1)

A specialized maneuver designed to unbalance or otherwise destabilize an opponent by effecting a hinge joint to their supporting limb(s).

2)

To give way, collapse, yield, warp, distort, or generally bend out of an original form or position.

3)

Argot for a Self-defense Technique which creates a buckle.

Inflected Form(s):

Buckling (adjective), Buckles (plural)

Comments:

1)

A buckle often refers to the forcing of a supporting limb to bend.

A buckle is typically accomplished through the changing of stances and/or Foot Maneuvers.

A buckle is a minor maneuver and is not specifically executed as a strike.

A buckle differs from a sweep in that it is designed to primarily effect a hinge joint, rather than a ball and socket joint of the body. Another way to look at it is, buckles are primarily designed to effect a supporting knee and/or elbow joint, rather than an hip and/or shoulder joint.

A buckle is most commonly created by the unbending a practitioner's leg against the knee joint area of an opponent, causing the opponent's leg to bend or unbend.

A buckle can be created by causing a joint to bend forward, backward and/or sideways.

The creation of a buckle can cause pain, spraining, twisting, and/or breaking of/to the supporting limb, depending upon the force and direction applied.

2)

Buckling, can refer to the inability of any support system to continue to maintain support - or for the mid to upper part of the support structure bending and/or generally collapsing.

In general, the inability to maintain a support system is caused by:

a.Too much weight or pressure

b.Damage to the support system

As it pertains to the body:

A buckle is the result of the inability of the body to maintain any sort of stance.

The inability to maintain a stance can be the result of:

a.Inability of the muscles and/or skeleton to resist added weight or pressure

b.Damage to the Muscular System, Skeletal System, and/or Internal Organ(s)

c.Damage to the muscles or bones of the legs

d.Damage to the muscles, organs, or bones of the mid to upper body

e.Damage to the spine and/or neck

f.Damage to the head area, resulting in a loss of consciousness or ability to balance

The creation of a buckle can be through direct intention or unintended consequences. The intent of an attack could be to cause the opponent to buckle or the result of an attack may cause the opponent to buckle without any expressed intent - or may even come as a surprise.

3)

Buckle can refer to any supporting limb.

Buckle is a common term but is also used in the context of a Self-defense Technique name.

See argot for more information about this subject.

Related Definition(s):

1)

Balance, Base, Destabilize, Disturb, Stable, Stance, Sweep, Unbalance

3)

Back, Branch, Break, Cross, Darkness, Departure, Fan, Feather, Gift, Hammer, Hoof, Horns, Intellectual, Kimono, Lance, Leaves, Mace, Peach, Pendulum, Prong, Ram, Salute, Sleep, Spear, Storm, Sword, Talon, Twig, Twin, Wing

Related Term(s):

Angle of Balance, Angle of Disturbance, Center of Gravity, Colliding Forces, Method of Disturbance

Related Self-Defense Technique(s):

Buckling Branch