The Eyes

[rogue2257]

I tend to move my gaze around the person's body fluidly, so I don't stare.

That's very important and smart!

[JusticeZero]

I was actually paying attention to what I do on this the other day... had never really thought about it much that I recall. I probably intimidate people because I don't look at them at all! Somewhere, someone taught me to keep the opponent's entire body in my peripheral, so I was looking off to the sides of them and past them to catch their whole body out of the side of my vision.

[mr_obvious]

This is one of those topics that make me glad to surf this forum... The more esoteric concepts not usually taught in my dojo. Oddly enough, I was playing with this very concept last class.

I ended up settling with a neutral height "gaze" (for lack of a better term), just kinda passively looking forward and not targeting the opponent. Aside from distracting my partners (apparently this could be used as an advantage, as most weren't used to being stared through) it helped me pickup on tendon flex and early detect which strike they were about to deploy.

....if any of that makes sense at all

[bushido_man96]

Yep, makes sense. Its good that you can perceive those motions early on, and react. It quickens your reaction time. I wish I could recognize it that quickly.