I found this in one of Andre's recent posts:

But how much faster and reactive is the fighter who (then) trains contact reflexes on touch and movments so that the real move or the faint doesn't need thought, its a trained reaction that your muscles build memory to incorperated into the minds (as a knowing between the two systems) so the brain is free to utilze what you know even faster.
That leads into a style of fighter who is so comfortable in any situation that she /he moves into the zone when under extreme pressure and everything becomes automatic and more.

The key to to be able to fight like this is total exceptance of the moment so your emersed in it.

Much like living life to the full, stop thinking about it ,do it.


- I am constantly being told I think too much. Actually come to think of it many times I've been wronged by my persistence to stick to a prethought plan. I've fought according to what I expect based on things as ridiculous as a few kgs weight difference or a few cms height difference.

Having said that for the right action to come to you automatically don't you need to be semi-practiced in observing the openings and opportunities that are there? Tricky if you don't have a large variety of sparring partners to mix things up with?


Quote Originally Posted by Trainer Monkey

As far as Feur and me,its weird,if she ever fought anyone the way she fights me,itd be murder.
I think its the concept of your loved one taking a swing at you,just really hitting something primal.Thats why I missed that she might have issues with that,Im used to her coming after me like a loan shark who's owed money,so I just missed it.
This makes me think of one thing one of my coaches said to me recently. he said that he developed much of his technique training when he wasn't competing. I've almost always trained with the aim of competing (unless injured) and so I've always wanted to keep the work rate up and work hard with every sparring session.

His theory is that every fighter can benefit from just having a 'play'. Just having some time to train without a competition in mind - to touch spar or spar very lightly and muck around with all the things you'd never risk against someone in a harder sparring session.

Perhaps take the agro out of everyday sparring with her, let her play and she'll enjoy unleashing the power in competition more. Maybe you're desensitizing her to the power too much so she doesn't react as much in competition? You know she's not weak so she shouldn't need to prove that.

Also like me it wouldn't suprise me if not having that play time when you both get to safely muck around with different strategies sort of limits the exposure she gets to different styles? Hard to use any emotion to fuel what you're doing if you're instantly confused because the action in front of you is too foreign?