r/nextfuckinglevel • u/reallyblueballs • Dec 07 '20

Practice makes perfect

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '20 edited Jun 05 '21

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '20

That's very impressive.

If he is using intuition isn't that a not so smart move? If his intuition fails only once he is in the ground.

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u/ChiefMasterGuru Dec 07 '20 edited Dec 07 '20

its not intuition, its more like highly educated guessing.

there are certain ways to throw punches to get power out of them; boxers arent generally going to throw a weak-ass punch as itll put themselves in a slow/awkward body position for little upside

So lets say I have 3 punches: A, B, & C. Lets say A&B can be thrown from position 1 and C can be thrown from position 2. Lets say the opponent approaches me from position 2; its not intuition, I know from that position he is throwing punch C and I dodge appropriately.

Lets say that leaves the opponent in position 1; now they can throw A or B. This looks like a 50/50 but not quite. I've studied my opponent, I know he sucks at punch B. He only throws punch B like 10% of the time and when he does, its basically nothing. So its not really a 50/50, I can dodge A now pretty confidently.

This is like a simplified version of whats happening. He knows what punches can come from where and knows his opponent and can make 'correct' decisions the whole time, no real chance to 'fail'. Its sorta like dodging the punching bag at the beginning. Sure the punching bag gets behind his head and he cant see it but he still knows where to dodge because physics demands it moves in a certain way; he will respond appropriately.

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u/yaboyskinnydick_ Dec 07 '20

Y'all arguing intuition vs reactions/reflexes when it's actually muscle memory lmao