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- From: jfrost@crash.cts.com (Julian Frost)
- Subject: Re: Openings.
- Organization: CTS Network Services (crash, ctsnet), El Cajon, CA
- Date: 23 Jan 93 14:07:10 PST
- Message-ID: <1993Jan23.140710.14496@crash>
- References: <QfM7grL0Bwx2QsxH02@transarc.com>
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- 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.
- >
- > 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.
-
- My opinion is (almost) #1 (not reading my mail properly again
- Stephen!!). I say there are Always openings in martial arts
- techniques. It is up to the martial artist to discover (through
- continuous practise) what these openings are, learn to minimalize them
- and (again, through constant practise), learn how to make them as
- "impossible as possible" to be exploited.
-
- By agreeing to option #2, above, you have already agreed that opening
- *DO* occur! An opening is something which leaves you vulnerable to
- attack from another angle/person. Ifno openings ever exist, this would
- make one invincible! Anyone know of any invincible MAists?
-
- What doo the rest of you think?
-
- Julian
-