critical question

[JusticeZero]

Yeah, but when you're being full aggressive, you are also at your most vulnerable. Get angry in the roda and you've lost, period. You'll be picking yourself up and dusting yourself off in seconds, and look like an idiot to boot. Attacks get really predictable, and they're wide open full of weaknesses to exploit.

[Goju_boi]

well I guess aggresiveness is good ,but without anger in the fight.

[Adonis]

thats my point. You got the control the anger. you can be mad or have emotion in the fight but controled anger. There is a diffrence between agressiveness or assertivness and flow blown mad. Which you just end up with tunnel vision and throwing things out as apposed to being agressive and just going for it. I seen just by aggression beat more skilled opponents because they hesitated or what not. Emotion can help fuel your body and hits become harder. Just have to control the anger.

[Goju_boi]

thats my point. You got the control the anger. you can be mad or have emotion in the fight but controled anger. There is a diffrence between agressiveness or assertivness and flow blown mad. Which you just end up with tunnel vision and throwing things out as apposed to being agressive and just going for it. I seen just by aggression beat more skilled opponents because they hesitated or what not. Emotion can help fuel your body and hits become harder. Just have to control the anger.

exactly,people just have to remember that sparring is for friendly fighting and learning not for crippling your opponent

[Adonis]

Oh yeah if comes to training and not street fight, then it is fun, have fun play around you learn more relaxed then you do all wound up. Plus its more fun for you and your partner.

I am sure every one has stories of some person who seemed like a meat head or just wanted to go to hard with you and you felt the tenition and had to be on your toes or you would get hurt.

I had people like that weather they are spazzing out in Jiu-Jitsu or going nuts in sparring. I try to talk to them and tell them to calm down it isn't life or death. Training should be fun. Out there.. on the street they can go nuts with the guy but not with me.

Don't get me wrong I like intense training at times especially if your going to compete but there is a diffrence between being intense and being a spaz and going so hard you hurt your training partners consistantly. Thats no fun then.

[y2_sub]

exactly,people just have to remember that sparring is for friendly fighting and learning not for crippling your opponent

So far so good , but remember , you will learn nothing if you don't take it to the limit from time to time .

[Goju_boi]

exactly,people just have to remember that sparring is for friendly fighting and learning not for crippling your opponent

So far so good , but remember , you will learn nothing if you don't take it to the limit from time to time .

well I totally agree with your statement,but sadly in my dojo yo can't go full contact.So that means taking it to the limit is kind of limited at my dojo.

[White Warlock]

i generally instruct to look center mass, but to not fixate, as others have mentioned. This is far easier to learn than to not look at all. What i do, and what i initially instruct are actually two different things. I do not look. As noted by Musashi's words, looking beyond the person allows you to see beyond the singular confrontation and thus helps you to keep an awareness of all activities, obstacles, and opportunites, not merely those presented by your single opponent. It is not merely peripheral vision, although that is a large part.

[Goju_boi]

"looking beyond the person"

hmm,sounds good.I might try that next time I spar.

[Chris05]

so were do u make eye contact and i dont get when u say look behind the opponent