It is not how fast you are......

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...BUT how fast you get there. Can anyone point out who said this or would have said it? In the context of fighting strategies, do you agree? If not, why?

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Hi,

I have no idea who said it, but it is spot on. I am a big (read that fat) guy, and I am not fast on my feet, but I always appear faster than I am because I know how to play angles, and with the use of deceptive footwork, I can draw my opponent in and relay on his closing speed to take of the job for me.

BIG Sean

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Sean, WELCOME! I agree with this statement as well.

Sifu Ted Wong made this statement. It makes so much sense. How can (that fast puncher / kicker ) hit their target if they can't even get in range fast enough before the opponent evades?

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Subject: Re: It is not how fast you are...... October 1st 2008, 3:20 am

I think that one of the things that aids the experienced practitioner is the ability to detect the opponent’s intent so to speak. Being able to do that also gives the perception of speed, but….the faster fighter does not always hit first…angles, footwork, how quick you see things gives the skilled practitioner huge advantage.

Subject: I agree October 22nd 2008, 7:25 pm

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Victor: I think that one of the things that aids the experienced practitioner is the ability to detect the opponent’s intent so to speak.

I am not a well trained fighter, I started with martial arts abut 6 months ago, Jeet Kune Do about a month a go. With Karate I have moved up to 3rd level kyu, a fairly low level. Recently started sparring, I spar with this one practitioner who is a 6th level kyu. Now to watch him do katas and train he looks fierce, he knows many more moves than I do, he has had a lot more practice than me. But to spar with him is rather easy. I am a nervous person, I usually react to things instantly, which can be really good or really bad. Though overweight I can jump out of the way or dodge a lot of unexpected circumstances (I to have spider sense). It results in the second this particular opponent flinches, I have struck him. To sum up Victor's statement in one word, awareness. He is only aware of one thing at a time, when I believe I am calculating two or three variables about him at once.

I know this is an old topic, but one I have been thinking about recently.