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- From: sog@craycos.com (Steve Gombosi)
- Newsgroups: rec.martial-arts
- Subject: Re: Openings.
- Message-ID: <1993Jan24.081525.12201@craycos.com>
- Date: 24 Jan 93 08:15:25 GMT
- References: <QfM7grL0Bwx2QsxH02@transarc.com> <1993Jan23.084454.21697@netcom.com>
- Organization: Cray Computer Corporation
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- In article <1993Jan23.084454.21697@netcom.com> dsmythe@netcom.com (Dave Smythe) writes:
- >In article <QfM7grL0Bwx2QsxH02@transarc.com> Stephen_Y._Chan@transarc.com writes:
- >> A "philosophical" disagreement has arisen in email, and I
- >>thought that I'd throw it out on the net for discussion.
- >>
- >> 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.
- >
- >I'd guess that both are true. "Which can be exploited" is somewhat vague;
- >"theoretically exploited" might be better.
- >
- >
- >Just as a parting shot: an advanced internal stylist would have no holes.
- >They would sense the chi in the opponent's attack. They could then
- >counter the attack before it had been fully manifested by the opponent. ;-)
- >
-
- Or, as Miyamoto Musashi would have put it, "sen-sen-no-sen".
-
- Steve
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