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Basic tactics - Dropping

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  • Basic tactics
  • Anchor
  • Block
  • - two escapes
  • - a third escape
  • - a running game
  • Cup & Trap
  • Dropping
  • Jumping
  • Mill
  • Split
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Dropping
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Broken canvas...
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Bottom: White fails to drop to the second line ...
Dropping, for want of a better name, is a way to avoid a cut by an opponent's ring threat by 'bending it outward'.

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