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Look over here .... sucker .... wham!

Watch this amazing 7 second video: Beyond the beautiful execution of the foot sweep (and wicked knee to the head), did you catch the set up?  The video is only 7 seconds long, but has a gem in it that could take years of study to get on your own.  Watch it one more time to see if you can catch the secret. Damn, that's one beautifully executed masterpiece of fighting.  Wow.   Okay, here is the secret sauce. Small Feint Jab Does the Set Up Did you notice the left (jab) hand of Red Gloves (yellow arrow)? Red Gloves does a small feint with it. And what does Black Gloves instinctively do?  What do most people do when the see a jab/hook flash like that?  Clover Up / Sweep Sequence - Notice the Timing in Frame 2 If you answered "cover up", that's right! Look at the right arm (orange arrow) of Black Gloves. He goes for the cover up.  When he covers up, he blinds himself to the right side, and guess what Red Gloves does at that exact split