Heya Kester,

How Hick's law fits into training and self defense is a matter of some debate. See this link for details: www.hockscqc.com/articles/hickslaw.htm

He sums up his impressions pretty well, though I would look for other pro and con reviews. The basic idea is that the more choices you have available to execute, the slower you are going to react. The problem is that this model was initially created as a study in computer responsiveness back in the 50's and from there migrated to being used for measuring human response times.

While the black and white perspective of Hick's Law is initially appealing in its simplicity, more research into the matter regarding human response times is required. Much more research and many more tests have since been performed since Hick's Law was first stated. A quick read has supports a comment made in another forum where the poster stated regarding combat:
"You do not rise to the occasion. You sink to your training." Or as my Coach always said, "God damn it Al, you do what you train to do!"

I never said I agreed to the comparison/ differences.

I simply asked what you thought of it (which you most succinctly answered).

Thanks.

Not everyone knows everything everyone else knows.

Not always at the same time anyway.

*bowing with respect*