In application against an adversary we can de-leverage him,
that is; to remove what leverage he has and one stratagem is to isolate him,
send him to Coventry for instance, meaning to isolate him from communication or
assistance.
In these terms it means to cut him off from his friends but it
could also be used in competition by ‘cornering’ him as in boxing or kick boxing
when we press an opponent into the corner of the boxing ring. The smaller space
affords him little room to move and therefore removes part of his army which
are his techniques. If you face an opponent who is a good kicker but not too
good at boxing you can virtually cut off his legs by trapping him in the corner
where he has no space to use them and where you can leverage your position,
having de-leveraged or isolating his weapons.
In warfare we can surround our opponents or separate one
section from their army from another destroying this force before we move onto
another section, gradually isolating and defeating the target section by
section.
In wildlife programs we can often see where lions or some other type
of predator will hunt a heard of buffalo harrying them one way and then
another, then they target a weaker individual, probably a bull calf and work to
separate it from the herd. Once they can separate it its leverage of safety
within the herd is removed and it becomes an easy target.
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