#react performance optimization techniques

In the combat arena, whether it's in the ring or in life, self-mastery and striking power stand as pillars of victory. This article serves as a roadmap for those seeking to sharpen their technique, strengthen their body, and hone their strategic acumen. We will breakdown the essential elements needed to maximize body mechanics, build a robust foundation of basic physical skills, and strategically apply your capabilities across different ranges and domains. Prepare to transform your potential into actual, palpable power.

Maximizing Body Mechanics: Mastering the Jab, the Uppercut, and Combination Strikes

Body mechanics is all about the science of efficiency. Each movement, every strike, must be executed with surgical precision. For this, body alignment and balance are fundamental. Picture your body as a mountain range where every peak needs to be aligned to withstand the forces of nature. Your jab should be like the wind—swift and elusive—while your uppercut should resemble an earthquake—powerful and devastating.

Harnessing this power requires an understanding and utilization of kinetic chains—a discipline of connecting every body segment in a fluid and explosive movement. When you throw a jab, it's your entire body at work, from the tip of your back foot to the extension of your fist. The uppercut is born from the rotation of the hips and the engagement of core muscles, creating a punch capable of toppling mountains.

The keys to an effective jab are precision and timing. It should disrupt, open up the guard, setting the stage for heavier strikes to follow. The uppercut, on the other hand, should be launched with lethal accuracy at the moment your opponent least expects it.

Integrating footwork with strikes is akin to playing chess with your body. Every move is strategic, each step calculated to maximize reach and power. Practices such as shadow boxing, lateral movements, and pivots should be drilled until they become second nature.

Building Core Physical Skills: Breath and Conditioning

Breath is your energy source. Controlled breathing signifies calm and focus, even amid the storm of combat. Techniques such as diaphragmatic breathing and meditation can help in maintaining this tranquility.

Strengthening the core muscles is essential for both delivering and absorbing blows. Exercises like planks, Russian twists, and leg raises are not just workouts; they are your arsenal for building a shield of muscles.

Cardiovascular endurance is your armor against fatigue. Running, cycling, swimming are disciplines that push your heart to throb with vigor, preparing your body for endless rounds.

Flexibility is key to dodging blows and counterattacking with grace. Yoga, Pilates, and dynamic stretching must be integrated into your routine to ensure your body can bend without ever breaking.

Strategic Application: Adapting Strikes Across Distances and Domains

Understanding combat distances is critical. In close range, you become a warrior ready to exchange blow for blow. At mid-range, you transform into a tactician, controlling the fight with jabs and straight punches. Long-range turns you into a sniper, selecting your strikes carefully to destabilize your opponent.

Adapting your techniques to different opponents is a real-time chess game. Each opponent is a unique puzzle, and it's up to you to find the key to unlock it.

Anticipation is your sixth sense. It allows you to read movements, feel intentions and react before the punch is even thrown.

Mental flexibility is your shield against the unexpected. Combat is a constant flux of change, and the ability to adapt and change strategy mid-fight is what separates a good fighter from a great one.

The Fighter's Equipment: Choosing Your Arsenal for Training and Combat

A fighter's equipment choice is as crucial as their technique. Every piece must be selected with care to optimize performance and protection. Boxing gloves, for instance, are a fighter's first line of defense. Adequately padded to protect hands and wrists, yet pliable enough to allow precise connection with the target, properly fitting gloves with secure fastening are critical to training and combat scenarios.

Fairtex - Microfiber Gloves - Art Collections - Blue Wave

Theses are in my equipment list and still having fun using them !

Hand wraps are equally important. They stabilize wrist and finger joints, reducing the risk of sprains or fractures. Quality wraps should be the right length to offer full coverage while made from breathable material to prevent excessive sweat build-up.

The headgear is another essential piece, especially during training. It should provide clear visibility without restricting head movement, while guarding against direct hits. Well-fitted headgear can reduce the risk of cuts and bruises and can be a decisive factor in preventing head traumas.

RDX T1 HeadGuard with Removable Face Cage

Ordered a batch of theses for my students ! And they are really valuable ! Best value for price available ! Protects also when fighting with foam weapons...

Technology and Innovation: The Impact of New Materials on Performance

Technology and innovation have revolutionized combat gear. Modern materials, such as shock-absorbing gel and memory foam, have allowed for the creation of gloves that offer superior protection without compromising speed or feeling. These advanced materials are also found in shin guards, which must provide defense against powerful strikes while allowing complete mobility for kicks and rapid displacements.

Performance wear is crucial as well. Moisture-wicking fabrics help regulate body temperature and keep the fighter dry and comfortable. Boxing shoes must provide sufficient grip for quick movements and pivots while supporting the ankles to prevent twists or falls.

The Importance of the Punching Bag: More than Just a Striking Tool

The punching bag is much more than a mere tool for venting frustrations; it's a precision instrument that helps develop timing, power, and endurance. It's a tireless opponent available at any hour for the dedicated fighter. To fully exploit the punching bag, the athlete must practice a variety of strikes with varying intensities and at different angles, thus simulating a wide range of opponents and combat scenarios.

The variety of punching bag types means there's always a new challenge to conquer. For instance, free-standing bags provide a solid base and are particularly suited for practicing low kicks and knee strikes. Wall bags encourage precision and can be used to sharpen the speed of your straight punches and jabs.

