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“Like I prepare to do a jab block or duck then when I do them I usually get pwned because I dont know what they do next.” Just return to your fighting stance and counter. “I've found that thinking my moves leaves me slower i may just be weird that way. But not thinking seems to help me the best lol.” Its best not to think about your moves and just let them become seconded nature, practice makes perfect.

Basically I like to use my front leg side kick as a boxer would use his jab. Fallow it up with a back kick then round kick. Also when someone’s coming at me I jam the fount leg side into the ribs.

I just learned that my dojo has a web site, this would have been good to know when the changed the class schedule around . Anyway here's their page on sparing strategy http://www.kreimers-karate.com/sparr.html My personal advice: take the technique you feel most comfortable with and work it in as often as you can but fallow it up.

I like how a front leg side kick lets me control the tempo so i can fallow up with a round kick or two...or three...(voted side kick for its mix of power and speed)

My current school is unaffiliated with any association(I’m going to have to go to an association school eventually so I can do tournaments thou ). We basically spar full contact, I suppose if someone were to walk in during sparing we could easily be confused for a karate school were it not for the Korean flag and the jumping and or spinning kicks(This is because our master has learned other arts as well as TKD). Any way for Olympic style it was good.

Tea Kwon Do being my strong point I suppose I could help. -Charging him would be a very bad idea; you’ll just get a nice side kick or thrusting front kick which will stop you dead in your tracks. Instead try circling in or even a stepping to or stepping behind side kick. -Get in close, on his inside, this neutralizes some of the most powerful kicks and allows you to unload punches

Whats the point of ducking under a kick that you've already blocked?

I have a few: • If someone is coming straight at you (insanely stupid but it happens) a nice swift front leg side kick is good (if spacing and timing are right you could try a thrusting back kick) • Perhaps the most common mistake I see among the lower belts is not knowing when to keep fighting and when to step back; when you’re winning the exchange stay there and keep wining if you’re losing there’s no shame in disengaging and regrouping. “When they advance we retreat when they retreat we advance”- Mao Zedong • Circle around too often people advance straight in and retreat straight out; this is just asking for a good jamming technique in the chest. If instead you circle in and circle out you reduce your chances of being hit while at the same time allowing you to attack on an angle. This is not to say, however, that if your getting your getting killed you can’t jump straight out, nor is it to say that if the opportunity arises you can’t give a fast skipping kick.

In July I’ll be testing for my senior brown belt(I’m currently a junior brown belt(my school has an odd belt system)). Any way sparing at test is very similar to class, but from what I hear our sparing is different from other schools. Sparing is like this, no contact to the spine, face, or below the belt; the lower belt sets the pace and intensity but should expect the same back; everyone in our class(red belt and up, like I said odd belt system) fights everybody. But tests also have three on one sparing in which the three are instructors and the one can do whatever he wants, this leads to some interesting UFC like fights.