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- From: sog@craycos.com (Steve Gombosi)
- Newsgroups: rec.martial-arts
- Subject: Re: Openings.
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.233923.3804@craycos.com>
- Date: 25 Jan 93 23:39:23 GMT
- References: <1993Jan24.081525.12201@craycos.com> <19930125.082913.172@almaden.ibm.com>
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- In article <19930125.082913.172@almaden.ibm.com> dcthomas@.vnet.ibm.com (Dave Thomas) writes:
- >In <1993Jan24.081525.12201@craycos.com> Steve Gombosi writes:
- >>Or, as Miyamoto Musashi would have put it, "sen-sen-no-sen".
- >>
- >>Steve
- >
- >Nishiyama sensei teaches it as "sen, go no sen", where he differentiates
- >the pre-emptive strike from the strike to the hole created in the
- >opponents defenses while the opponent is attacking. Is this what you
- >are referring to? Just curious,
-
- Nope.
-
- Sen, go-no-sen and sen-sen-no-sen are *very* different. Sen-sen-no-sen,
- as near as I am able to comprehend it, refers to striking when the opponent's
- intention is formulated, rather than when it is physically manifested.
- In sen-sen-no-sen, you're striking into the opening created by his
- mental preoccupation with the attack, rather than the one created by his
- physical movement. Even though he hasn't moved, the suki still exists.
- Since you're attacking an opening that predates his physical movement,
- you have a *much* larger window of opportunity. This is very important in
- a multiple-opponent scenario, since the timing can become very "tight"
- if you're forced to wait for physical motion to reveal targets. All
- purely theoretical speculation on my part, of course - I'm as far from
- being able to do this as Dan Quayle is from winning a spelling championship.
-
- Steve
-