RDX F9 4ft / 5ft 4-in-1 Punch Bag with Mitts & wall Bracket Set

Training Accessories: Reflex Balls and Jump Ropes

Training accessories like reflex balls and jump ropes aren't just useful for warm-ups or cooldowns; they are essential for developing agility, coordination, and speed—critical attributes for any fighter.

The reflex ball, a small but formidable tool for developing reactivity and hand speed, forces the fighter to focus intensely while tracking the unpredictable movement of the ball. This stimulates the same neural pathways used to anticipate and react to a real opponent's movements.

Jump ropes, the most underestimated training tool, are incredibly versatile and appropriate for a variety of conditioning goals. From light ropes for speed to heavier ones for strength building, jumping rope enhances cardiovascular endurance, coordination, and foot speed.

Conclusion

Kirby and Waddle Dee arrived at the open field.

"It should be around here. Alright, let's use the eye drops." The two shared the small bottle and looked around. 

"With these, we should be able to see the magic gear." 

"Where is it?" They looked around again.

"I don’t see anything strange."

Roleplay Thread Tips - SWORD EDITION. Because you all voted for this and are enabling me.

If your character is actively using a battle-grade katana in actual combat, IT IS KENJUTSU. If your character is wielding a wooden sword, or bokken, and they’re studying or practicing the ways of swordsmanship via sport, it is KENDO. Think of Kenjutsu as the technique of swordsmanship, especially in battle, which includes outright the ability to kill an enemy. Kendo is an artful performance, an armored/padded and relatively safe competitive sport. Aim to be as respectful as possible when pertaining to the katana, this is a centuries-old weapon with deep cultural ties. As eloquently once put by a Space Wizard, a sword is “an elegant weapon” -- they’re not toys.

There are nine basic cuts in kenjutsu that all characters who wield a katana likely adhere to -- with or without outright training to do so. KESA GIRI: a diagonal strike across the shoulder starting at the right shoulder and down to the left hip. This is mirrored for the left shoulder down to the right hip. Alternatively, KIRIAGE: an upward cut from the right hip to the left shoulder, mirrored again for cuts made from the left hip to the right shoulder. MEN: a straight downward strike to the head and across the torso. KOTE: the cutting of the opponent’s wrist, duplicated for each one. DO: a horizontal cut across the abdomen, in either direction, but most often left-leading. These cuts are almost all fatal if wielded to be so, or lead to the forceful disarming of your opponent. 

Katana are meant to cut, slice and otherwise take down their targets via a razor edge and a precise swing. If wielded improperly, they can utterly fail a cut to the point of damaging the katana, or rebounding sloppily.

You don’t need to get into specifics, like what exact angle a cut is being made, but most diagonal cuts are around 45 degrees, upward or downward strikes. If your character is slashing down at an opponent, they’re likely performing a diagonal cut at the shoulder to the opposite hip. Always think about where you’re positioning your character during attacks to be considerate to the fact that you may be leaving them wide open, and realistically unable to block or parry an attack made at that possible opening.

Writing a swordfight should contain skirmishes, not prolonged spats. Try to pace yourself out. A style choice I make when writing a sword fight is making the descriptions more ‘fast’ and concise during the actual attacks, keeping things simple so that the sentences are read at a faster rate which gives the illusion of quicker moments, then becoming more descriptive and lengthy, ‘slowed down’ during the moments following -- to signify that contemplation, the lull that happens like a tide to shore. In and out. This, also, makes it easier to feel out your fight’s pacing.

Speaking, earlier, of Star Wars... lightsaber battles showed us the beauty of kenjutsu-inspired combat with unnecessary and often fatal twirls and spins added in. Unless your character REALLY can move themselves and their blade FAST, any time they spin themselves during combat is a perfect opening for their opponent to strike their back, their sides, and really.. just about everything. Try not to spin around like a Beyblade. Twirling a sword can be strategic in making an opponent struggle in attempt to keep track of your blade, its range, and everything in between, but it also makes your character vulnerable. The more time spent with your cool color guard spinning, the less time you have to react and move your blade in a way to defend yourself.

 Sometimes it’s the smaller strikes that matter more than the grand sweeping motions of a blade. Making your character constantly make big swings means they’re using way more energy behind each swing, and also causes momentum to work against them in some cases: the harder and bigger their swings, the longer it’ll take for their blade to come to a stop and then return to a position that can defend. 

Swordfighting is all about footing and distance. Your character should be thinking about their reach, their range, in comparison to their opponent’s. If your character is skilled with a sword, they should never be caught vibing within arm’s reach of their opponent, because that’s well within the range of the other’s sword. THE SWORD BEING AN EXTENSION IS NOT A SAYING TO BE TAKEN LIGHTLY. This sword should feel like a part of the wielder, an addition, not a blunt object to flail around with. For reference: most katana-length swords have blades that are roughly three feet long. Factor that into your character's arm span. Range is everything, distance and gap-closing is everything.

A katana’s sheath is made from wood, and therefore cannot fend off a full-force swing from an attacking sword, which is sometimes shown in popular anime / manga as something that can be done. Maybe, yes, the first swing or two, it can be used to defend against. Sometimes a saya may be reinforced with iron or steel or even tempered clay. Those aren’t as common, or will be used almost exclusively for show, and will add weight -- which should be factored into the entire katana’s heaviness when settled at your character’s side. Wooden saya may expand and contract during humid and hot days as well as in the cold, or other weather conditions. Painted saya may eventually show cracks and other wear and tear on their decorations due to this. What does your character’s sword situation look like? Are they proper and polished, or does their weapon have blemishes?

