Well, I defer to Calahan and Jarkko. I must admit that I have never paid that much attention to the detail of the ritual phase and how it affects movement, since I have not played MP much at all. If I was active on that front, I would have to be better informed about that.
Most often when one needs to catch things, it's either dropping on them in the magic phase or setting a trap and apparently then a trap it is in this case.
There is one other way: Wish the boots away and then hammer the poor sap the next turn by dropping on him.
