critical question

[Chris05]

when sparring how do u focus on ure adversary?

[Adonis]

keep my eyes to there chest and see there chest but I basically keep the whole body in picture. I don't like the eyes they can be decieving. Some one looks up and kicks you low. So I Look at he chest. Some times the feet because how they point there toes or how the postion there legs tells you what they are going to do. Weather coming in for a straight shot or seeing where there weight is at. Which is harder to see some times when they are bouncing around or moving around but it helps.

Basically as more you train in sparring with that person and other people more you can sense what they are going to do.

[Goju_boi]

well pretty much chest and shoulders,my peripheral vision takes care of the rest.

[JusticeZero]

Look behind them, don't look at them. Look at them and you lose the picture, get hit with other things.

[Jay]

look at the eys they tell all

[tkdBill]

Never trust the eyes. Experienced fighters use their eyes to deceive novices. I do it...I will look at my target before striking a few times to suck him in, then out of the blue I will look at one target but strike another.

I look at the hips and lower abdomen. All kicks and stances start with hip movement, and I can still see the hands with my peripheral vision.

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[Zaine]

Look at there body, there right eyes decieve i know my eyes stare at there body and other than that they are blank, Musashi says to look at the surroundings, but i suggest looking at there body

[y2_sub]

Look @ the body and strike , strike . strike .. Never stop

[Goju_boi]

lol,I've done that,but I was stopped after the person stopped defending himself.

[Aodhan]

look at the eys they tell all

Not really. Eyes can be deceiving, a good sparrer will look left and move right, etc.

I look generally around the stomach area. This is pretty close to the center of gravity for the body, and it is the hardest part of the body to fake with. Shoulders and chest can move one way while the leg attack comes from a different direction, or you can lean one way and move another.

Also, as a couple have suggested, do not fixate. If you remember those op art things where if you focused wierdly, you saw a "3-d" picture in them that were the craze a few years ago? To "focus" on them, you had to actually focus a few feet "behind" the picture, so I tend to look through my opponent. It also has the advantage that they can't read your face as easily.

Aodhan