On that topic: If your character returns their sword to its scabbard without cleaning off any blood or other fluids that touched it during battle then I am personally hunting you down. Blades, supernatural or otherwise, shouldn’t be sheathed when dirty. Especially if they’ve made contact with skin or made a full cut that spilled blood. THERE’S AN ENTIRE ART OF “RETURNING THE BLADE” AFTER MAKING A CUT, it’s specific in removing anything from the blade via wiping or ‘shaking the blood’ from it. Blades can become rusted or otherwise damaged if not cleaned, and sheathing a dirtied blade means that now the scabbard is caking that shit onto your blade. Both need cleaning, now, you absolute idiot. I’m crying. For reference: a single thumb print on a blade left uncleaned for a week can begin showing signs of rust due to the oils of your skin residing unhindered on the blade.

Swords aren’t featherlight. Over time, a character who regularly wields a sword should have weathered hands due to the weight and grip of holding their katana, specifically this should roughen their palms. Katana are meant to be wielded with TWO HANDS. The dominant hand rests closer to the guard, and the non-dominant hand resides lower, near the end of the hilt. The two-handed grip must be separated, but not too drastically, to offer a driving force to your swings.

Writing a swing is simple, but describing the speeds and aim can require a little bit more: the fastest series of cuts were made using BATTOJUTSU, or iaijutsu, the art of drawing the blade swiftly, for example. Cuts that land will face resistance, primarily muscle and bone if they’re deep, and only should cleave cleanly if your character has invested the arm strength and drive to slice through a person like so. What style of swordsmanship does your character use? There are many different ones.

Standard katana move slowly in comparison to tanto and wakizashi, shorter blades. This is in part due to being wielded with two hands as opposed to the short swords being single-handed, and also in part due to the katana weighing more and taking up more space whilst swung.

A sword should be worn at the hip, on the side that is opposite of your character’s dominant hand, because that’s how it’s drawn: using your character’s non-dominant hand to grip the scabbard whilst the dominant hand draws the blade. There are various artful and skillful ways, including deadly teachings specifically about unsheathing the blade, surrounding this pivotal moment. Your character can get a little fancy here, or they can stay simple.

Typically, a character should not draw their blade unless they are prepared to kill, or to defend themselves via the act of killing a threatening enemy -- the traditional meme of samurai contemplating Many a Thing before drawing their swords dramatically, in slow-mo or suddenly with great lagging pauses is kind of a play on the fact that this is no silly little feat. Even if your character is perceived as careless, reckless, they can still fit in that moment of contemplation, of focus. Is your character respectful to this concept, or do they not give a shit? It’s considered disrespectful, dishonorable, to conceal your blade and draw it without indication of wanting to attack. 

Sometimes that moment before or during the draw is so LIGHTNING FAST, it can be easier to simply describe the sound of the draw rather than focus on writing the actual method of unsheathing a blade in your reply. NEVER FORGET SOUNDS when describing fights: breathing, the rustling of clothes, the ‘woosh’ of a blade being swung in full through the air, the scuffing, skidding, and sliding of feet across the ground. If your blade achieves your opponent, then the cutting of fabric, of skin, and even bone can be factored in. If you ever feel unsure of what to describe, visually, during a fight -- sometimes the sounds can save you.

Clashing blades, IF YOU MUST, shouldn’t ‘spark’ like sometimes shown in anime during heated moments of swords scraping against one another. These swords aren’t meant to smack into one another, they’re meant to cut, but if your character’s sword is supernatural / enhanced, then go for it. Swords should not obnoxiously and loudly clang together, they’re not heavy slabs of metal, they’re refined and folded steel meant to be narrow and thin for optimal cutting. There is some measure of recoil on impact, your character should be absorbing some of that blow whilst the blade gathers the rest. Yes, katana can wobble and bend when in combat, but they shouldn’t be excessively doing so. This isn’t fencing.

Stabbing is pretty fucking fatal. If your character gets slashed, there’s a chance the wound is relatively shallow -- yes, it’ll sting, it’ll hurt, it’ll bleed. But a stab from a katana will be a deep wound, and will most likely mean the full blade impaled you, meaning there will be an entry and an exit wound to freely bleed from. This also ups the chance that a vital has been struck.

It’s relatively uncommon to attack your opponent’s feet when in combat, but then again most swordfighting in anime isn’t standard. Not everyone plays by the rules -- does your character? Keep in mind that if your character wants to fight dirty and strike low, this may very well leave them wide open; low strikes imply your character is leaning over or crouching, with their blade lowered too, this can be a great time to strike for their head.

A decisive moment can be a single strike coming through and ending the battle, or it can be a numerous amount of smaller strikes slowly causing your opponent to tire and succumb. Don’t always assume your character can end a fight in a single strike: this takes immense strength and accuracy, most characters can and will go down swinging.

Katana aren’t small, consider this if a fight begins indoors. ASKING TO MOVE A FIGHT OUTSIDE ISN’T JUST FOR KICKS. Prepare to wreck walls, knock over furniture, and other obstacles to obstruct your katana from making wide proper strikes. Try swinging a broom in a hallway, it just doesn’t end well. Wakizashi are more suited for close-quarters and confined fighting, which is also why samurai would wear them in tandem with their main katana to avoid being vulnerable.

