THE HORIZONTAL AXIS · RIGHT

A touch to the trunk or the face throws the adversary into involuntary, disordered, asynchronous movements. But — the decisive difference from boxing — the knockout is not the goal: what must break is his harmony with the music. The touch reveals that the touched player has lost his mandinga.

IN THE SYSTEM

→ Simulacrum — The feint — touching is not playing.

→ Continuous flow — An insurmountable rule: never leaving the rhythm.

IN THE CORPUS

→ Winning by Falling, Touching Without Touching

HOW TO CITE THIS CONCEPT

MALO, Olivier. Touch / near-touch. In: Black Combat Arts Institute — Concepts of the Internal Logic [online]. 2026. Available from: https://www.blackcombatarts.com/concepts-en/touch-near-touch [accessed date].