Feint Menu and Reaction Chart
Mat Manual companion guide to "Feints and Fakes: Making Them React to Nothing." Print it. The article lays out the reaction economy and the three frames rule. This book is the working menu: every feint carded with the r…
| Art | Muay Thai |
|---|---|
| Family | Muay Thai & Ring Sports |
| Level | intermediate |
| Format | reference |
| Topics | strikes, sparring, competition, fundamentals |
Mat Manual companion guide to "Feints and Fakes: Making Them React to Nothing." Print it. The article lays out the reaction economy and the three frames rule. This book is the working menu: every feint carded with the reaction it buys and the strike that spends it, a probing script for new opponents, a catalogue worksheet for each fighter you face, feint-first pad rounds, live formats that grade the purchase instead of the strike, and the fault cards for the mime, the pattern, and the late spend.
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BEFORE ANYTHING: THE HONESTY AGREEMENT ☐ A feint in this book is a real strike, arrested. Miming is not drilled here; a mime spotted in partner work stops the rep. ☐ Partners defend honestly. A partner who refuses to react to anything to "help" is teaching you that feints fail, and that lesson is false. ☐ Partners also react at the level they actually own. Beginners who do not react yet are struck at, not feinted at; feint rounds are for fighters whose defenses exist. ☐ Contact in feint rounds stays technical. The spend is a real strike and is thrown at sparring control, not at full power, while the pair is learning the timing.
Part 1: The Reaction Chart (Print for the Wall)
| Reaction | What it looks like | What it opens | First spend to learn |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parry | Lead hand reaches out and down | The middle | Cross behind the parry |
| High block | Both gloves rise | The body and the low line | Rear body kick, lead body hook |
| Check | Shin rises to meet the expected kick | The standing leg and the set-down | Same kick again at the set-down |
| Flinch back | Weight and head retreat straight | Forward ground | Teep, then march in behind it |
| Step-in | They strike into your fake | The counter you pre-chose | The counter named before the feint |
| Freeze | Everything stops for a beat | A still target, one second wide | Your best strike, thrown at once |
| Drop both hands | Hands chase the low feint | The head | High kick or cross over the top |
Feint Menu and Reaction Chart
Mat Manual companion guide to "Feints and Fakes: Making Them React to Nothing." Print it. The article lays out the reaction economy and the three frames rule. This book is the working menu: every feint carded with the reaction it buys and the strike that spends it, a probing script for new opponents, a catalogue worksheet for each fighter you face, feint-first pad rounds, live formats that grade the purchase instead of the strike, and the fault cards for the mime, the pattern, and the late spend.
What's Inside
- Part 1: The Reaction Chart (Print for the Wall)
- Part 2: Your Money Strike — The Inventory
- Part 3: Feint Card F1 — The Shoulder Jab
- Part 4: Feint Card F2 — The Step Jab
- Part 5: Feint Card F3 — The Cross Hip
- Part 6: Feint Card F4 — The Teep Hip Lift
- …and 22 more sections
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