Katana, even when sheathed, can still be considered hindering in small spaces or when sitting. It’s commonplace to remove the stowed sword from the tie at one’s hip and place it at their non-dominant hand’s side when seated, especially if one is in the seiza position -- known as literally the ‘proper sitting’ position where one sits on their knees, their legs folded beneath them.

Just because an experienced sword-wielder is seated doesn’t mean they’re defenseless. In fact, there are many different cuts that can be made from a seated position which actually gain more power and momentum due to the added force of half-standing during the draw. Does your character do anything special to really enhance their speeds, their strikes? Gin hides his sword in his oversized clothes, particularly his sleeves, or will strike when in a noncombative stance.

IT’S COMMON TO USE CLOTHING TO OBSCURE FOOTING, in fact that’s the main function of the hakama, the flowing garment that resembles oversized pants. The skirt-like legs of the pants hide the more detailed positions of the legs, giving the appearance of stationary poses, or gliding movements, when more is going on underneath.

What steps does your character take in order to get a solid advantage in any given fight? Do they prefer upward strikes or downward, do they prefer striking left or right? Do they like getting all up in the other’s business or are they more of a touch and go type? Is this their first time not slicing at some soaked bamboo? Have they ever drawn a live sword at another person before? Think about all of these things.

There have already been several blog posts and articles on how to port an existing VR game to the Quest. So we figured what better way to celebrate Falcon Age coming to the Oculus Quest than to write another one!

So what we did was reduced the draw calls, reduced the poly counts, and removed some visual effects to lower the CPU and GPU usage allowing us to keep a constant 72 hz. Just like everyone else!

Thank you for coming to our Tech talk. See you next year!

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Okay, you probably want more than that.

Many first person shooters are plagued by a netcode artifact known as the peeker’s advantage. I propose here a technique for correcting this bug, based around normalizing gameplay in such a way that human reflexes and skill decide the outcome of competition (as opposed to network latency or artifacts of varying netcode designs, discussed shortly).

When a player in a first person shooter is moving around the game world they exist in a position on their own game client that is slightly ahead of their position on the server. This is a solution/side-effect of clientside prediction which is ubiquitously used in first person shooters giving the player instantaneous movement and controls that feel like a single player game despite controlling a character that is moving around on a remote server. 

If we were to visualize the difference between the clientside player position and the serverside player position it would look like two characters chasing each other. How far apart the two characters are depends (in descending order of usual importance) on how fast movement is in the game, the latency of the player, and the tickrate of the server. But how big are these differences in the actual games of the current era? Are the two states of characters practically overlapping? Or is one several meters behind the other? The answer -- which varies by game and by internet connection -- is that the desynchronization between these two positions is significant. Over amazing internet connections in games with slow moving characters the desynchronization is usually on the order of 1 player length. So imagine any fps game character (valorant, cs:go, apex, overwatch, fortnite, cod, etc) -- and then imagine them creeping or walking around slowly. In this scenario the desync between the two states is such that one could picture the character being followed by its clone, touching. If they move *really* slowly then they’ll be overlapping. However as the characters break into a run their clone will trail them by more -- maybe 2-8 player lengths depending how fast characters are in the game. If a player has a high latency the clone will be ever farther behind in all scenarios except holding still.

Now when a player shoots their gun in all of the above games, the game engines will calculate the shot based on where the player perceives themselves. That means that as you play the game what you see is pretty much what you get. You don’t have to manually correct for lag while aiming in modern shooters -- just aim for the head right where you see it. However this introduces the peeker’s advantage. A defender can hold a corner with their crosshair primed to shoot anything that appears, but an attacker (the peeker) who comes around that corner is ahead of their server position and thus they get to a bit of extra time to "peek” and shoot at the defender before they themselves are visible to the defender. Depending on the actual amount of lag and the game itself the defender perceives themselves as either having been shot insanely quickly right as the attacker appeared, or maybe if the lag is not as bad they perceive themselves as having gotten to trade shots with the attacker, but ultimately they lost. The attacker perceives nothing special -- they just walked around the corner and shot the defender b/c they were playing aggressively and have superior reflexes (or so they think).

How big is the actual peekers advantage? Well it varies by game, but an article put out by Riot Games about Valorant goes into detail about how much the peeker’s advantage affects gameplay, and how their engine attempts to minimize it. It’s a great read: https://technology.riotgames.com/news/peeking-valorants-netcode. But to summarize, using 128 tick servers (very fast) 35 ms of internet latency (fast) and monitor refresh rates of 60 hz (standard) they calculate an advantage of 100 milliseconds after extensive optimization. That’s fast, but is it fast enough? Well back in 2003 I used to be a competitive Counterstrike 1.6 player at around the same time that I was obtaining a psychology degree with a particular interest in human perception (reaction time, how our eyes work, perception of subluminal images that are shown very quickly). I tested the reflexes of myself and all of my teammates. Competitive gaming didn’t have the same structure back then as it does now (everything has a ladder now -- back then it was private leagues), but by modern standards we were probably top 3% ladder players or something like that. Generally speaking there isn’t much of a speed difference in the whole pool of pro-gamers, at least when compared to new players. They are all pretty fast. Response time for watching a corner and clicking as you see a player (already perfectly lined up) fall into the range of 150-190 ms. Tasks that involve moving the crosshair to react quickly (as opposed to having had perfect placement already) slow that down another 50-150 ms. But generally speaking the competition between two similarly fast players with good crosshair placement comes down to very tiny units of time with even 10 ms producing an advantage that is measurable (both Riot and I agree about this). This means that had the server allowed for a double K.O. (which these games do not) we would find that in fact both players were very good and would’ve killed the other just 20-50 milliseconds apart. Valorant and CS:GO don’t work like that however, and instead the game essentially deletes the bullets from one of the players and leaves the other alive. Unfortunately this difference in human reflexes amongst competitive gamers is entirely gobbled up by 100 ms of peeker’s advantage -- meaning that at high skill levels the peeker will very often win and the defender will very often lose. So while the Riot article celebrates the success of engineering that allowed Riot to reduce the peeker’s advantage as much as they did, if you read the fine print you’ll find that the peeker’s advantage remains huge.

