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Old 04-09-2007, 04:47 PM   #99
nthfinity
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Originally Posted by graywolf624
In neither case are you responding to the actual movement.. At 3-4 10ths or 2 10ths.. In neither case can anyone actually respond to the thrown punch. Once its thrown its already too late. Same with a shot. You look for visual clues to whats going to happen. A twitch, a movement of the feet. Something that gives a tell. Thats how its done. Phyically at a high level no ones going to block a punch or shot strictly by the movement.
actually, professional athletes often have reaction times from .1 to .3 seconds... sometimes even less with such levels of sport.

not to say that .1 is enough to react...
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