Master vs. Master?!?

[haidongNC]

has anyone seen two masters fight? ( Sparring or out of anger)

Two 5 degrees got in a fight at one of my tang soo do tournments a long time ago.......if you are wondering my master, that is a 8th degree had to break it up and yelled at them both extremely bad...haha i was only green belt but that was such an experience for me......you guys tell me some stories...........

[ninjanurse]

I once saw a fight between a so-called "Master" and one of our 2nd degrees. It started out a as a sparring match at a tournament and ended up like a scene from the Karate Kid! Our guy was the better fighter and was winning so the "master" resorted to dirty tactics and illegal techniques to hurt him (our guy remained respectful throughout it all). What a discrace to the arts!! Needless to say, he and his school were never invited to our tournaments again.

[sk0t]

I once saw 2 masters spar (which is usually out of the ordinary when you have 2 high ranking instructors)...

It was pretty fantastic, it was husband and wife, and they were working out. I was thoroughly impressed. They were both around 5th degree at the time (this was about 6 years ago too...

[TSDMGK_K40]

It's not often that you get to see masters sparring with each other, but it does happen.

In my dojang there are about a half dozen masters in my age group (20-35) that spar regularly.

We also have kodanja sparring competition at our national tournament.

[Jay]

nobody is a master there is always room for improvement whoever yuo are

[danieldc]

i saw it constantly, but in 2004, in ETKDP tournament i saw 2 coaches in a figth, 3 mins, 2 rounds. There was a lot of flying kicks, awsome fast & furious moves,ect. They were 7-7, our yokio dominated, but the other one made a dirty move, so our yokio got inanger and pump him like a drum.

Ended 21-9

[isshinryu5toforever]

Jay being a master only means you are master instructor. There is a difference between being a master and being perfect. No one is perfect, but there are many who are very adept at training and molding students. Those people deserve the honor of being considered master instructors. As for seeing masters spar. I've seen it at a couple tournaments. It's usually hillarious to watch, because most of the bouts I've seen have been my instructor against one of his buddies. Around here they're all pretty close, so they taunt each other out of fun. It's hillarious to watch a 40 year old guy call a 43 year old guy old man.

[ps1]

I've always enjoyed watching masters of different systems spar. I'm not talking about the, "my system is better than yours" stuff. Just two highly skilled martial artists having fun.

It's so calculated. I saw a Tae Kwon Do master fight a Shotokan master (Shihan). There wasn't much to speak of as far as a score. But the absolutely amazing timing of both was awesome.

The TKD master pulled off some crazy combo of what seemed like 15 kicks while the Shotokan master was using some feirce punches. Not one of them ever made contact with the other.

I hope everyone gets to see such a sight some day.

[Shorinryu Sensei]

In my dojang there are about a half dozen masters in my age group (20-35) that spar regularly.

20-35 years old "MASTERS"??? A 20 year old hasn't "mastered walking, let alone a martial art IMHO...

[Belasko]

I've seen a few different masters spar at different seminars and camps, and as mentioned it is worth seeing. If for no other reason than just watching the calculation and maneuvering done beyond the point of simply throwing kicks and punches. I've also noticed that at that level the first to make a mistake is the one that loses.