I don’t mean to pick on Riot, far from it. They’ve clearly done an amazing job. The other games I mentioned earlier are presumably in the same approximate ballpark, though I can tell you from personal experience that some of them are a fair margin worse. Not all of the games I mentioned use a 128 tick server (only one does). They also have longer interpolation delays and other little engine details that slow things down further. Riot is also an insane company that literally owns/builds the internet just to reduce latency for its players -- so if we want to take away a general sense of how bad the peeker’s advantage is in most games we should assume it to be worse than the scenario described above regarding Valorant.

Now that I’ve discussed at length the peeker’s advantage, allow me to present a related netcode model that attempts to solve these problems: The Peeker’s Compromise. If we delay the time of death on the serverside by the timing difference between the attacker and the victim, then we can allow the defender an equal opportunity to shoot the attacker. The server can then determine the winner (and the remaining damage) based on the performance of the human (instead of using the ~100 ms of engine-related advantage and internet latency). So let’s use some numbers for a hypothetical situation. Let’s say our game has 128 tick server, the players have 35 ms of latency, and 60 hz screens (like the Valoran example from earlier). Right as a player peeks another player they essentially get to shoot 100.6 ms sooner than their victim. As their shots arrive at the server the server might calculate that the victim has died -- but rather than killing the player it will keep them alive for 100.6 ms PLUS their own latency, which in this scenario puts the total at 135.6 ms. If during these 135.6 milliseconds the server receives shots where the defender hits the peeker, it will enter a section of code that attempts to settle this discrepancy. First off, it is entirely possible that after compensating each shot for the difference between the players we find out that one truly was faster than the other -- the game could use this information to decide which one lives and which one dies. It also might make sense to allow damage to legitimately trade kills and to build double K.O. situation into more first person shooters.

Let’s talk about the artifacts of this new and proposed system. In low-latency games with a high tick rate this change would be subtle -- we would just have no more peeker’s advantage. As latency increases all way up to 200 ms we will have a new artifact. Instead of having a more severe peeker’s advantage we’ll end up with a scenario where it looks as if players are taking 1-3 extra bullets beyond what would normally kill them -- although if you stop shooting early they still end up dead a few milliseconds later. The Vandal in Valorant (similar to the AK in cs:go) fires 9.75 shots per second, which is one bullet per 103 ms. So in a best case scenario the player death is delayed by the time it takes to fire one extra shot at full auto, and in a worse case scenario we add 1 bullet per added ~100 ms of waiting done by the engine. It would also make sense to cut off certain shots from being counted from a laggy player (existing systems already do this in their own way).

Gameplay at lower skill levels wouldn’t really be affected one way or the other. It isn’t affected much by the peeker’s advantage either -- players have to know where to aim and thus be involved in legitimate reflex test before we’re down to something so close that milliseconds of delay have an effect. If players are oblivious to each other, or place their crosshairs incorrectly as they come around a corner then the added slow down of the human having to make a new visual-search-decision-plus-adjustment is too slow for any of this to matter. But at higher skill levels there would be some actual changes to gameplay. The most significant change is that players would be able to hold corners -- and if they’re truly faster than the peeker they would win. In such a design it really would make much more sense to allow two players who fire at essentially the same time to kill each other which if adopted would need to be addressed at a game design level. Also games that had an alternate method of very indirectly addressing peeker’s advantage, such as weapon instability during movement as a major element (arma, h1z1, pubg, tarkov, etc), would have more options, and may need to tune existing timings to get the same feeling back.

Making the ideal yoga music playlist can be a tough component of being a teacher as the yoga exercise playlist can have a considerable impact on the pace, pace, and also satisfaction of your class. Discovering the best Yogi tunes to incorporate into your yoga exercise playlist can help you create the perfect musical pairing with your course to make the songs circulation smoothly with the movements and also boost the method. Creating the excellent yoga playlist needs extra effort than simply adding tunes to a playlist.

By making the effort to analyze every one of the various elements that will certainly impact the performance of your playlist prior to developing it and by following easy steps to check just how well it is working, you can discover a basic procedure to comply with that permits you to create a motivating yoga exercise playlist that pairs well with the yoga series you will certainly be complying with in your class.

What to Take Into Consideration Before Producing a Yoga Exercise Playlist

Audience

It is necessary to consider your target market when producing a yoga exercise playlist. What kind of individuals remain in the course you are planning the playlist for? Is there a specific style of songs that you believe they will be extra responsive to? A young audience might be searching for something a lot more modern as well as upbeat than a more mature audience. Dressmaker your playlist accordingly.

Time of Day

The time of day when you teach your class must assist what kinds of music you assemble for the playlist. Trainees taking your course will likely be trying to find a various environment first point in the early morning after that they will certainly in the evening.

