TheVaultDweller
Front line cannon fodder
Originally posted by h1a8
Grappling is complicated. I don't know why I can't easily overpowered a much weaker person but it's true. Maybe it has something to do with the locking mechanism of the joints and muscles.
It involves body position, limb position, using leverage etc. i.e. using techniques the other person isn't, to counter their natural advantage. For example, if a guy who is stronger than I am wants to grab me, and spin/throw me to the ground, I know that if I force one of my legs between one of his, widening his stance, which screws with his own footing/foundation, he will have a much harder time doing so (Seriously, you can test this. Get a friend to try and toss you once without doing so, while just resisting with pure strength, then position your leg between his while resisting, and you will both notice the difference). Or if a guy stronger than I am grabs me by the throat, and tries to choke me, trying to pull his arms away from me will be pretty useless. But if I grab his wrists, and pull outwards/backwards with my own arms (therefore also using my shoulder/back muscles against basically just his forearms/hands), it is much more likely to succeed.
Originally posted by h1a8
Anyway, WS didn't put down the blonde. He also didn't put Widow down in a true h2h fight. Basically they had BW do the leg grab Thing. If she fought him toe to toe then things would have been different.
They tag-teamed him right at the beginning, using H2H. They were throwing strikes and kicks. He blocked Agent 13's kicks (except the one, which was an immediate follow up to a low-blow from BW), before casually throwing her ass through a table. And that is the way Black Widow fights. She always uses those kinds of moves, and it has been successful for her on numerous occasions. Hell, the one time she tried to just go strike for strike against someone (Crossbones), it ended really badly for her. Seriously, just look at her fights.