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How do I spar with this guy?
Firstly, unless you are at a competition - sparring is not a competition, or a fight
Unless you are some sort of martial arts god - you are going to get hit
I can't count the number of students who ...
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Martial Arts Forms that can be practised at home without tools
First, going with the obvious, Tai Chi is a slow flowing martial art that is generally practiced in a non-combative manner and without hard strikes. And there are free resources to learn it. There are ...
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How can I find a good instructor for my martial art to take less time to learn?
Finding a great instructor is, indeed, the quickest route to proficiency. That can't be emphasized enough. In martial arts, there's no shortage of instructors. But they can't all be good, can they? ...
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Why some people think that martial arts are useless?
Useful or useless for what?
Plain sentences like "XYZ is useless" do not make much sense since they do not specify what the use in mind is.
If your only goal is to get home without being ...
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Is short-term combo memorization a useful skill in fight competition?
I will admit to not being a boxer, but as someone who has practiced a number of martial arts, learning longer combos isn't really all that useful for fighting. Short combos make sense, because they ...
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Is my training good for martial arts?
You've only painted a snapshot, a picture in time. If this were your complete workout, I'd say it's not sustainable. You need to change your routine, and you need to add a few things.
You made no ...
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Is my training good for martial arts?
A quick disclaimer
A good workout for you may not be a good workout for others. For the other people who look here, remember that your body and training routine must push you, not break you.
I am also ...
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Is short-term combo memorization a useful skill in fight competition?
Covering a few points here, the point of the long combos that are done in classes is more so to just get you put punches together and get a feel for the way different punches work consecutively, give ...
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Is learning some form of dancing beneficial to martial artists?
Solo dancing and freestyle is still dancing but the main detractors here talk about ballroom dancing. So I'll emphasize that ballroom dancing isn't the only dance.
Have you ever done any ...
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How do I spar with this guy?
There is definitely a lot of upside to sparring fighters who are better than you, it's the same idea as if you don't challenge yourself you won't get better.
However, if you are sparring this guy and ...
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What is the best way to Spar? (radori, kumite)
This is two questions. The first question asks if light sparring / play sparring is a better way to train than heavy sparring. And the second question asks whether traditional martial arts had this ...
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Is short-term combo memorization a useful skill in fight competition?
Training longer combinations increases the variation that can be achieved within combinations.
A basic double-jab, straight right, left hook combo can be very useful, but there's only so many ways it ...
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