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Which brings us to the second advantage of visual feedback. As you become more technically proficient, you’ll use the cues acquired from mirror training to visualize technique. You’ve probably heard about the way elite athletes use mental imagery to prepare for competitive events. Our greatest athletes sometimes talk of almost stepping outside themselves and seeing themselves perform. If you train in front of a mirror correctly, your mental imagery becomes that much more vivid. Mirror training, then, is not just for beginners but for fighters of any level.4 See Figure 5.
Figure 5: Until you have proper body feel, checking your technique in front of a mirror is the only way to know your form is correct.
T H E F E E T
As I’ve already mentioned, everything begins and ends with the on-guard position. The stance was designed so that the most effective punch—the straight lead—could be initiated from this position with the least motion. To construct the stance, let’s start from the bottom, the feet.