4 basic principles of Forcing

1. Keep them on their heels.
Keep your enemies on the defensive and in reaction mode.
In order to have rest oneself it is necessary to keep the enemy occupied. This throws them back on the defensive, and once they are placed that way they cannot rise up again during the campaign.
Fredrick the Great (1712-1786)
HARD PRESSED ON MY RIGHT; MY LEFT IS IN RETREAT. MY CENTER IS YIELDING. IMPOSSIBLE TO MANEUVER. SITUATION EXCELLENT. I AM ATTACKING. ATTAQUEZ!
GENERAL FERDINAND FOCH, DURING THE BATTLE OF THE MARNE
2. Shift the battlefield
Subtly shift your enemies into places and situations that are not familiar to them, you control the dynamic. Without realizing what is happening, your opponents find themselves fighting on your terms.
3. Compel mistakes
Your task is twofold: to fight the battle in such a way that they cannot bring their strength or strategy into play and to create such a level of frustration that they make mistakes in the process. You do not give them enough time to do anything; you play to their emotional weaknesses, making them as irritable as possible; you bait them into deadly traps. It is less your action than their missteps that give you control.
4. Assume passive control
You create this impression by moving with the energy of the other side, giving ground but slowly and subtly diverting them in the direction you desire. It is often the best way to control the overly aggressive and the passive aggressive. In any conflict it is often the weaker side that in fact controls the dynamic.
There is no defense.

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