IMO, to train just "a string of techniques" is not enough. You will need to train "many strings of techniques".
yes the push response but more than that, if someone is walking towards you with their fist clenched, then its odds on that they intend to punch you and its a70% chance its a right.
Round here, it escalates much faster.
As for the rest of you talking about repetition and conditioning responses..I totally agree. Getting this edge is why we train, right? Why we spend hours repeating one punch or one kick? At least for me.
Every semester, during the 1st day of my UT Austin informal Kung Fu class, I told my 50 new students that I'll use "single leg" to take them down. I then tested on each and every new student. When I pulled them, almost 100% of the time they will resist. At the end of that semester, when I pulled them, 50% of the time they will resists, and 50% of the time they will yield. When the next semester begin, the same pattern will repeat all over again.
it can be close to that. The martial arts myth, is thats technique can overcome significant physical disadvantages. Or the best way to win a fight to to be stronger faster, more agile, better balanced with better cardio than your oppoinent. And be good a martial art. Or fight drunks when your sober, that always,funny. You should always be faster and better balanced than a drunk,
Combos are a different matter. You launch combos when you see openings, realizing they might not all land. If you said "I would throw a jab then when their head snaps back I'd throw a cross-hook-uppercut then step in diagonally and finish him with a roundhouse kick", then that would be what I am getting at.
I think you have just reversed these 2 cases.
Agreed. The stress reactions are mostly misapplications of the chemical processes designed for fight/flight. Mild to moderate stress is a preparatory threat-detection state, while extreme stress (and transitions to anger) are further along the spectrum, including that adrenal dump you mention.
Um, that's still a combination. The only difference is whether you absolutely believe you'll connect in that exact sequence or not. Nobody who trains with any resistance will have that belief. They'll know some of the odds, and be able to predict at better than chance, but they'll be ready for things to not follow the sequence, too.
There's an older study (mid-90's, I think) that showed people developing improved athletic skill (I've forgotten the task) from visualization at about 60% the rate of people physically practicing the skill, over a 6-week period. That's a hell of a gain without the need for recovery.Speaking of my claims about the benefits of Visualization, here's an article from Psychology Today supporting my claims. It also includes a reference to another study which showed participants gaining 13% muscle mass from merely imagining themselves lifting weights!
Seeing Is Believing: The Power of Visualization
The application is that you can totally use your imagination to get better at martial arts.
Peace favor your sword,
Kirk
This. Every "technique" we learn is a set of movements. A simple single-leg takedown isn't a single move, but an entry, a setup, and a takedown. At any point in that sequence, the other guy can change the circumstance, and we simply adjust to something that fits the new circumstance. That adjustment may mean an entirely different sequence, or it may simply replace one part (different set-up, perhaps), and still lead to the same end point.
Nobody has claimed it to be a superpower, that I've seen.
The 1 2 was a planned combo, the rest just pocket brawling.I think you have just reversed these 2 cases.
1. Combo is pre-defined attack sequence. You decide that combo sequence and not your opponent.
2. Attack whatever is open for you. You punch, your opponent blocks, he opens up another area, you then attack that new open area. Your opponent decides where he will open up and not you.
Anybody has done enough combo drill can execute that combo. Only people with good "listen ability" will be able to recognize the opportunity and catch that opportunity.
In the following clip, did he use "combo", or did he just attack whatever is open for him? IMO, he is doing 2 not 1.
That was probably the Basketball Free Throws study. It's mentioned in the Psychology Today article but basically, they had 3 groups. A group that practiced free throws, one that just imagined practicing free throws, and a control that did neither. While the group that actually practiced improved the most, the imagination group improved significantly as well. Control, of course, showed no improvement.
