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<blockquote data-quote="Drakmar" data-source="post: 381585" data-attributes="member: 1318"><p>Cool.. one of the things I have found interesting over the years is the different views of sparring..</p><p></p><p>when I did TKD (Moon Lee - one of the big ones in Australia - more of an "Art" than a fighting style) a few of my friends and I sparred.. and sparred hard.. almost every week one of use would walk or hobble away with an injury of some type. The most important things that the sparring did was teach me how to take a punch/kick and how to read my opponent.. and how to move fast. </p><p></p><p>then I when I did Wing Chun... there was not really sparring until the higher levels.. but.. the lower level stuff really showed me how to use attack/defend at the same time. And it showed me that I didn't have to kick anymore (I am not particularily found of kicking.. I may have had fantastic flexability when I was 17.. but now.. at 26 without doing a lot of streching, my kicking flex is way down.</p><p></p><p>More recently.. Hung Gar.. and a couple of the other Kung Fu styles that I have done.. they don't spar. no free sparing.. Mainly because most of the strikes are...dangerous and all sparring does.. it teach you not to use them.. and how to consistently miss.</p><p></p><p>That is not to say that you don't do any conditioning exercises... heck.. I would have to say that Drunken Fist/Hung Gar/Tong Long have all show me how to train in a very hardcore manner.. lots of pain.. lots of gain. just no sparring.</p><p></p><p>It all works out well for me.. cause I am more interested in the tradition and the inner power side of things.. and the health benefits..than the styles actual application to a fit.. I have never been in a "real" people get hurt fight. managed to talk or bluff my way out of all of them. My potential opponents seemed to all get nervous by the fact that I wasn't scared.. and by my calm voice.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Drakmar, post: 381585, member: 1318"] Cool.. one of the things I have found interesting over the years is the different views of sparring.. when I did TKD (Moon Lee - one of the big ones in Australia - more of an "Art" than a fighting style) a few of my friends and I sparred.. and sparred hard.. almost every week one of use would walk or hobble away with an injury of some type. The most important things that the sparring did was teach me how to take a punch/kick and how to read my opponent.. and how to move fast. then I when I did Wing Chun... there was not really sparring until the higher levels.. but.. the lower level stuff really showed me how to use attack/defend at the same time. And it showed me that I didn't have to kick anymore (I am not particularily found of kicking.. I may have had fantastic flexability when I was 17.. but now.. at 26 without doing a lot of streching, my kicking flex is way down. More recently.. Hung Gar.. and a couple of the other Kung Fu styles that I have done.. they don't spar. no free sparing.. Mainly because most of the strikes are...dangerous and all sparring does.. it teach you not to use them.. and how to consistently miss. That is not to say that you don't do any conditioning exercises... heck.. I would have to say that Drunken Fist/Hung Gar/Tong Long have all show me how to train in a very hardcore manner.. lots of pain.. lots of gain. just no sparring. It all works out well for me.. cause I am more interested in the tradition and the inner power side of things.. and the health benefits..than the styles actual application to a fit.. I have never been in a "real" people get hurt fight. managed to talk or bluff my way out of all of them. My potential opponents seemed to all get nervous by the fact that I wasn't scared.. and by my calm voice. [/QUOTE]
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