THEORY; THEORY; SUB-PRINCIPLE: Imperception and deception

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I&D suggests that we execute karate and martial arts most effectively when we do so beyond our adversary’s perception. If an adversary (consciously or unconsciously) does not know what we are doing then the adversary cannot counter. This speaks to the OODA, if we can stick the adversary in the OO bounce and away from the DA then we are successful in I&D. 

The easiest methodology to implement is the one the adversary never sees coming. If they cannot observe they cannot orient and they cannot decide on an action and the cannot act on that action. 

Imperception refers to acting in ways that the adversary cannot perceive or that lock them into a OO bounce. Even if the act is seen but not in the adversary’s ability to comprehend they are still forced to enter the OO phase and possibly bounce around trying to decide what the heck is happening. If the imperception is to hide something or to provide something that the adversary’s mind cannot reason or determine appropriately the goal is still achievable. 

Deception functions by misdirecting the adversary’s mind away from our actions. It can be a feint, i.e., when a social or competitive action is required but often not wise in an attack requiring a self-defense action. Even creating an opening to draw and adversary into committing to an action to take advantage is still outside the parms of self-defense and into either a social conflict or competitive one. This must be studied.

Use I&D along with sound tactics and strategies that incorporate what is necessary for the situation, i.e., social vs. asocial vs. sport vs. fighting vs. combative vs. etc. 

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