Originally Posted by
sanjuro_ronin
The "chase and pursue" concept means that once we make contact, we don't break contact until it is over.
You "chase and pursue" the incapacitation of your opponent.
One of the key principles in all southern hand ( WC being no exception) is that we "offer" the opponent a chance either to fight or run, it's his choice BUT then after he makes it, we finish it for him.
We "seek" the bridge in the sense that we "look" for the opportunity to make contact ( even a non-physical contact), we do not force it but let it "come to us".
That doesn't mean being reactive since we are actively "looking for it", it means we play our game rather than play theirs.
How do we "close the gab"?
We don't, we let it be closed for us because, until that happens there is NO fight.