Do you guys consider these yin yang pairs, and in your opinion how imprtant is it??
Ex.
Is the opponent tall/short, heavy/light, left handed/right handed,fast/slow, a puncher/kicker, an inside fighter/outside fighter, grappler/boxer etc.
Share a thought!! 
I guess I wonder in real-time down-and-dirty conflict how much consideration you could actually give to these attributes of your opponent. I mean, you typically arenât going to be in a fight with someone you know well enough where you could assess all those categories beyond the obvious physical ones of tall/short, heavy/light . . . youâre gonna have to engage your opponent to figure out left/right side strength, inside/outside, etc. and the fight may be over by then . . . I donât know if this gets at what youâre looking for but Iâd enjoy hearing from others.
obvius/not obvious
Hi,
the general/'s answwer wourld be âKnow your opponent and know yourself; and in 1000 battles, you will be victorious.â So, you might say that knowing the opponent is no more important than self-knowledge. But, then the question becomes âknowledge of what?â Well, for you, that means âknowing where you areâ and âknowing what you are doing.â What you are doing is analyzing the one facing you. So, itâs tactically important to see the difference between confronting Kareem Abdul Jabbar and Mike Tyson, or Hulk Hogan. âWhat you are doingâ will change according to the circumstances. Anyway, there are those who give general rules, such as: âif you opponent has a strong bottom, attack his topâ etc/ But, after all, this is obvious. Doesnât mean we can do it, especially if the other guy has a plan, but thatâs the art of war.
Best,
Esteban
FirstâŚ
determine if your opponent is armed or unarmedâŚeverything else will fall quickly into place after that.
Respectfully,
OldFatBaldGuy
âMadness takes its toll. Please have exact change.â
settle yourself
try to be calm and view everything around youâŚso no fearâŚand what is importantâŚHAVE FAITH IN YOUR SKILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLZZZZZZZZZZZZ
if you donât you lost the battle all readyâŚisnt that what we pay for???
facing an opponent
I wouldnât change my game plan over it. Mostly I look at what my opponent likes to do and attack before he can do it. I try to figure out their best range and get inside of it. If the opponent is right handed I like to switch to a left handed style. But above all, I try not to have any set ideas or techniqes in my mind. Just watch or feel where they are going to go and beat them there.
I have a few things I like for people bigger than me and a few for people smaller than me. Some one my size qualifies as âbiggerâ. Thatâs about the extent of it.
Although there are many styles, they all depend on the strong beating the weak and the slow falling to the quick. These are not related to the power that must be learned â Taiji Classics
techniques
To me it shouldnât matter what the size of your opponite (sp) is. If you practiced your techniques enough then it shouldnât matter. The results will differ on the size and shape of your opponite. If you start worrying about winning or loosing or other things, then it becomes a game and someone has to loose in a game. But then again I could be full of it too.
Dan
I think recognising what type of MA your opponite does is important.. if he is an outside fighter get inside to defeat them.. if there inside fighter keep them outside to defeat them etc.. i think thats why its also very important to learn a variety of differnt styles it is important espacialy if your facing another Martial artist.
Be Fatal
When in a real fight, there is no time to feel out your opponent! If you have a firm stancework, good endurance of blows, combative experience and a strong physique then by all means attack, but your techniques should be very treacherous and totally unpredictable! Your mindset should be fatal. Destroy your opponents psychological line of defence with powerful and effective strikes. My sifu always tell me, once a person can integrate relaxation with tension,clear-cut movements with treacherous bodywork and mental vigilance with physical ability, a person will have success in combat. So be fatal in a fight, and also have a practical approach, representing specifie yin and yang methods. peac
What he said.
Maoshan
If we put our focus on what our opponentâs ability, then we cannot fight! We must not concentrate on one point/person/attack, but on one condition. And that one condition can consist of one, two, twenty person, etc. This is what I learned and teach:
Fighting is like water flowing,
Continuously without ending.
Filling the empty,
Guarding the full.
Left guarding right,
Right guarding left.
From inside I must move fast,
From outside I can rest for a while.
I donât care about him,
All I care is his attack.
Fighting is like catching fish with a net,
Lure him then trap him down.
Not in one point we focus,
But in one condition.
All I know is,
Whenever any attack comes to my circle,
I guard it and counter attack the source.
The key is the direction,
Any attack has its weaknesses.
Wish for peace
There is a Classic handed down within the Yang family that says we are to size up an opponent like that, and basically it says use strength to overcome weakness and skill to overcome strength. It goes on to say also that we should use low postures to defeat high and high to defeat low, regardless of size, and some other stuff.
I seriously doubt that I would have time to really go beyond judging whether he was large and would use power or small and would be weak. Honestly, I donât remember ever thinking about it at all, except a couple of times during arguments with somebody where I thought, âman this guy is huge, better get behind him and throw because if he hits me Iâm hamburgerâ or something like that. Anyway, I think everything except the large and small thing comes out naturally because of trainin anyway.
âI put forth my power and he was broken.
I withdrew my power and he was ground into fine dust.â
-Aleister Crowley, The Vision and the Voice