Fundamentals for Fighting To be victorious in combat you must possess and balance three fundamental elements: Speed, Power, and, Sound techniques. Speed: Having the upper hand in speed means you can effectively create opportunities to strike and retreat before your opponent has a chance to react. Power: Having speed is not enough. What good is it to strike your opponent if it does not inflict any kind of damage? Sound Techniques: Sound Techniques include but are not limited too proper footwork, fluidity in body movements, accurate punching and kicking techniques. Now having established the understanding of the three fundamental elements, speed, power, and sound techniques, we can begin to analyze how these elements are prioritized. It does not matter how many different kind of kicking, punching, and throws you can do or defend. If it takes half a second too long for you to execute or react, your opponent will most likely strike you first. Similarly, if your attacks lack power, your opponent might simply brush you off and counter attack. If all your attacks or defenses are ineffective, you will tire out, or the opposition will overwhelm you, and you will lose. In many cases, knowing and applying complex and refined techniques is only useful against opponents who effectively execute similar techniques against you. Such techniques are otherwise unnecessary, especially if you are fighting an unskilled or lesser skilled opponent. In closing to be a complete fighter you need to have a balance of all the fighting fundamentals.

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