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Defensive Reaction

An idiom describing any given defensive response to any given offensive attack(s).

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Defensive Reaction is a very broad and intensely analytical term which is filled with nuance.

 

Defensive Reaction is one of the major tenants of any martial arts system.  One of the major differences between martial arts systems is when, why, and which Defensive Reaction is used, and how it is employed as a defense.

 

To any given attack(s), a practitioner can respond defensively in the following ways:

a.do nothing

b.move the intended target (Angle of Deviation)

c.move the offensive weapon (Angle of Deflection)

d.move both the intended target and the offensive weapon

 

Reasons why a practitioner would do nothing to defend against an attack:

1)

a.the practitioner could not defend them self

b.the environment didn't allow for a defense (the practitioner is confined or unable to move - tied up, strapped down, etc...)

c.the attack was not perceived

d.the attack was obscured - Angle of Obscurity, Angular Attack, Object Obscurity, Obscure Zone, Zone of Obscurity

e.the practitioner did not perceive the attack as an attack (Deceptive Action)

f.too many simultaneous attacks to perceive this specific attack

g.the practitioner was not in the proper State of Mind (ie asleep, drugged, etc...)

2)

a.the practitioner chose not to defend them self

b.the practitioner chose to take on the attack

c.practitioner misjudged the attack (ie - thought that the attack would miss or the attack was a feint)

 

Types of Defensive Reactions:

a.None

b.Defensive Defense

c.Offensive Defense

 

A Defensive Reaction can be:

a.Planned Reaction (tactic)

b.spontaneous

 

Timing to any given attack(s) can be:

a.none

b.preemptive (Aggressive Offense)

c.simultaneous with

d.in response to

 

Defensive Reactions can change dramatically depending upon the Eight Considerations.

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