Planning should never take long. It should start as soon as the conflict starts and before the punches are thrown. If a person can't plan on the fly, then that's something they should work on. Running scenarios help make those decisions easier. Just thinking about "What would I realistically do?" is better than going blank. I personally have never been in a conflict on the street that I didn't see coming or building up.
While they are yelling at me and trying to intimidate me, I'm quickly working out a plan or more accurately an approach.
You don't need many. All you need is a point of entry and point of escape. You'll either attack, defend, or avoid physical contact, but your positioning should always be the one that leads you to the best opportunity to that approach.
We can see that here. He starts to creep. That was his game plan from the beginning. He probably planned that while he was checking the guy out.
But I'm with you. Demo's are one thing with 4 and 5 hit combos. But if the work can be done in 3 then there's a problem. Like that one knife video of 5 cuts. Jow ga would have simply say move guard hand stab head. end of fight. lol
Focused eye strikes ARE that spice in the back of your cabinet that I only find use for once in a great while. I personally have never planned for an eye strike solution. The reason why is because most grappling efforts present opportunities to strike the eyes. They are just really nasty things that most people aren't going to have the stomach for. Accident is one thing, intentionally yeah, it can be brutal
This is why I say teach that allowing an opponent to place their lead hand in front without punishment is a sin. This good poked in the eye and it ended the fight. All of these are nasty. For me the lead arm is like a witch that needs to be burned. It doesn't matter if it's innocent or not. Unfortunately, many of my students couldn't understand the level of hate they should have for their opponent's lead arm lol.
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Eye pokes are just "another level" thing. The real problem with it, is that. If I miss then I give my enemy the idea for poking me in the eye.