Why we teach Attacking the Circle

Why do we teach Attacking the Circle? We teach this technique for 2 reason the first is to teach the clock system to the student, we use this system to help students with direction and angles; you will notice throughout our manuals and videos that we refer to a position on a clock, for example place your right foot at 10:30. This method is easier to understand then to tell the student to take their right foot and step out at a 45-degree angle. The common times used throughout the manual are 12, 3, 6, and 9. Then we use 2:30, 4:30, 7:30, and 10:30. You should also keep in mind that these times are not exact they are just a guide adjust them as needed for your own personal size and height. Almost everything done past the 12:00 hour up to 6:00 will be done with the right side of the body, and everything past that will be done with the left side. 12:00 and 6:00 can be done with either side depending on the technique. Remember there is always an exception.
I said there were two reasons the 2nd reason is, we started emphasizing more on the footwork that we can teach the student while they are learning the clock system. So a version is learning how to go in and out of a fighting stance without going up and down. The B variation we choose to use an old technique that we no longer teach called Japanese Sword A (step with a extended outward block to the correct position, followed by a reverse punch, into a hardbow stance). This way the student can not only work the fighting stance but start practicing going from technique to technique.
“C” version we added as we wanted the student to start thinking about multiply attacks and combining the techniques they have learned in their private and group classes. This variation has no right or wrong answer but should still be practical and make sense.