You know what? I was thinking about that too. This perception is hard to teach, it's really up to the fighter to put it together on his own. I'm just beginning to realize these kind of "modalities" when I really try to get into another fighters head.

I was thinking about the rhythm in different activities. You can find the sense that we're describing in football, basketball, dances, and other sports and activities. Not just perception but also the timing which makes a great fighter smooth in all his shifts and moves.

You've said in your posts a long while back that at their best fighter's body and mind are seemingly separate. The sense of being in the zone where you without analysing or thinking about it start to visualise the negotiation of rhythms, and movements. Now time and movement seems to be suspended in slow motion, and on a conscious level the person begins to shift the 'paths of possibilities' that they see before them.

Of course a lot of preparation is involved. Like Eisenhower said it's not so much importance of the plan as it is the process of planning. Insight is attained in which as much possibilities can be be understood and worked out, after which the mind and body have been trained to respond by the dynamic configurations as they develop in real time. This is where the connection to chess seems to come out. Though such dedicated research and the initial recognition of this flow The masterful boxer will be able how to prepare and train oneself in the first place.