02-05-2020, 11:24 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-05-2020, 11:25 PM by Sword of Legend.)
Movement – Capriciousness
This concept is a little contradictory to the other topics we have discussed. Keeping tempo and movement and flow requires a bit of repetitious thought, but in reality, repeating patterns will allow your opponent to learn them and take advantage of any flaws in your pattern.
Being capricious is important, keeping the off-balance be shifting and changing direction is important but there is an effective way to do so. It is easy to telegraph an upcoming shift in tempo or direction; you have to use very subtle feints. Feinting that you will change direction so that you can condition them to respond a certain way. THAT is how you create the illusion of being erratic, and then completely overturn any semblance of a pattern they think that you have.
This will give you more opportunities to reduce the amount of time you have to spend on reestablishing control over the tempo of the battle. Shifting your body in the opposite direction that you're going to move is a smart way to trick your opponent to respond a certain way, your body language has to lie to them. A good combatant will see this coming, they will be looking for anything that will give them the edge, so feeding them *false* openings allow you to create guaranteed counters. Feinting, shifts in direction and even fighting style helps with this form. The sound of the song changes in seconds and so do the tempo of the Waltz.
To them, it will seem wild and erratic...but to us it is calculated and precise.
This concept is a little contradictory to the other topics we have discussed. Keeping tempo and movement and flow requires a bit of repetitious thought, but in reality, repeating patterns will allow your opponent to learn them and take advantage of any flaws in your pattern.
Being capricious is important, keeping the off-balance be shifting and changing direction is important but there is an effective way to do so. It is easy to telegraph an upcoming shift in tempo or direction; you have to use very subtle feints. Feinting that you will change direction so that you can condition them to respond a certain way. THAT is how you create the illusion of being erratic, and then completely overturn any semblance of a pattern they think that you have.
This will give you more opportunities to reduce the amount of time you have to spend on reestablishing control over the tempo of the battle. Shifting your body in the opposite direction that you're going to move is a smart way to trick your opponent to respond a certain way, your body language has to lie to them. A good combatant will see this coming, they will be looking for anything that will give them the edge, so feeding them *false* openings allow you to create guaranteed counters. Feinting, shifts in direction and even fighting style helps with this form. The sound of the song changes in seconds and so do the tempo of the Waltz.
To them, it will seem wild and erratic...but to us it is calculated and precise.