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A friend who does Aikido says it's not explicitly taught quite like that - but that he does train to watch, for example, an attackers shoulders for slight movem
by ErrantX 17y ago
A friend who does Aikido says it's not explicitly taught quite like that - but that he does train to watch, for example, an attackers shoulders for slight movement prior to their attack.
- philwelch 17y agoWhich implies that you could probably throw off someone like that just by, for instance, feinting the shoulder movement.
- ErrantX 17y agoMy thought to. Believe me: doesn't work ;)
- dmv 17y agoHaving the body control to produce false, seemingly involuntary signals - while suppressing true involuntary signals - implies a level of physical mastery to the extent that you, likely, already possess a substantial advantage in the bout. This is like selling a fake tell in poker while not actually having a tell - even James Bond would tell you that's hard.
- philwelch 17y agoYou could just sell enough fake tells--produce enough false signals--to throw your opponent off of whatever actual tells you have. I wonder if this is similar in concept to the "drunken" kung fu style.
- ajuc 17y agoI don't know any martial arts, but it reminds me of basketball - dribbling is exactly the same - every second you decide to start or not, you can make fake moves, and your oponent has to guess and react faster. And if his guess is wrong he allows you to pass him. Sometimes you can just feel the rythm in which oponent will react, and then passing him is easy and pleasurable at the same time. And looks cool. That's why I love basketball :)
- pbhjpbhj 17y agoIt's the same in [association] football, rugby, volleyball, netball, [field] hockey. Presumably true in other sports too - so is that really why you love playing basketball?