1)

An idiom referencing a distinct method of pushing off from (as in floor, wall, or self) to enhance, support, and/or brace the delivery of your strikes.

2)

An idiom referencing a distinct type of contouring - requiring body contact, where the surface of your opponent's body is used to ricochet, leverage, or bounce from prior to traveling to your primary target. Such action helps to accelerate and, therefore, enhance the effectiveness of your strike.

Inflected Forms(s):

Launching (adjective), Launches (plural), Launched (past tense)

Comments:

1)

Launching is an exaggerated a form of Body English.

Launching is most commonly enacted with the primary force being exerted by the leg furthest from the point of reference, but this is not a requirement.

Launching can be pronounced or somewhat subdued.

2)

In many cases, launching can be used interchangeably with ricochet.

Synonym(s):

1)

Catapult, Fly

2)

Bounce, Ricochet

Example(s):

2)

One can have an Inward Block ricochet into a Hand-sword to the neck. In this case, the defensive maneuver was used to launch into an offensive one.

Related Definition(s):

1)

Airborne, Bounce, Buoyancy, Breathe, Catapult, Drop, Dip, Fly, Jump, Settle, Shift, Shuffle

2)

Contour, Leverage, Move

Related Term(s):

1)

Committed Action

2)

Angle of Deflection