1)

Any maneuver done in response to (or in close timing with) any offensive maneuvers by an opponent with the intent to nullify and/or retaliate.

2)

Opposite of, opposition to, and/or contrary to any physical or psychological stimuli.

Inflected Form(s):

Countering (adjective), Countered (past tense, adverb), Counters (plural)

Comments:

1)

Counter is general in nature and can be defensively (evasive) and/or offensively (strike).

Counters can be elementary or sophisticated.

Counter most commonly refers to a retaliatory maneuver, but this is not a requirement.

Counter can also refer (but less frequently) to just the nullification of an offense.

2)

This is the layman's usage of the term.

Related Definition(s):

Opposite, Reverse

1)

Timing

2)

Move

Related Term(s):

1)

Aggressive Offense, Body Alignment, Body Mechanics, Borrowed Force, Confluence of Forces, Controlled Response, Converging Forces, Correlation of Forces, Counteracting Flow, Guided Angle of Delivery, Guided Collision, In Sync, Intercepting Forces, Matching Counter, Motion Analysis, Opposite Motion, Planned Reaction, Reactionary Anticipation, Self-Defense Technique

2)

Set-up, Strategic Ploy