If anyone taps and has something to say besides "nice one" or "please show me how you did that" it's just ego, so don't even sweat it. That being said, I do believe there are "gimmick" moves and I always defined them in my head as moves that don't really fit/flow into your normal game and aren't widely used or explored to greater lengths yet like the fundamentals. I think once gimmick moves get explored/used more, they can become fundamentals. There's nothing wrong with "gimmick" moves, in fact I find them essential. It's that move you go for when all else fails, it's the move you go to when you wanna make your opponent think twice and create doubt, it's the seasoning on your game that gives it a unique flavor. I think what your training partners/instructor gets annoyed about is when you're training step 7 and you haven't mastered step 1,2,3,4,5,6 yet that will get you to step 7. It's like in poker, you need to first establish a playing style and once they feel like they're reading your moves, BAM! YOU PUNCH THEM IN THE FACE! or bluff or like use a gimmick move because you got them to play inside the box and you like stepped outside and cheated because this is life and we play for keepz.
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