What? Attack me and I'm not jumping back and forward like a demented flea, you're having some!
That "backward jumping" can give your some extra time to think
- Whether you want to commit on that fight or not.
- How far you want to get yourself into that fight.
- Do you want to hide yourself for the rest of your life in the Amazon jungle?
- Do you have enough money in the bank to support your family while you are hidden.
- ...
An old saying said, "When you fight, you have to see something red (blood)". If you think that you don't hate your opponent that much and you don't want to draw blood out of his body, your "backward jumping" can also give you extra time to cool down and walk away.
When someone attacks you and you counter right back at that moment, you may hurt your opponent more than you really want to. Some Karate guy once said,
If you attack me the
- 1st time, I'll move back.
- 2nd time, I'll move back again.
- 3rd time, I'll still move back again.
- 4th time, I'll attack back and eat you alive.
Compare to his approach, my approach is not "conservative enough".