Class Style and Pace

Your song options ought to be controlled in large component by the class design as well as speed of the course. If you are teaching a restorative yoga exercise class, then it might be best to have a slower pace playlist that promotes a relaxing setting. If you are educating a power flow class, after that you will likely want a playlist that is various and aligns more very closely with the design and also pace of the class.

Environment

Many individuals do not consider their atmosphere when creating their yoga playlist, which can provide issues. If you are showing in a personal workshop you might develop a various playlist then if you are showing in a business gym.

Class Length

Your yoga playlist should be made to fit within the course size as well as match the various stages of your course. If you are showing a 90-minute class, as an example, you will certainly have more time to fill with numerous songs, which can enable greater liberty. If you are restricted to sixty mins, after that you will certainly need to be more selective to pare down your playlist to fit within the class length.

Mood

Another consideration to maintain in mind prior to you start compiling your playlist is what state of mind you are trying to produce and also the time of year in which you are planning to show it. Showing a course in summertime might warrant a various playlist than in wintertime. In addition, you may be aiming to cultivate a certain state of mind within your course. If that holds true, it is crucial to determine what the mood is prior to assembling your yoga exercise playlist so that you can ensure your selections are developing the sort of setting you are looking for.

Words Versus Instrumentals

Every yoga exercise trainer produces a various class environment when they teach and also different students react accordingly. Do you desire the songs you pick to have words or do you intend to consist of only crucial songs in your playlist? Some people discover words throughout exercising yoga exercise to be distracting and also advertise the mind wandering, while others locate it enables them to concentrate as well as adds to the efficiency of the playlist. Some instructors locate that a mix of critical songs as well as tracks with words is the best balance.

Song Length

When producing your yoga exercise playlist, always be diligent of the tune size you are choosing as well as see to it lines up well with for how long the presents will be held during the course and also the total class length. If a track is as well long, it can really feel like it is dragging on. Nevertheless, if your course has postures with longer holds, then switching tunes mid-pose can be disruptive.

Silence

As a yoga teacher, you will require to identify whether or not you would such as to include silence right into your course. Silence can be powerful when exercising yoga exercise as well as can provide a welcome adjustment from the music of the playlist.

With these factors to consider in mind, it is time to explore the actions of exactly how to produce a yoga playlist to ensure it is effective.

1. Beginning with Your Yoga Exercise Sequence

Before you begin producing your yoga exercise playlist, it is crucial to have your yoga sequence planned. Go through your yoga sequence and also take note of:

How numerous sections there remain in the class

The change periods in the sequence

What tempo music would certainly combine well with them

Whether you desire to incorporate any type of breaks or silence into the playlist

2. Dressmaker the Music to the Mood

As you start choosing music for your yoga exercise playlist, make sure that it fits with the state of mind you want to cultivate in the yoga class and the style as well as speed of the course. Do you want your class to be tranquil as well as corrective? Would it be much more fitting for it to be energetic and also positive? The music you pick for your course needs to complement the yoga sequence as well as foster a constant, natural mood throughout the class.

3. Select Your Music Platform

As a part of the planning procedure for your yoga exercise playlist, it is essential to establish what songs system you will utilize so that you can assemble your playlist suitably. You might be developing a playlist making use of music you have downloaded and install directly to your phone or you may be depending on a streaming service to produce your optimal yoga exercise playlist. If using a streaming solution, maintain in mind that it often needs a month-to-month subscription, usually with a little charge, to play songs without business interruptions. Additionally, some streaming services allow customers with memberships to download and install playlists that can be listened to in offline setting-- without mobile service or cordless connection.

4. Test Your Yoga Playlist

Once you have put together the songs you would love to consist of on your yoga exercise playlist in the order you would certainly like them to be played, it is vital technique your yoga series with the playlist. This will certainly allow you to see where there are breaks in the flow of the music or where the tracks selected don't foster the state of mind you are trying to find. As you experience your sequence, you can adjust as required till the songs aligns with the yoga sequence and creates a cohesive playlist that enhances the practice.

Benefits of Songs During Yoga Exercise Practice

There are many benefits to having actually songs included throughout yoga exercise practice.

Music can mask various other sounds that might be sidetracking. Depending on the atmosphere in which you are teaching, there can be a significant quantity of exterior sound that can penetrate into your classroom as well as distract from your technique. Your playlist can manage the pace, rate, as well as atmosphere cultivated within the course as well as lower external distractions.  

Music can assist lead the pace and motions of the class. Music has the capacity to promote a sense of tranquility and also well-being in individuals as well as provide a framework to move their body in a manner that mirrors the songs. If you have actually designed an efficient yoga playlist, it can aid to lead the pace of the course as well as the activities of the individuals in the course so that the whole course is moving with each other in such a way that is smooth and controlled, while likewise mirroring the music.  

Music can assist foster an efficient, calm setting. The right yoga exercise playlist can assist to produce a classroom setting that cultivates peace, peacefulness, and also concentrate throughout the yoga exercise method. The outdoors world contains stress and also duties that consider on people each and every single day. When they enter a yoga course, it is very important to attract the focus away from these elements of life and also change that concentrate to their activities, breath, and environment.

Creating an efficient yoga exercise playlist that complements your yoga sequence can be a challenging task, yet with the right preparation as well as preparation, it is feasible to create a yoga exercise playlist that enhances your practice.

