I actually got a couple questions about actual fighting to help myself better understand if I am to someday become a Taiji instructor.
In my lifetime I've seen a lot of fights and met a lot of streetfighters. One thing I commonly hear is a fighter blacking out in a fight and just throwing down. Some people I tried to teach still has that issue. Is this a self control issue or is it something else that I could not teach them to overcome? Is it a result of anger? Or is it they dont want to deal with the stress of the fight?
My next question is I also met a lot of people, mostly female, that when an attack was made on them, the blacked out for a second and wasnt able to react immediately. Then know the techniques, and can do them, is not afraid, and will see the punch coming, but the body will not react with the sight. I suggested things to build hand eye coordinaion, ie drawing and games like tetris, but to no avail. Would concentration training help to improve this? Is it just mental? What kind of training could I offer?
Also just for my info, I practice Taiji, and I practice a lot with a boxer that is faster and stronger than me and likes to do quick jabs and pull punches. Even though he is faster, with my Taiji training he cannot hit me, and I can get in good punches, kicks, and cavity strikes, but It is extremely difficult to use and chin na or shuai jiao techniques. Any suggestions to improve my training so I can utilize those aspects of my art against faster fighters? The stronger part is not an issue.