You know, I actually started playing Bayman to do exactly what you recommended. My reaction based decisions are terrible. Bayman is the type of character that needs to react rather than guess.
Well, I could use this advice myself too, but you should maybe pay more attention to what your opponent is doing. As an example, you tried a standing offensive hold against a Helena in bokuho. If you would've paid more attention, you would've gone for a low OH instead. It's hard sometimes, we have a tendency as human beings of concentrating more on what WE are doing, but in a game like this, what the opponent is doing is more important. As I said, I don't excel at this myself either, but the top top players I've faced, are all very reactive and good in this area.