A glimpse at software tools for top security and how they boost efficiency and productivity and internet security

Businesses of all types are constantly looking for ways to increase efficiency and profitability in all facets of their business— from day-to-day to cyber-health. Regardless of how you feel about personal level automation — whether you think automation is awesome or it's the harbinger of death for cyber security workers — it doesn't change the fact that technology will transform the very essence of potential cyber security jobs. That's because incorporating process management and cyber security technology into business processes is one of the easiest ways to accomplish many of the company's goals.

Nevertheless, business automation comes in all forms, that can include a range of process control and automation software for protection. So, what are those things, how do they function and how do they play into your security processes?

Just let's figure it out.

The value of Cyber Security Automation

What comes to mind when you hear the term 'information security automation’? This automated method involves balancing the field of play between cyber security professionals and cyber criminals. The goal is to reduce the number of threats by reducing vulnerabilities while ignoring known cyber threats by preventing zero-day assaults.

Let's just dig a bit further down. Cyber security monitoring also deals with the following:

Making data collection faster and more efficient.

bringing artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technologies and processes into the fold to enhance organization’s analytical capabilities.

eliminating routine, time-consuming, non-cognitive tasks to enable IT security experts to focus on higher-priority activities and responsibilities.

Many of these elements are suitable for any company. After all, growing company's aim should be to make a corporation more profitable and redeploy human resources to where it's really required. But the structures and methods also need the level of improvement.

Many company reports show that cyber security budgets are on the rise among companies and businesses Globally. IDC data shows that global spending in cyber security infrastructure is expected to reach US$103 billion this year. In addition, in the foreseeable future, the cyber security automation industry— which includes the use of AI and ML— is to expand. Indeed, a Research and Markets Study shows the AI cyber security market is expected to reach $38 billion by 2026.

Investing in cyber security technology and automation systems is critical for all businesses — especially when cyber criminals conduct ever more sophisticated cyber-attacks. Yet how much is there of a tool and solution? Check this out:

Tools and resources for automating cyber security

Examples of information management systems and cyber security frameworks include:

Robotic process automation (RPA)

Security orchestration automation and response (SOAR) and security incident and event management (SIEM)

public key infrastructure (PKI) certificate and key management

Custom software development

We will address many of the merit of each of these cyber security automation approaches and how it helps you to improve performance, maximize cyber security efficacy, reducing expenses and improve overall operating processes.

1. RPA - Robotic Process Automation

Robot process automation usually refers to the process of automating repetitive tasks by using robots— both physical and artificial, such as autonomous bots. In terms of cyber security and network automation, this typically refers to allowing automated systems to perform low-cognitive functions such as testing, tracking, and low-level event reaction. You know, collect and aggregate data, perform simple processes for danger search and recognition, and other low-cognitive tasks.

Benefits to integrating RPA into your business

There are many benefits to using RPA from the operational, dangerous and legislative standpoints. As one aspect, it allows for more effective cyber security by increasing the responsibility of manually performing repeated tasks. It also lets you eliminate the cyber security's most significant risk: human interaction. People pose the greatest risk to the electronic safety of businesses and corporations by intentional or by human error. This makes the data safer, by increasing the human aspect.

Borrowing from and building from Ernst & Young Global Limited (EY) research, there are several ways that robotics technologies may help reduce risks in cyber security:

RPA reduces vulnerability detection and response time through predictive alerts and notifications.

RPA helps with program and hardware production and acquisition, helping to identify weak danger types, and reducing safety hazards.

RPA improves security by automating the roll-out and patching updates.

RPA helps cyber security teams tackle the void in expertise.

RPA does not tire or emotionally "check out" on the job, providing 24/7/365 security services.

RPA limits involvement of IT security practitioners to encourage them to concentrate on other highly cognitive tasks.

RPA prohibits the processing of sensitive personal information by any individual interest.

In addition, RPA would also keep the company in compliance with certain regulations, such as the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) or Payment Card Data Security Standards for the Industry (PCI DSS). Automation, for example, can be used to gather data, conduct informed consent warnings, monitor data breaches, and archive all data held for client audits. Why do many people go about these tedious tasks when automated systems can do that for you?

RPA provides numerous benefits for businesses and other organizations. Therefore, no organization can rely on RPA alone for more comprehensive security operations which require higher computational and analytical capabilities. This dimension is best left to a combination of cognitive-learning programs and the intervention of human observers.

2. Security Orchestration Automation and Response and Security Incident and Event Management

Security orchestration automation and response to security orchestration is a term coined by Gartner back in 2017, It applies to a mix of approaches that maximize the resources and productivity of the security operations centre without tying down your human resources in low-level activities.

This helps simplify three key tasks related to security in information— protection orchestration, security analysis, and security response— by expanding hazard and vulnerability detection, security response, and security operations integration skills.

Which sounds very much like disaster response and event management techniques, isn't it? SOAR and SIEM are in many ways similar— after all, they both gather and use unique data from multiple sources to detect some anomalous activity. Though these two approaches stacks often operate hand in hand with Security Operations Centers (SOCs), they often differ in a few respects:

SIEM is more procedural in nature. This packed solution system requires manual responses to alerts and regular changes and improvements to identification methods, rule sets, and signatures for results, consistency and effectiveness. However, it is mainly limited to detecting known threats and is less successful in acknowledging fresh or uncertain threats.

SOAR is a bit more interesting in its use of internal and external software and it takes certain SIEM warnings and reacts to them dynamically when necessary for triage and remediation. It depends on the cognitive technology and methods that use artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to learn from emerging risks and help identify new ones.

