--- 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.

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