How to stop telegraphing techniques

Alan Armstrong · Black Belt

Telegraphed techniques are easy to stop, avoid and or counter.
What causes them and how to stop doing it?
Any ideas?

Here is one good idea just for starters
https://youtu.be/6-cAPQ_ixC0

sensei8 · KF Sensei

The most direct route, otherwise, Direct Attack, stops telegraphing. Don't wind up or don't move your attacking weapon backwards first or don't pre-load the weapon. Don't attack until one's ready to do so, and even then, go straight to the target, even the hook is compacted towards its target.

Arrest your footwork, otherwise, you alert your opponent. Everything for the most part, starts and ends at the same time within Shindokan. Moreover, in Shindokan, our goal at all times is Close Range Management; to get behind my opponent, either at an angle or directly behind, which opens our Close Range Attacks, as well as making it difficult to see my attacks and the like because I'm behind him.

These are just a few ways that we prevent telegraphing, but as in anything, this is all dependent on the practitioner. All of the this and that won't mount a hill of beans if the practitioner can't be effective with this and that.

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Alan Armstrong · Black Belt

Excellent sensei8.

Here is another explanation
https://youtu.be/wdPP0TmqKiU

Part2
https://youtu.be/tUIP6-84Kng

DWx · Black Belt

How to stop telegraphing? Practice. Make the movement more efficient.
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Nimblino · White Belt

I didn’t know what ‘telegraphing’ meant (not familiar with the English terminology); I had to look it up

Now, why do people telegraph? Because they try to charge their hand or leg techniques in order to give it more power. It is obvious that a jab punch, for argument, case is nowhere near as powerful as a punch initiated from further back (with proper hip involvement), borne in mind that different techniques are for different purposes and situations.

One way of giving your techniques a full swing and hence more power while avoiding telegraphing is to incorporate your charging process with a movement to the sides with the back leg. That’ll give you the opportunity to:
- stand outside the opponents direct attack
- gain a better position to counter attack the areas that are less covered (i.e sides and back)
- hide the charging in the leg movement and hence avoid telegraphing.

Alan Armstrong · Black Belt

Another example of how not to be telegraphing
https://youtu.be/cuDZU-kSybE

The other side of the coin

Intentionally telegraphing for set ups when punching and kicking
https://youtu.be/r6nQlT4_6uY

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