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In actual fighting the "window of opportunity" becomes absolutely essential in allowing one to take full advantage of existing opportunity revealed or manufactured while attempting to contain a crisis situation with positive effect.
Therefore it is absolutely necessary that the same "window of opportunity" which you would be forced to time in actual combat must also be present and addressed equally as well in one`s training environment, in an exact manner. I am speaking of course of striking in real time both delivering and defending against random and unexpected strikes that are thrown with full intention, speed and power. As this is what will be expected in actual combat which by default demands that it be addressed in one`s training environment in like manner. All in order to best recognize fleeting opportunity for what it is in its natural environment. Not what it is perceived to be in some artificial training environment stifled and crippled by compliance and co-operation.
In the past you have heard me say that while moving against a compliant training partner all timing opportunities will be quite different than opportunities which would be found in defiance against an angry man trying to lift your head for real in combat. Even the blindest of us should be able to see with clarity that any timing opportunity revealed through striking slowly in a compliant training environment will be different than opportunity faced in a real situation against a full strike thrown with power, speed and intention in real time. As the "window of opportunity" that one "chooses" to time against from a slower strike will be twice as long than opportunity that one would be "forced" to time against in a real situation while defending against a strike coming down on their position at full speed and power in real time. Thereby resulting in a much smaller "window of opportunity" for real than that found in a compliant training environment.
Not to mention the ramifications generated from each of the two strikes requiring two totally different recovery measures and methods of counter activity toward any available target acquisition as a direct result of the perception of different timing opportunities presented. Let`s face reality here, when dealing with slow compliant strikes and when given more than adequate time to think and counter any thing is possible, albeit not probable. When faced with full speed and power, perpetuated by raw aggression in real time, the "window of opportunity" naturally becomes smaller and with it any opportunity to counter with positive effect in the smallest measurable amount of time by which to perceive a threat and react accordingly becomes increasingly more difficult.
Which is why it becomes necessary to calibrate combative movement and ability in real time against the type of strike that would only be expected while confronting a real crisis situation gone awry. For at this point in time if you can not perceive, react, engage, recover and counter with precise effect in accordance with the smallest "window of opportunity" made available to you in real time, than death is sure to claim you. As you will not be allowed to evolve with the situation for long working at this capacity.
Any technique worth its mettle in combat has to be dissolved and assimilated into combative movement and applied in real time and once set in motion it must be immediately recovered. All in order to have access to counter activity made available to you in your haste and vigor to survive the situation. My advice is to realistically train everything out in training being governed by realistic expectations while facing real consequences for ones actions for better or worse. Than of course Spar it out as only through sparring or fighting will you quickly determine what is useful and what is not in a random combatative situation filled with absolute uncertainty.
It is not the warrior that makes the most strikes, but the warrior that makes the fewest mistakes as he delivers his deadly intent with effect which will most likely be granted victory in combat. When I spar or fight I don`t count how many times that I hit my opponent, on the contrary I count how many times that I myself am hit. If I hit my opponent 10 times and I get hit 5 times in the process I don`t consider this a victory, simply because I got hit 5 times!!! 5 times that my life was placed in harms way. The best fight that I can hope for is to break the head of my opponent with only one strike without ever tasting the tip of his garote in turn, at which time I will distance myself while remaining at the ready to defend and deliver against any reciprocal counter activity should the situation merit it and the fight be allowed to continue. One calculated step at a time...
Timing is definetly one of the most essential attributes which makes up an effective delivery system, and if one can not time against a threat in real time against the smallest "window of opportunity" than that opportunity will be lost, and subsequently so may life and limb as a direct result.
Guro Dave Gould.
Therefore it is absolutely necessary that the same "window of opportunity" which you would be forced to time in actual combat must also be present and addressed equally as well in one`s training environment, in an exact manner. I am speaking of course of striking in real time both delivering and defending against random and unexpected strikes that are thrown with full intention, speed and power. As this is what will be expected in actual combat which by default demands that it be addressed in one`s training environment in like manner. All in order to best recognize fleeting opportunity for what it is in its natural environment. Not what it is perceived to be in some artificial training environment stifled and crippled by compliance and co-operation.
In the past you have heard me say that while moving against a compliant training partner all timing opportunities will be quite different than opportunities which would be found in defiance against an angry man trying to lift your head for real in combat. Even the blindest of us should be able to see with clarity that any timing opportunity revealed through striking slowly in a compliant training environment will be different than opportunity faced in a real situation against a full strike thrown with power, speed and intention in real time. As the "window of opportunity" that one "chooses" to time against from a slower strike will be twice as long than opportunity that one would be "forced" to time against in a real situation while defending against a strike coming down on their position at full speed and power in real time. Thereby resulting in a much smaller "window of opportunity" for real than that found in a compliant training environment.
Not to mention the ramifications generated from each of the two strikes requiring two totally different recovery measures and methods of counter activity toward any available target acquisition as a direct result of the perception of different timing opportunities presented. Let`s face reality here, when dealing with slow compliant strikes and when given more than adequate time to think and counter any thing is possible, albeit not probable. When faced with full speed and power, perpetuated by raw aggression in real time, the "window of opportunity" naturally becomes smaller and with it any opportunity to counter with positive effect in the smallest measurable amount of time by which to perceive a threat and react accordingly becomes increasingly more difficult.
Which is why it becomes necessary to calibrate combative movement and ability in real time against the type of strike that would only be expected while confronting a real crisis situation gone awry. For at this point in time if you can not perceive, react, engage, recover and counter with precise effect in accordance with the smallest "window of opportunity" made available to you in real time, than death is sure to claim you. As you will not be allowed to evolve with the situation for long working at this capacity.
Any technique worth its mettle in combat has to be dissolved and assimilated into combative movement and applied in real time and once set in motion it must be immediately recovered. All in order to have access to counter activity made available to you in your haste and vigor to survive the situation. My advice is to realistically train everything out in training being governed by realistic expectations while facing real consequences for ones actions for better or worse. Than of course Spar it out as only through sparring or fighting will you quickly determine what is useful and what is not in a random combatative situation filled with absolute uncertainty.
It is not the warrior that makes the most strikes, but the warrior that makes the fewest mistakes as he delivers his deadly intent with effect which will most likely be granted victory in combat. When I spar or fight I don`t count how many times that I hit my opponent, on the contrary I count how many times that I myself am hit. If I hit my opponent 10 times and I get hit 5 times in the process I don`t consider this a victory, simply because I got hit 5 times!!! 5 times that my life was placed in harms way. The best fight that I can hope for is to break the head of my opponent with only one strike without ever tasting the tip of his garote in turn, at which time I will distance myself while remaining at the ready to defend and deliver against any reciprocal counter activity should the situation merit it and the fight be allowed to continue. One calculated step at a time...
Timing is definetly one of the most essential attributes which makes up an effective delivery system, and if one can not time against a threat in real time against the smallest "window of opportunity" than that opportunity will be lost, and subsequently so may life and limb as a direct result.
Guro Dave Gould.
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