Neutral Jing

To coin the phrase of my current favourite TV show (Appa, yep yep!!), Neutral Jing is a mental stance taken by some of the characters on the show. It was described as somewhere in the middle between positive jing (offensive) and negative jing (evasive)... One who takes the neutral jing, waits and listen to their surrounding and environment for the precise moment to attack or counter...
Even though it is a children show, I think they may be on to something here...
In Kendo, when we first started doing live practive, we were clueless and unsure what to do, thus what we should do was to attack non-stop until we figure out what the perfect distance (maai) and timing ought to be. I think it could be described as turning our positive jing into a neutral jing... The objective should enable us to see, listen and feel our surrounding, i.e our opponent and ourselves, see their movement, feel their pressure to find the precise action and precise timing we have to do to counter or balance theirs.
I am in no way mastering or preaching this thought, it's just something I figure I need to do and learn in my own life and Kendo.