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- From: robinson@cogsci.Berkeley.EDU (Michael Robinson)
- Newsgroups: rec.martial-arts
- Subject: Re: Openings.
- Date: 24 Jan 1993 20:00:06 GMT
- Organization: Institute of Cognitive Studies, U.C. Berkeley
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- In article <QfM7grL0Bwx2QsxH02@transarc.com> Stephen_Y._Chan@transarc.com writes:
- > 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.
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- I don't see how this is a disagreement.
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- By definition, the _best_ martial artists are better than their opponents.
- Should it be at all surprising, then, if their opponents are unable to exploit
- whatever openings may arise?
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