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- From: Stephen_Y._Chan@transarc.com
- Newsgroups: rec.martial-arts
- Subject: Re: Openings.
- Message-ID: <cfN3U0b0Bwx2NKlVh6@transarc.com>
- Date: 25 Jan 93 08:57:04 GMT
- Article-I.D.: transarc.cfN3U0b0Bwx2NKlVh6
- References: <QfM7grL0Bwx2QsxH02@transarc.com>
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- In-Reply-To: <1993Jan23.140710.14496@crash>
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- jfrost@crash.cts.com (Julian Frost) writes:
- > My opinion is (almost) #1 ....
- > ... . 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.
-
- Well, this is what *I* originally said in email - message is
- dated 1/22/93:
-
- Stephen_Y._Chan@transarc.com writes:
- > [...] - I didn't say that a better
- > martial artist doesn't have openings (though some would argue that
- > the _best_ ones don't provide openings), I was saying that better ones
- > don't have openings which their opponent can exploit. Sure, my back
- > may be exposed, but I keep my front to the opponent - or, I only
- > create an opening to counterattack while my opponent is busy on
- > their attack.
-
- So it seems that we have reached an agreement after all.
-
- Stephen
-