Here are the answers.
First, physical weapons.
1) You have 8-10 different weapons on your hand, depending on art, what are they and what techniques might they relate to?
a. The first two knuckles. Punching, lines the first knuckle up perfectly with the radius.
b. The backside of the first two knuckles/back of the hand. Backfist
c. The last three knuckles. Boxing style punch, often leads to broken bones in the hand ("boxer's fractures").
d. The finger tips. Pressure point striking.
e. The outside edge of the hand. Knife-hand/ridge-hand/karate chop
f. The inside egde of the hand. Opposite of the above.
g. The outside of the hand, with fist. Hammer fist strike, outside/inside block
h. The inside of the hand, with fist. Opposite of the above.
i. The plam of the hand. Plam thrust, plam punch.
j. The heel of the hand. Palm thrust upper-cut, often used in Tiger Sytle Kung Fu.
2) There are six weapons on the foot, what are they and what techinques do they relate to?
a. The ball of the foot. Front kick, round(house) kick, crescent kicks.
b. The heel. Heel kick, hook kick, back kick, crescent kicks, axe kick, along with their spinning and jumping variations.
c. The blade edge of the heel. Side kick, inside/outside crescent kick to the face.
d. The instep. Outside/inside crescent kick to the face, kick block (kick your opponent's shin before he can chamber his kick.)
e. The arch/top of foot. Head high round(house) kick.
f. The flat of the foot. Mule kick, chest kick, slappning kicks with crescent kicks.
3) What is the proper way to throw a front kick and what is the weapon?
Bend your knees to drop your weight and ground yourself, bring the knee up to the chest, create and aim the proper weapon, and thrust the kick with the hips. The weapon, as mentioned above, is the ball of the foot. If you swing the kick up from the ground you stand a good chance of breaking your toes/foot. If you snap the kick from the knee, you're not only using a swinging motion but you're also hyperextending the knee. If you try to muscle the kick you'll lose a significant amount of speed.
4) What is the proper chambered position for a round(house) kick and what angle should that be in comparison to the floor?
Assuming a back leg round kick with the right leg. Supporting knee bent, right hip pointing at your target, chambered leg is fully flexed, parallel (180*) to the ground, and the weapon is already formed. This is also the return position after the kick has been delivered.
5) Staying with the round kick, you have three weapon options, what are they, what target could you each on, and why?
From top to bottom. Use the arch of the foot to kick to the head, the ball of the foot to kick to the body, and the shin or ball of the foot for a leg kick.
6) Can you describe the push/pull action of punching and what it's purpose is?
In traditional martial arts, you'll always see one hand extended in a punch and the other back by the ribs. You throw the chambered fist forward you pull the extended fist back, using the same but opposite twisting action of the punching hand. The pull action allows you to throw your punch without having to use arm strength to stop it because it opens your chest up and physically stops the punching hand at full extension. Obviously you don't want to do this in a fight or even in sparring, it's just for training. In a fight your target will usually stop your punch.
7) What is the source of power (this one should be a gimme)?
The hips. They're the single largest structure in the body. I'm actually surprised the wrestlers didn't get this one.
Any martial artist worth their salt understands joint manipulation, even if they don't grapple.
1) If you want to control somebody's wrist, where do you grab? (even a lot of cops get this one wrong)
The palm of your hand on the back of their hand is the most simple technique. But the answer is, you grab before the wrist, not on the wrist or behind the wrist. You can only control the wrist when you're in front of it. Most police officers are trained to grab the wrist with one hand and then transfer the control to the other. This is wasted motion.
2) How do you control an entire arm with your thumb?
Palm to palm, your fingers wrap about the outside of your opponents, their pinky finger is bent in its normal range of motion, and you apply backwards pressure (towards the elbow) from there. Lock that in and all but the toughest man becomes a pussy cat because all you have to do to break his finger is push a little harder.
3) Is it more effective to go down on the ground for an armbar (in a street fight) or to control the wrist, elbow, and shoulder with minimal effort from your hands while still on your feet?
Everyone got this one right.
4) How would one accomplish that?
The grab from question one, push the hand straight back and up towards their armpit. This is only one of many techniques.
5) Someone bigger and/or stronger than you grabs your wrist/forearm, how do you escape? (no striking of any kind allowed for this one, including pressure points.)
Formby got this one on the nose. If you pull straight away or tense up you'll make your attacker grab tighter. What you have to do is relax and make a quick, snapping action towards the thumb. You'll never win against the army (the four fingers) but you can easy defeat the single soldier (the thumb). Brute strength means jack shit against someone with proper technique.
