looks like you are used to fighting people who are significantly less skilled than you, ie. complete loosers.
This is true; most of my sparring matches are with relative beginners or new people in the clubs. I'm not sure I would try that sort of feint in a match against a fellow black-belt; but those matches are so fast that I'd need to watch video to see what sort of feint I would use.
I got him knocked down, and the other 2 got scared and stopped attacking me. You see, they were loosers.
3 or 4 years ago I saw a sort of study using statistics about n-on-1 fights which concluded that the odds were against the 1, but if they had to fight, the best approach was to single out and defeat 1 of the n others; so your anecdote would not surprise me.
(I haven't been able to refind that web page/study even though I've looked for it more than once, so if this sounds familiar to anyone, I'd appreciate a citation!)
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