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Where do youu look?
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The face |
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7% |
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The eyes |
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17% |
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The chest |
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43% |
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other... |
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30% |
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Luther unleashed
Brown Belt
Joined: 30 Jan 2014
Posts: 676
Location: Phoenix
Styles: A few!
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Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2015 12:05 am Post subject: |
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The chest, actually I look all over and it depends on what my opponent is doing but mostly chest. I was taught that years ago and have stuck with that. Good view on everything. I think looking at the face is something I did before I had experience and allowed me to be pulled in emotionally more so then looking at chest. People communicate through facial expressions more then we realize, don't want to be that intimate while sparring! _________________ Hustle and hard work are a substitute for talent! |
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Titanium
Blue Belt
Joined: 08 Aug 2015
Posts: 259
Location: Chesterfield, UK
Styles: Wado-Kai & Shotokan
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Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2015 9:01 am Post subject: |
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Luther unleashed wrote: |
The chest, actually I look all over and it depends on what my opponent is doing but mostly chest. I was taught that years ago and have stuck with that. Good view on everything. I think looking at the face is something I did before I had experience and allowed me to be pulled in emotionally more so then looking at chest. People communicate through facial expressions more then we realize, don't want to be that intimate while sparring! |
Welcome to the chest club. _________________ “Spirit first, technique second.” – Gichin Funakoshi |
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Montana
Pre-Black Belt
Joined: 18 Apr 2007
Posts: 878
Location: Formerly Kalispell, Montana, now Spokane, WA
Styles: Shorin Ryu Matsumura Kenpo & Kobudo
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Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2015 12:34 pm Post subject: |
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Chest here. You can see the arms and legs from there. I never liked looking at their face as some people are pretty good with faking with their expression. My origional sensei was real good at scaring the heck out of you with his expressions!!! lol _________________ If you don't want to stand behind our troops, please..feel free to stand in front of them.
Student since January 1975---4th Dan, retired due to non-martial arts related injuries. |
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JR 137
Black Belt
Joined: 10 May 2015
Posts: 2442
Location: In the dojo
Styles: Seido Juku
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Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2015 3:39 pm Post subject: |
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Another chest man. I don't really focus hard on it though. I kind of relax my eyes/ease my focus.
I used to look into my opponent's eyes until the first time I seriously (for me anyway) sparred against my old sensei. He had this look of death/murder in his eyes that I'll never forget nor give anyone else the chance to "own me" with it. That was the night before his 4th dan test and he was very fired up. |
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Titanium
Blue Belt
Joined: 08 Aug 2015
Posts: 259
Location: Chesterfield, UK
Styles: Wado-Kai & Shotokan
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Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2015 10:20 am Post subject: |
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JR 137 wrote: |
Another chest man. I don't really focus hard on it though. I kind of relax my eyes/ease my focus.
I used to look into my opponent's eyes until the first time I seriously (for me anyway) sparred against my old sensei. He had this look of death/murder in his eyes that I'll never forget nor give anyone else the chance to "own me" with it. That was the night before his 4th dan test and he was very fired up. |
Welcome to the chest club.
It seems like a lot favour this position and I can see why.
It is so practical doing it this way oppose to looking elsewhere.
I do, however suppose it is personal preference. _________________ “Spirit first, technique second.” – Gichin Funakoshi |
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JR 137
Black Belt
Joined: 10 May 2015
Posts: 2442
Location: In the dojo
Styles: Seido Juku
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Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2015 3:15 pm Post subject: |
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Titanium wrote: |
JR 137 wrote: |
Another chest man. I don't really focus hard on it though. I kind of relax my eyes/ease my focus.
I used to look into my opponent's eyes until the first time I seriously (for me anyway) sparred against my old sensei. He had this look of death/murder in his eyes that I'll never forget nor give anyone else the chance to "own me" with it. That was the night before his 4th dan test and he was very fired up. |
Welcome to the chest club.
It seems like a lot favour this position and I can see why.
It is so practical doing it this way oppose to looking elsewhere.
