uppercut

for those of you who dunno. an uppercut is a punch thrown to hit the chin from below.

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but it surprises me how narrow minded some people can be. they only compete with number one. they don't consider anyone else competition except the one that's "the best."

first of all, people who think this must be very arrogant because they feel that they are up to par with the proclaimed "best" of whatever competition it is.

and second of all, this is a suck ass strategy because they don't even consider anyone else as fair competition. who knows what you're up against then?

i titled this uppercut because sometimes you're so focused on attacking one point that sometimes you forget to defend yourself from the other arm, the theorized "weaker" arm and then that's when you let your guard down and get knocked out by something you didn't expect. you're so focused on what's going on with the right hand that you aren't aware of the dangers that the left hand poses.

same goes to competitions. you're so focused on one competitor that someone you don't even expect might just sneak up and beat the both of you. bust a ninja on yo asses.

lemme tell you this, there's no greater threat than new blood. you're not experienced with their style, they might do something that you wouldn't even consider and you might not have a strategy to save yourself from it. don't ever undermine rookies, they might get lucky, or they might be naturally good at it; but just because they can't understand it the first time, doesn't mean that they can't beat you the second or even the tenth time.

moral of the story: never let your guard down. to anybody. (in competitive situations of course :D)