The ability to `know’ an opponent is through the observation of his Tels.
Not only do you need to be able to read your opponent, you must prevent your opponent from reading you.
If the attack is to be to the lower part of the body the eyes will drop just before the attack.
If the intention is to grapple, the opponent’s eyes often focus on your hands or waist.
Breathing While watching the opponents eyes use your peripheral vision as well as your hearing to note the opponent’s breathing pattern.
Listen to your opponent’s breathing, when you hear the sudden intake of breath the next instant will see the attack.
Torso The position of the torso may reveal an opponent’s strategy.
If the hips turn, away exposing more of his back, then expect a spinning attack whereas hips turned towards you favors hand and grappling techniques.
Most styles and tournaments forbid attacks to the opponent’s back.
Some fighters turn their backs towards their opponents to hide legitimate targets and to foul out the opponent should they strike their back by accident.
Feet/legs Using peripheral vision one can notice an impending kick by stiffness or delay in one of the opponent’s legs.
If the opponent is outside of kicking range, he will first need to close the distance, when he steps forward the kicking leg tends to lag or drag behind slightly.
To succeed, a strategist must learn to see his opponent’s deception while creating his own.
The idea is to provide so much body language that it is impossible for opponents to detect the true mood beneath the surface display, not being able to read the signs because of too much background noise.
Playing the fool also serves another advantage; having your opponent underestimate you.
If you succeeded in having your opponents underestimate you they will tend to drop their guard and their responses will become slower.
You manipulate the opponent’s perceptions to make it seem that he can read you, but what he sees is only what you’ve allowed them to see.
You exhibit this quirk when making inconsequential attacks, so that the opponent easily recognises it as a `Tel’ and will defend low in anticipation of a kick when he sees your hands drop.
Knowing how your opponent will react by defending low to the feint, you attack his opening.
Use one or more of the above strategies to hide and or confuse your communications and then wait for your opponent to make a mistake.
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