You can use a "preliminary" movement of the front foot before a pass for a couple of things - you can make a little shift sideways one way or the other to change the angle you come in at, and you can slip it back to an "unstable" position to speed up the pass a little. There's nothing in Silver in particular about this, nor do we do it particularly systematically, it's just a little trick people pick up. But, it turns out, it is described systematically in Bolognese sources.
Paul
The videos were very good, especially to see Silver's concepts in action.AFAIK, not many seem to appreciate Silver.
On some occassions before advancing in passing step to attack, the sowrdsman or the agent seems to retreat his front leg just a liitle(as in shuffling step) before his rear leg crosses the front leg and performs the passing step.was it accidental or was it a conscious decision? Is there any particular reason behind it?if so then is there a difference between a normal passing step and this one?
That is probably what he's saying, yes. I f you have more specific questions about techniques I will happily answer them, but in the meantime it might be easier to see what it looks like in practice (as still photos suck as a way of conveying movement!), so here's a few of our Silver-ish vids:
I haven't read the book but since Silver is defensive fighter I can see Stephen's suggestion you work from the position of the patient agent first.
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