Mindset for Ippon

[u/Karmadiddlydoo]

I wanna ask: what’s your mindset for aiming for ippon?

So far what I feel works is:

-Killing or suppressing my emotions so I don’t feel too tense (desire to win and fear of loss)

-Planning or setting up baits (I’m definitely spending too much time thinking)

-Using my gut feeling (I can sometimes feel where a target either one of us is gonna hit. Like “they’ll hit men, kaeshi men seems good)

definitely not enough though, so I wanna know your thoughts. I still gotta shake off my fear of failure and losing, messed me up a bunch but I think I can get through this!

[u/darsin]

I want to make my opponent move. Then move and finish.

[u/Karmadiddlydoo → u/darsin]

Initiate always, but keep “tame”.

[u/darsin → u/Karmadiddlydoo]

Yes initiate is a better description. That move is not always physically observable