That's me! Thanks for the response. To continue the discussion, are you saying that Macchi had started his "take over" too slowly after the search, or do you have issue with the withheld blade after the takeover making it seem like he isn't committing as much as Cheung? Or is it the fact you don't see macchi as "avoiding" the search at all?
I think in the final example in this video, he withholds the blade to avoid the search, while in the other examples he reacts to Cheung's search by taking over with the feet *then withholding the blade*. By withholding it *for no reason* (without the opponent searching) he gives up right of way in the case of a direct attack. Basically, the rules state the arm is what governs the attack, not just fast legs. So to answer your initial inquiry, if Left had performed a derobement rather than a pulling compound attack, that would actually be him "taking over" in the quickest possible time. Tl;dr: to attack in prep (or take advantage of an opponent's missed search, you must anticipate the search, not react to it). The only time reacting to it works is in the case of a really large search, like the second example in this video.
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That's me!
Thanks for the response.
To continue the discussion, are you saying that Macchi had started his "take over" too slowly after the search, or do you have issue with the withheld blade after the takeover making it seem like he isn't committing as much as Cheung?
Or is it the fact you don't see macchi as "avoiding" the search at all?
I think in the final example in this video, he withholds the blade to avoid the search, while in the other examples he reacts to Cheung's search by taking over with the feet *then withholding the blade*. By withholding it *for no reason* (without the opponent searching) he gives up right of way in the case of a direct attack.
Basically, the rules state the arm is what governs the attack, not just fast legs. So to answer your initial inquiry, if Left had performed a derobement rather than a pulling compound attack, that would actually be him "taking over" in the quickest possible time.
Tl;dr: to attack in prep (or take advantage of an opponent's missed search, you must anticipate the search, not react to it). The only time reacting to it works is in the case of a really large search, like the second example in this video.
Unrelated, but I appreciate your use of 1337speak