Self-Defence Sparring

m0x1e · Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2004 9:53 am Post subject: Self-Defence Sparring

Okay guys, I know most of you hate it but sparring is spinach for the martial arts. I could try and convince you all of exactly why it's important but I'm not going to bother right now.
Could my lot please actually post up what they voted as well as casting their vote?
The rest of you, whaddaya think?

Mox
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KMcD · Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2004 9:56 am Post subject:

every single class,providing you have proper equipment, i.e. all the safeties.

Razz · Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2004 10:42 am Post subject:

perhaps not every class but as often as possible.

Estelindis · Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2004 10:44 am Post subject:

Every second class sounds good to me. It's regular enough to build improvement over time, but provides a break every two weeks, so we can use the extra time to focus on other training extras.
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Buffy · Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2004 12:26 pm Post subject:

I voted twice a month - I like sparring even though I usually end up with a busted lip and being very beaten up. But I need to practise in order to improve it, so even if it ends like that every time I do it, I'd still rather practise it than leave it by the wayside.
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saoilí · Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2004 12:33 pm Post subject:

I voted twice a month. I think that even every second week is a little too often, but once a month is too rarely. I hate sparring, so much so that it will be hard to make myself go to classes where I know it will be done (I'll manage, because I know I need it, but it will be hard) and I'd rather not go to every second class expecting that, it would really reduce my enjoyment of the club in general (that said, this may wear off once I get used to it, I can hope). Once a month doesn't sound often enough; I think that we will have forgotten the lessons we learned in the previous session by a month later and have to re-learn them every time rather than cementing them and learning more. My 1.5p (€0.02 ~= £0.015).

M@lice · Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2004 2:31 pm Post subject:

I said 3 times a month. We should leave one class in case there's anything else that should be done in more detail perhaps. But i think sparring should be integral part of our training just about every class.

crashaid · Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2004 10:51 pm Post subject:

Direct Kumite sparring under competition rules shouldn't been done every week, imho, unless you only want a class full of people who want to do kumite.

Sparring drills, free-form sparring, limited (rule based) sparring, half-speed sparring; well these are all direct tools addressing the same subject (a sneaky ways of practising bunkai, self-defense and sparring) without people getting board of repetition.

I'd persoanlly do direct kumite about one a month, and spend a whole class at it going focusing on different things: hand-work, foot-work, defense, offense, diverting guard, shifting guard etc.