stl_karateka Posted November 14, 2003 Share Posted November 14, 2003 Cliche: "Point sparring is a waste of time, it will never work on the streets." "Tournaments are a waste of time, I don't need other people to tell me how I am progressing" "Martial arts is not a sport, its a state of mind" KarateForums.com Sempai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bustr Posted November 14, 2003 Share Posted November 14, 2003 "It's not what you know but how well you know it." If that were true then ballet would be a self defense art. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kai_Hwarang Posted November 14, 2003 Share Posted November 14, 2003 "Point sparring is a waste of time, it will never work on the streets" Actually I almost find that to be 100% true...point sparring is more like "tagging" rather than fighting. It may teach you how to get in on someone, but power wise and all it's nothing but tag with pads on. -Kai "One must train the mind before the body...for the mind controls the body..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheradenine Posted November 16, 2003 Share Posted November 16, 2003 Actually I almost find that to be 100% true...point sparring is more like "tagging" rather than fighting. It may teach you how to get in on someone, but power wise and all it's nothing but tag with pads on. -Kai Funnily enough this morning we did a kinda of tag-sparring as a warm up, one had to go for the head and the other for the legs.. without having to worry about landing a good attack you learn alot from foot work and what you can get away with.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kai_Hwarang Posted November 16, 2003 Share Posted November 16, 2003 Yes...you can learn how to hit your opponent and where etc. but not so indepth that the applications will actually work. Unless of course you're a god at it I find it good for hitting the appropriate areas within a certain amount of time...but in a real fight I would never "spar" with an opponent. -Kai "One must train the mind before the body...for the mind controls the body..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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