I do, however suppose it is personal preference. |
Just reminded me of a funny situation from a while back...
I taught a karate class for the Phys Ed. department at a college I worked at a while back. I had a very small group one day, so we did non-contact sparring; it was 3 punches (that were blocked), then the other person did their 3.
Anyway, I was working with a young lady who said awkwardly, yet politely, "can you please stop staring at my chest." Luckily, I had 2 female students in the class at the time with MA experience who corroborated my story.
After that round, I taught the students to look at their opponent's chest, not their eyes, and explained why.
I also told my boss, figuring I should tell her first in case we had a sexual harassment complaint on our hands. Thankfully, the student understood I wasn't checking her out. |
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Hawkmoon
Pre-Black Belt
Joined: 17 Jun 2013
Posts: 891
Location: MK in the UK
Styles: Kyokushin
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Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2015 5:39 am Post subject: |
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ah erm...yes... oops!!
Sorry I forgot to add the result of the competition I mention in my (long ago) posts!
The fighting was done as much as possible for me looking up say the shoulders/head, not full face or chest!
I pulled a third place!
So maybe for as much as we say face or chest a person needs to find where to look for them selves and see what works for them!! _________________ “A human life gains luster and strength only when it is polished and tempered.”
Sosai Masutatsu Oyama (1923 - 1994) Founder of Kyokushin Karate. |
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Titanium
Blue Belt
Joined: 08 Aug 2015
Posts: 259
Location: Chesterfield, UK
Styles: Wado-Kai & Shotokan
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Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2015 8:17 am Post subject: |
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JR 137 wrote: |
Titanium wrote: |
JR 137 wrote: |
Another chest man. I don't really focus hard on it though. I kind of relax my eyes/ease my focus.
I used to look into my opponent's eyes until the first time I seriously (for me anyway) sparred against my old sensei. He had this look of death/murder in his eyes that I'll never forget nor give anyone else the chance to "own me" with it. That was the night before his 4th dan test and he was very fired up. |
Welcome to the chest club.
It seems like a lot favour this position and I can see why.
It is so practical doing it this way oppose to looking elsewhere.
I do, however suppose it is personal preference. |
Just reminded me of a funny situation from a while back...
I taught a karate class for the Phys Ed. department at a college I worked at a while back. I had a very small group one day, so we did non-contact sparring; it was 3 punches (that were blocked), then the other person did their 3.
Anyway, I was working with a young lady who said awkwardly, yet politely, "can you please stop staring at my chest." Luckily, I had 2 female students in the class at the time with MA experience who corroborated my story.
After that round, I taught the students to look at their opponent's chest, not their eyes, and explained why.
I also told my boss, figuring I should tell her first in case we had a sexual harassment complaint on our hands. Thankfully, the student understood I wasn't checking her out. |
You lucky thing.
That could have gone majorly wrong for you.
Thanks for sharing that. _________________ “Spirit first, technique second.” – Gichin Funakoshi |
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sensei8
KF Sensei
Joined: 23 Feb 2008
Posts: 16386
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Styles: Shindokan Saitou-ryu [Shuri-te/Okinawa-te based]
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Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2015 12:34 pm Post subject: |
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My eyes tend to dart here and there, searching for a target. I do understand why many will look at a certain place on their opponent whilst sparring/kumite. Akin to when basketball players will watch their opponents hips; where the hips go, so does the body AND the ball.
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Titanium
Blue Belt
Joined: 08 Aug 2015
Posts: 259
Location: Chesterfield, UK
Styles: Wado-Kai & Shotokan
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Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2015 12:42 pm Post subject: |
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sensei8 wrote: |
My eyes tend to dart here and there, searching for a target. I do understand why many will look at a certain place on their opponent whilst sparring/kumite. Akin to when basketball players will watch their opponents hips; where the hips go, so does the body AND the ball.
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This is a very good point too. Hip and body movement. _________________ “Spirit first, technique second.” – Gichin Funakoshi |
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