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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 17:54:47 -0500
- From: Stephen_Y._Chan@transarc.com
- Subject: Openings.
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- A "philosophical" disagreement has arisen in email, and I
- thought that I'd throw it out on the net for discussion.
-
- It has to do with openings, suki, or whatever you wish to call
- them.
-
- We have 2 different viewpoints on the matter:
-
- 1) No matter how good the martial artist is, there are _always_
- openings which can be exploited by their opponent(s).
-
- 2) The _best_ martial artists do not give their opponents _any_
- openings to exploit. Either by timing, or positioning, the openings
- only occur when and where their opponent(s) cannot take advantage of them.
-
- Stephen
-