The benefits of using SOAR and SIEM Solutions

SOAR is the use of technology to optimize the security operations and response to incidents by eliminating repetitive tasks and organizing (or "orchestrating") the structures, resources and procedures of the enterprise to their full advantage. For example, SOAR in a Security Operations Center (SOC) promotes SIEM resources by building on them and Providing added value.

Security orchestration often profits from being successful in protecting the data from fraudulent activity. The above EY research reports a "50 to 70 percent reduction in time to detect and react to a phishing attack" By using robotic systems in data gathering, updating and remediation processes.

How do you determine if the company can profit from the SOAR technologies? Is that ROI worth the contribution? To assess this, ask yourself the following questions:

Would you be constantly inundated with boring, mind-numbing and routine activities that could be carried out by automation?

Do you have ready access to actionable intelligence so you can make informed cyber security decisions?

Do your workers get warning about exhaustion? Think of doctors and nurses hearing alarms going off the whole day and not having the time or money to handle it all.

Have you identified processes which could improve the automation of cyber security?

Do you weigh the costs of the salary and benefits of the IT security workers for the approaches to network automation?

If your answer is "yes" to these questions, then you need to find any options and make big decisions. After all, other safety-related tasks contribute to automation, and others... Sure, and not that much. Please take the time to carefully examine the pros and cons of incorporating digital systems and determine the true value of each project to your business.

3. Certificate Management

The widespread use of SSL certificates and keys resulting from the requirement to encrypt Google's website has created many hazardous blind spots. One of the biggest threats to the security of websites— and the success of your business— is a lack of visibility within your network and key public infrastructure. If you are asked yourself the following questions, will you address them frankly, without even one iota of concern?

How many licenses have been given for your company, customers, and domain(s)?

Which type of Certificates have been issued?

Were all certificates issued by the same or different Authorities for Certificates (CAs)?

Who'd ask them?

How many keys are you holding in your organisation?

Where should those keys be stored?

Who has keys to these Certificates and Keys?

Can't honestly answer those questions anyhow? That is not how we thought, Okay. Which, unfortunately, isn't unusual. The existence of shadow certificates is a major responsibility that can result not only in security breaches but also in costly downtime of the website or service outages. Yeah, yes, and that also has multiple effects on the bottom line — missed sales, fines and penalties for non-compliance, and decreased consumer confidence (just to name a few). Nevertheless, analysis by the Ponemon Institute and KeyFactor indicates that unanticipated delays or outages cost companies nearly $3 million in instant loss of revenue, and an estimated average economic loss of $11.1 million.

That is wasted a lot of money for something that you didn't even know existed.But, how do you hold certificates that you don't care about when you expire? That is where cyber security and encryption technology comes into play in the context of PKI credential administration.

The advantages of Certificate Management System

Certificate Management Platforms and certificate search software help you manage more than certificates from websites. We'll help you recognize all the X.509 digital certificates that occur on the network regardless of brand, form, date of issue, or expiry date— this includes code signing certificates, application certificates, system and IoT certificates, and SSL/TLS certificates. Sectigo Certificate Manager (SCM), or what used to be known as Comodo CA Certificate Manager (CCM), is an example of such a method. The advantages of Certificate Management System Certificate Management Platforms and certificate search software help you manage more than certificates from websites. We'll help you understand all the X.509 cryptographic certificates that exist on the network regardless of brand, type, date of question, or expiry date— this involves code signing certificates, device certificates, machine and IoT certificates, and SSL/TLS certificates. Sectigo Certificate Manager (SCM), or what used to be known as Comodo CA Certificate Manager (CCM), is an example of such a method.

In contrast, certification management systems will eliminate many of the time-consuming processes involved in processing hundreds, or even thousands of credentials and keys manually. These activities include:

automated issuance, review, activation, and removal of certificates.

automatic 90-day, 60-day, and 30-day certificate expiry reminders (depending on the CA or reseller's policy and assistance you are purchasing from).

automatic report generation; and

automatic end-user self-registration development.

We don't say you this just to give you a cyber security asset, when offering a nice credential management platform happens to us. Rather, we're just attempting to drive home the point that certification control is a very true, very significant concern for every company utilizing digital certificates.

Don't you believe us anyway? Just look at some of the big headlines over the last couple of years. Expired licenses have brought down some of the biggest names in the mobile and other industries, including Ericsson, Facebook, LinkedIn and even U.S. government territories!

Do not be like these guys — hold your digital certificates still accessible by taking advantage of the automated tools nowadays available for management. After all, a CM network is far better than the fees for non-compliance, court damages and attorneys you'll probably spend when shit finally hits the fan.

4. Custom Automation Software Development

The idea of creating custom automation systems is another field that we would be hesitant to not mention at least. We understand that every sector is specific, so client specifications also differ across a variety of industries. And while some current frameworks for cyber security automation may be helpful, designing custom solutions designed to suit the specific needs of your company may be valuable to your organization. This may be something the office of internal improvement can do, but more than likely you're going to want to hand that over to a third-party service provider.

Last thoughts

Cyber security automation offers advantages in terms of saved money and allowing the IT security professionals to make the most efficient use. Although the system isn't flawless, AI ad ML offers significant cyber security benefits that overshadow many of the drawbacks of the technology. As such, it is easy to see why security automation is listed as one of our top five cyber security trends for 2019—though we expect that this will continue well beyond even 2020.