karateronin Posted August 11, 2001 Share Posted August 11, 2001 Being the first of the mark as a great effect on your opponent. This shows you are giong to dominate the mat and gives a great psycological (I think I spelt it right) advantage Some time ago one of my junior students ws beaten before he got on the mat (in fact e refused to fight). His oppnent made a threat to him prior to his bout and continually stared at him. The sad thing was the other guy was`nt that good. Know yourself and you will master others... Steve Leak karateronin is the Chief Instructor of Karate International Black Belt Schools UK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warlock Posted August 11, 2001 Share Posted August 11, 2001 Hi Karateronin, I have also been in that situation but I carried on and I think I won the ref did not tell him and I so it was really a draw. C U L8R. :smile: Michael Bullock1st DanKarate InternationalBlack Belt Schools (UK)(Modorator of Fitness & Health) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moobrack Posted August 11, 2001 Share Posted August 11, 2001 You make a great point karateronin. I totally agree with you and anyone else with the same idea. Never let your opponent get the best of your mind,or else there is no hope for you. Anthony Bullock1st Dan Black Belt - Shotokan Karate5th Kyu Yellow Belt - Aiki-Jutsuhttps://www.universaldojo.com Coming Soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angus Posted August 11, 2001 Share Posted August 11, 2001 It's called intimidation and i use it a lot... The guy who did the staring is obviously a smart character, cos he probably knew he'd get thrashed so decided to play mind games. It's an effective tool if u use it right. Angus Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moobrack Posted August 11, 2001 Share Posted August 11, 2001 Yes thats right.You should try to psyce out your opponent to make him psycologically weaker than you.It IS all one big mind game. Anthony Bullock1st Dan Black Belt - Shotokan Karate5th Kyu Yellow Belt - Aiki-Jutsuhttps://www.universaldojo.com Coming Soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkMonkey Posted August 11, 2001 Share Posted August 11, 2001 It's all one big mind game? Crap! I'm no good at those at all ~The things you own - they end up owning you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karateka Posted August 11, 2001 Share Posted August 11, 2001 Mind games are what win fights all the time. Without it, no one can win. Even if you are evenly matched, it is the one with the attitude and the poise who will win the fight. "Never hit a man while he's down; kick him, its easier"Sensei Ron Bagley (My Sensei) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angus Posted August 12, 2001 Share Posted August 12, 2001 A good example of this is one of my old school mates that i got into HapKiDo... he won't even spar me because he's afraid. He's never even fought me before cos i psyche him out before i even throw a punch. He just backs away. Mind you he's only on his second belt and has only done it for about a year... so u can't blame him for being a little jumpy. Angus Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moobrack Posted August 12, 2001 Share Posted August 12, 2001 Higher grades are always a little intimidating to fight.I know this from expierience.When I come to spar most of the time I get put with higher grades(shodan,Nidan).But I look at it this way,You can learn a lot from somebody with more expierience than you. Anthony Bullock1st Dan Black Belt - Shotokan Karate5th Kyu Yellow Belt - Aiki-Jutsuhttps://www.universaldojo.com Coming Soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angus Posted August 12, 2001 Share Posted August 12, 2001 Oh i forgot to ad that i only got to my second belt in hapkido before i had to move. We were both whites at the time but i had just had way more experience and he was crapping because he though i was gonna hit him with a spinning heel or something. I keep telling him to learn thru experience but he just refuses to have a go... i think my psyche worked a bit too good on him... Angus Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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