects would it have? A penalty to dodge/retreat?

Here is an example of a foot pin (though these guys call it a foot trap) in action.

Thoughts?

03-29-2014, 07:20 PM	#1
TheOneRonin Join Date: Oct 2010	Technical Grappling: Foot Pin In the school where I train (Modern Arnis), one of the things we do with our footwork is something we call a "foot pin". You use the ball of your foot and your body weight to pin the lead foot of your opponent in place. It makes it very difficult for him to do any sort of foot work, and makes unbalancing him much easier. It also makes a retreat VERY difficult. How would you represent this in GURPS? It's not a Stamp Kick because we aren't bringing our foot down hard enough to do damage. Is it a grapple? What kind of effects would it have? A penalty to dodge/retreat? Here is an example of a foot pin (though these guys call it a foot trap) in action. Thoughts?