To preempt someone is to forestall or prevent (something anticipated) by acting first. It is a mission verb used in combat to describe a situation where you attempt to launch an offensive effort before your opponent in order to seize and then maintain the initiative. You know your opponent is planning something, but you need to beat him to the punch (literally).
Everyone has a decision cycle (also referred to as an OODA loop). When you see something happening, your brain has to process it, make decisions about that event and then cause you to react to it.
In boxing, reaction is bad.
Actually in combat, reaction is bad.
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