Offsetting (sport)

It is a decentring of the bust of the direct axis of confrontation without displacement of the bearings on the ground.

In sports of combat of percussion

This activity is necessary to avoid being reached in the direct axis by the adversary is at the time:
  • of the unfavourable offensive (defense by side Dodging of the trunk);
  • of a personal counter-offensive (crushing argument, Blow of against or Response);
  • of a personal offensive.
There exist various ways of inclining itself laterally:
  • by keeping the trunk vis-a-vis the opponent;
  • while carrying out a torsion of the bust of a quarter of turn, the chest or the back slightly directed towards direct axis of confrontation.

Illustration in Boxing

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