Analysis paralysis

In my last post I wrote about an analysis technique and mentioned that kenpo people sometimes get so wrapped up in talking about techniques they don't actually do the techniques. There's a term for that in our system and it's "analysis paralysis". It also applies to trying to think of what you should do in an attack situation but you take too long to think instead of reacting. When you're thinking about what you're going to do to him, he's probably already doing something to you.
   "Do something, even if it's wrong" is what you may hear. You can, but think about this. Doing something wrong can be interpreted two ways. It would be wrong in any context to block so that the attack is redirected into your face. It can be "wrong" if you did a parry instead of a block. "Wrong" in that the standard technique may call for a block but "right" in that it kept you from being hit.
  That's the problem with getting locked into the standard sequences. You tend to think any change is wrong. But we're taught that flexibility in thought and action is important. So we get mentally "double-weighted" and are stuck. Know that the standard, reference technique exists to illustrate principles. Change is good in application. Don't change the standard for the next person because you may eliminate the principle taught that triggered you to figure another answer.