Its been said many times before that the eyes are the window to the soul, Well maybe but for sure the eyes are the windows to intent yours and your attacker. One of my old aiki ju jitsu teachers told me that you can see when a person has murder in their eyes” he spoke of this man that was attacking him and his eyes where so cold and focused that he would never forget the incident. I thought well this is the Bronx, then one day after working a late night security shifts years later i was attacked and the one thing i remembered before this man made a lunging attack at me was his eyes. He was so focused that it seemed that he was looking through me into my soul, hmmm maybe my teacher was right is there a tell tale in the eyes of the attacker before he or she is ready to strike. I know for a fact that most inexperienced fighters when then are about to launch an attack look directly at where they are about to hit. I also know that when in a group a person is about to swing their eyes roam around trying to find courage and make sure that thier friends are there to bail them out if they get into something that they didn’t expect in the attack. Still is there a correlation between the change of the eyes and and an intention to attack ? Who knows i do know that the eyes give away the subconscious thought in everyday life so why not during an attack?
For everyday ninjas the eyes are just one of the things that can give away your attackers thoughts. So are nervous hand movements giving away their nervous energy. Some people without knowing it show their teeth, like an animal showing their intention to devour their prey. There are a couple of things that one can look at for info on their opponent but here is some tips about the eyes.
Defense
1) first off use their eyes as a focal point and then draw an imaginary triangle starting for their head down to the solar plexus, that way you gan see what they are looking at while at the same time be able to watch their arms and legs with your peripherals
2) glance at what they look at but don’t stare. If you get caught up in their looking you off then they can guide you where they want and then bam they land a punch out of no where, glance and quickly look back at your focal point.
3) don’t get intimidated by their stare look beyond them and focus on everything at once .
Offense
1) look them off , if your gonna hit them in the face look down at their feet and then bam , they will direct their defenses low and Bam you’ve landed a game changer.
2) look behind them once , this draws their eyes towards your look when they look back and they will … got em (don’t hold your look to long because they could swing at you also, it helps if you say something like here comes the police)
3) watch with a wide perspective see their whole being , that way you can catch them reaching for a weapon or looking for accomplices .
remember the true way of the ninja is to live a life that your enemies never even knows exists, that way they can t appear in front of you to attack , when you get careless in your awareness , that’s when your physical self defense kicks in never before that. (The crazy man that attacked me that night after work was so focused on his lunge that i was easily able to sidestep leaving a piece of my leg out to trip him, He falls into the street and i ran ran off in the dark.) laughing of course.
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