--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > That is what I am correcting. It is old school movie martial arts > nonsense. Here is an example of the power of the first striker > setting up the knock out by striking first and causing the reaction he > then exploits. > > http://youtube.com/watch?v=9QNmx1v2I0Q > > Mixed martial arts fighters use the first strike to set up another > strike or take down. The problem with waiting for them to strike > first is that if they connect they often don't stop. It is like body > chess. Check out how skillfully the guy in the red shorts, Sokodjou, > gets the other fighter to drop his hands with his low kicks. Then > lights out!
Assuming two people of equal skill, the person who moves first is off-balance, by virtue of Newton's Laws.