Questions tagged [sparring]
Testing of techniques through practice with a partner or against an opponent.
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Why is more time dedicated to exercises and very less for sparring? Is it for the fee?
In some forms of Karate, sparring with a partner is done just once in three months. The rest of the time is spent in strength exercises, katas, flexibility exercises and ab crunches. I've noticed this ...
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How bad is kickboxing for your brain?
I'm not asking for medical advice, I'm just asking this out of sheer curiosity:
To me it seems that kickboxing is the best kind of workout I could get, nothing else gets me in shape quite as quickly ...
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Harnessing emotion during sparring
I find that sometimes when I'm sparring, particularly if I'm sparring someone around my own level of ability, I can get quite riled up - particularly if I take a heavy hit. This gives me a serious ...
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How to defeat a much stronger and bigger opponent?
I'm going to be undertaking a karate competition and one of my fellow club members is also attending. They are much larger, stronger and powerful. Is there any way I have the slightest chance in ...
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How do I improve my attack speed?
This question is a little different than a previous question on speed and footwork. Recently my sensei critiqued my sparring, saying my block and counter techniques are pretty strong, but I'm lacking ...
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Should I train differently to spar guys who are bigger than me?
I am a 2nd degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do. I have a few tournaments coming up and I am training in my sparring techniques. I am 12 years old with 2 national sparring championships (and on the ...
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"Warrior Gaze"? Where to look when training and fighting?
I was taught to practice what was termed the "warrior gaze" by a martial uncle. This is described as how to look when in hand to hand combat. Essentially, I was advised not to focus on any ...
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Men hitting women too hard in martial arts
I am the only woman cross training between three different schools filled with ten or so men in each. In many of my classes, if I do not fully understand a technique, they will hit me with more and ...
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How to deal with an "anti-violence" instinct during sparring?
I've been taking up Tae Kwon Do for three years, but stopped since it didn't feel right for me. So I've taken up Arnis or Eskrima instead. Been doing so for three years too.
And then I realized that ...
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traumatic experiences causing martial arts skittishness
I am kind of new to martial arts, and have only been involved for about a year. One time when my teacher was away from class for personal reasons, a boxing ranked student of his allowed me (an 18 year ...
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Balancing control and intensity in sparring
At my taekwondo school, we have several levels of sparring - non-, light-, medium-, and full-contact. We do, however, have one over-riding rule: no matter the level of contact, we always endeavour to ...
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Risk of brain damage in casual/moderate Muay Thai sparring
I have been training Muay Thai for about a year now, and am concerned about the risks I'm taking with regards to brain damage. I spar about once a week, and I really don't get hit that often or hard ...
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Overcoming fear/anxiousness and dealing with pain
I've been practicing Wing Chun (Wang Kiu lineage) for over a year now. Now problem that I find myself running into is my ingrained reactions to incoming kicks or hits. I find that I am afraid of pain ...
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Is it expected that all training stances/positions will have direct fighting applications?
Is it generally expected in martial arts systems that all training stances/positions (horse stances, front stances, drop stances, etc.) will have direct fighting applications?
Questions such as Is ...
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Mouthguard for sparring with extra special gag reflex
I've just started sparring in muay thai, and yesterday nearly had a lower tooth make a break for it (yay for permanent retainers!). I have a boil-and-bite mouth guard, but I also have the world's most ...
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BJJ sparring partner avoiding me
I have this sparring partner that always avoids me in the BJJ rolling class. He is my same grade (purple belt), and same weight. But is always avoiding me, I have confronted him before and it seems ...
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How to get a punch through opponents guard?
What is a good strategy to land a good punch on your opponent?
I have been sparring around 5 times now with a friend, and we both have problem knowing how to attack each other. We both practice ...
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Reducing brain damage in sparring
I love sparring but really worried about CTE from repeated head strikes and been thinking a lot about how to reduce risk.
I am trying to just lightly tag partners with head strikes. This is working ...
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Study on Songahm TKD sparring matches - Wide count ranges?
I regularly scan through google scholar for papers and training studies related to TKD, and I came across this study on physiological responses and other correlations in STF (Songahm TKD Federation, ...
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How does a person who just watches youtube videos to learn martial arts beat me in sparring?
I have been training in martial arts such as Taekwondo and Boxing for several months. I know a friend who just watches youtube videos to learn to fight. Even though I did my techniques correctly, I ...
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What is the primary technique of Wudang sword?
Wudang sword is famed in China and has been preserved as an extant practice since swordfighting days. But when I watch web videos on the art, I sometimes get unreliable information about what it ...
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Are injuries from Assault more Severe than those Sustained During Martial arts Practice?
When I asked my previous question regarding injury rates in martial arts practice and assault, some users pointed out (quite rightly) that it didn't take account of the severity of injuries sustained.
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