The three initiatives

[GrahamB]

http://m.fightland.vice.com/blog/ringcr ... nitiatives

I was introduced to this concept in Xingyi as the three timings. Musashi called it the three initiatives. Jack Slack explains with video words pictures:

http://m.fightland.vice.com/blog/ringcr ... nitiatives

[I am...]

Nice, these are huge concepts, and any martial artist worth their salt should re-examine these in their own practice regularly.

[shawnsegler]

I liked it. Thanks for posting.

S

[I-mon]

[Wanderingdragon]

The initiative
1) Hit or don't hit
If you lead and the is no obstacle,you strike.
If there is interference you remove the obstacle and strike.
If there is strong interference, you destroy the obstacle while striking.
The initiative is bait.

[klonk]

These three concepts do indeed show up over and over again. In Western fencing you have direct attacks, of course, parries followed by ripostes, and attacking into the attack in a single tempo.