Quote Originally Posted by Chris N.
Nice to see you around Thomas.

Good fighter's have that ability or perception or whatever you want to call it to feel the rhythm. If you can feel a guy's rythem, you can break it up, you can set it up, or at least you'll be more aware of what he's going to throw. This sounds almost esoteric but the ability comes from the realization of it when you see it happening, and the internalization of it though constant drilling and sparring.
Thats right. In basketball this sort of thing is called court vision. They say Larry Bird had incredible court vision and that he could visualize and see things on the court that other people simply couldn't. You can test (and this extends to everybody here) to see whether or not you have this ability by seeing if you can predict every punch a fighter throws before he throws it. This includes not only watching to see how he tips off his punches but in understanding what he is actually trying to do and accomplish at the strategic level. The second part there is what separates the plain old athlete from the larry birds of the world.