Author: Eco del Caballero

A feint is not just an optical illusion. It is a blow to the cause-and-effect relationship. Kozyrev argued that cause and effect are connected not only by a straight line in the past and future, but also through a “timeless state.” When a master makes a feint, he creates a false cause. He throws a phantom event into space-time. The opponent’s brain, accustomed to the linear logic of “I see movement – I expect a strike,” catches this false cause and begins to construct a consequence for it — it begins to block a non-existent attack.