Fighting when it comes to self-defense, isn't sparring.
Many post that I have read on forums talk about squaring off and what stance to use, if you allow the conflict to progress to this point you've lost most of your advantage.
Now I know there are some real rough boys here who this advice won't apply to.
How many of you witnessed how easily a half trained BJJ purple belt trashes a highly trained Karate black belt. The Gracies walk into a school and want to spar the instructor, he agrees, throws a have-hearted kick to their stomach to see what will happen and they take him to the ground and cause him pain and embarrassment.
What about self defense on the street, in a bar or anywhere. Someone starts making inappropriate gestures toward you, your wife or your family, are you going to spar with him?
You don't know who this person is, maybe he doesn't care if he spends the next few nights in jail, maybe he knocks everyone he fights out, wants to see if he can knock you out too.
Karate is a combat art, developed to stop, devastate, or destroy you opponent. There is a time to leave and theres a time to stop the conflict before it gets going.
Hard kicks to the knees, shins, thighs or groin, knife hands to the neck or throat, hair grabs with hammer fist to the nose, pokes to the eyes. If you have a strong reverse punch, strike the nose, throat, or solar plexus.
Don't let an ex football player with a bad attitude get a run at you, you'll probably end up a tackling dummy.
I'm not against sparring in the studio or competition, it's another tool to develop timing, focus and mental toughness, all necessary in effective self defense training . There may come a time when squaring off is the only option, someone just starts swinging at you or tries to take you down to the ground. This is where sparring in the dojo helps, you block, evade and counter with all you got and hopefully it's enough.
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You are true in what you say. Sparring does teach many good qualities which i fighter needs, but unfortunatly it can sometimes mould a fighter to only fight a certain way, which is very bad. it is always good to cross train at different dojos however so a fighter learns many ways of attacking. I have written an article about cross training which you may find interesting, MarksChat.blogspot.com/crosstraining
So true. When you face someone out in the streets there wont be a referee suddenly coming out of nowhere to make sure no one plays dirty.
Great post, thanks!
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This is something everyone needs to learn (and hopefully not the hard way). I am very fortunate to have studied 14 years at a dojo (Kenpo) where I was taught by a guy who was about 5'6" and a woman-both of whom had a firm grip on reality. We trained hard and got strong, but we also developed a keen sense of our capacity. Let's face it--I'm 5'8" tall woman with a slender build. Beyond a certain point, strength and endurance in a life-or-death situation won't be enough. I'd better know how to fight smart and not be afraid to do whatever I need to do to get out of it.
We sparred, of course, but we also spent a lot of time dealing with attacks that don't fit into the tidy little rubric of the techniques. Those of us who were smaller and/or female were often paired with much larger people to get a feel for what it's like when some 220 pound guy comes at you full-speed. Got some broken toes, sprained a few body parts, and a couple of black-eyes, but having had to work with that saved me from getting beaten up or worse on a couple of occasions.
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