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COMBAT CONDITIONING: ARE YOU TRAINING FOR WEAKNESS?

Good strikers know that having good power means having optimal posture and structural alignment in the middle of striking and that feinting or baiting poor alignment in your opponent can steal his or her power.

The wise combatant trains assiduously for structural perfection whether in motion or stock-still.

Nothing I’ve said so far should foster disagreement. Veteran martial artists, please stay with me a wee bit longer as I outline a thought experiment that easily can be taken to the real world.

The preceding may be obvious, but even obvious hypotheses should be put to

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