kidswarrior
Senior Master
It came to me recently in thinking about a Youtube clip from another thread in which a MMA fighter uses the straight blast effectively and repeatedly to drive his opponent across the ring, Why didn't the 'loser' just step out of the way. Why did he help the attacker by backing straight up? In fancy MA terms, we call this tactic of moving out of the way, stepping off the center line. Then of course, it's much easier to counter attack. Imo and experience, this works, by the way.
But I think the guy getting the beating didn't do this because he had a certain mindset. I'm not saying his skills were as good as the attackers, but whoever set up the fight must have thought they were close, or it wouldn't
have gotten a draw. So, I think in this case the loss was more one of the wrong mind set.
Anyway, I won't prejudice the poll any further by saying more. Instead, I'd like to hear from you. Do you think *winning* in the martial sense is in the mind/will, mostly so, or in the skills one has, or mostly so?
And if you wish to add a comment with your vote, so much the better.
But I think the guy getting the beating didn't do this because he had a certain mindset. I'm not saying his skills were as good as the attackers, but whoever set up the fight must have thought they were close, or it wouldn't
have gotten a draw. So, I think in this case the loss was more one of the wrong mind set.
Anyway, I won't prejudice the poll any further by saying more. Instead, I'd like to hear from you. Do you think *winning* in the martial sense is in the mind/will, mostly so, or in the skills one has, or mostly so?
And if you wish to add a comment with your vote, so much the better.