--- In [email protected], "curtisdeltablues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > "There is a principle in the martial arts, that whoever > > strikes first loses. Because to strike at another takes > > you off your center, re-your imbalance, and opens you up." > > What kind of rookie martial artist stikes while off balance? > The new guy. Sounds like advice from Mr Miyagi from the Karate > Kd movies, don't believe it.
Exactly. The advice in question seems to have come from Michael Dean Goodman, who would feel compelled to describe a punch in 4,000 words before he threw it. And who would then be surprised to find that his opponent had grown bored with all the talk and left long ago. As a form of martial arts -- bore your opponent to death -- it has its advantages, but only if the opponent doesn't kick you in the nuts after the first paragraph or so.
