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> In martial arts when I was younger, we spent at least a few sessions just staring at each other This seems… not right. I’m guessing your martial arts teache
by csa 4y ago
> In martial arts when I was younger, we spent at least a few sessions just staring at each other
This seems… not right.
I’m guessing your martial arts teacher was not traditionally trained, but I could be wrong.
In pretty much every sport that I have played in which I engage in some way with my opponents, it’s pretty much always best to focus on the hips, since all major/significant motion starts there.
- tejohnso 4y agoI took karate and was instructed to look at the eyes. I'd stare into the eyes while sparring. Didn't work well because I'd feel somewhat hypnotized by the eye contact and could never react in time to block strikes. The blocking method was ridiculous as well but that's a separate point. Looking back I think a high percentage of that karate training was counter productive or just useless.
- sdwr 4y agoUseless for fighting maybe, but for socializing?
- yakubin 4y agoIt is useful for fighting. Allows you to see what your opponent is going to do early. If you look at their hands instead e.g. you’ll see their movement well after it’s already started, and you won’t be able to react in time. That of course assumes your opponent is well trained. Amateurs’ moves are so inefficient you might as well look at the ground and you’ll still probably be able to defend yourself.
- fidesomnes 4y ago
- neilv 4y agoSensei Shakira taught to do this because hips don't lie. Though Eagles style leverages that opponent can't hide their lying eyes.
- eternalban 4y ago(aside: you have some very cool projects! )
- glogla 4y agoShakira is from Brazil. BJJ is from Brazil. Makes sense!
- Godel_unicode 4y agoShe’s from Barranquilla, which is in Colombia.
- dragontamer 4y agoA lot of martial arts is an "after school club" activity. It could very well be not martial arts related at all but more general social training the instructors wanted from us that time around. I dunno. Its where I learned to look people in the eyes, honest.
- csa 4y ago> Its where I learned to look people in the eyes, honest. Oh, I totally believe you. It’s the teacher I question. Regardless, I’m glad you were able to take away at least one positive from your instruction.
- guenthert 4y ago> it’s pretty much always best to focus on the hips, since all major/significant motion starts there. Not a martial artist, but I'm sure it starts with the intention. Whether that intention can be intuited from the glance I don't know, but wouldn't surprise me.
- lljk_kennedy 4y agoYou’ll end up biting on feints - or worse, get hit - if you look at their eyes. A good fighter might look at your legs and begin moving as if to throw a leg kick, but throw a hook to the head instead. If you read their advertised intent and try to check the leg kick, you get knocked out by the hook. In MMA fights / sparring, I’ve found touch is the biggest thing to understand intent. A hand on the shoulder can feel where the opponent is moving. Like a race car driver who feels the slide through their butt and corrects the slide before their eyes are telling them they’re sliding.
- Godel_unicode 4y agoAt least in Basketball defense all about looking at hips, eyes lie.
- matwood 4y agoWhen training in jiu jitsu, once I make contact with my opponent I tend to close my eyes most of the time. Once you see something it's usually too late, so you need to learn to feel your opponents body, their muscles tensing, their breathing, etc...