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How do you do know when to do the moves? Is it once the opponent does the move too or something

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In movies they have choreographed the fights and practiced it well beforehand. So you know which move to do because you remember what move the opponent is supposed to do and you know what move the fight choreographer told you to do to counter their move. So movie fights are not realistic

In real fights you need to see what the opponent is doing and then counter his moves as you see them. It takes a bit of time to build up the momentum and cover the distance for a strike so an experienced fighter will have enough time to recognize what the opponent is doing and then block their move. You will also tend to stand such that you block some of the potential moves without having to react to them. And experienced fighters will be able to tell from their opponents stance how they might best strike and therefore what to prepare for. This might include changing your own stance which might prompt them to change their stance again. If you look at professional martial artists fight there is a lot of this dancing where the opponents just changes stances in response to each other before they actually go for an attack.

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