how good do you have to be to spar?

[Jake90]

Hey all, this is my first post so i apologise if it seems cocky but i just wanted to add my two cents.

There is always good reason for putting a begginer with a Dan grade, the first is that they almost always have far better control then anyone else in the class, so chance of you getting hurt is much much less then if he put you with a slighty more experianced white belt. It is also for the safety of those already trainig in the dojo. I'm a 4th kyu and i was put up against a white belt for a training session, in the lower grades (i.e 5th kyu and below) we practice very controlled sparring, so i was expecting a few gentle mistimed punches. What i infact recieved was a lightning fast, full power kekomi to my head, i only just got out of range and blocked in time.

As it turned out he had been a 1st kyu in goju-ryu but had quit for a year before rejoining out club, he hadn't told anybody. If he had been matched against a lower grade then the chances are he would ahve seriously hurt them/been seriously hurt in return. In conclusion, trust your teacher! He will know who he is matching you with and definatly wont want to scare you away, so relax and enjoy.

[superfighter]

after about 4 weeks of training i feel there should be a need to spar, it doesnt have to be anything advanced, just workin over the basic combo's youve been working on the pads, and working in a few counters. Its great to get a feel of what youve been learning, and this way it only encourages you to learn more. i dont feel that longer than a month is necessary, and like i said it only has to be light at first. and theres nothing better than thinking wow, so thats how that combo works, or i got caught with that, i better put my guard up next time. whilst hitting the pads is beneficial, no doubt about it, if thats all your doing your missing out

[ElbowTKO]

Hey all, this is my first post so i apologise if it seems cocky but i just wanted to add my two cents.

There is always good reason for putting a begginer with a Dan grade, the first is that they almost always have far better control then anyone else in the class, so chance of you getting hurt is much much less then if he put you with a slighty more experianced white belt. It is also for the safety of those already trainig in the dojo. I'm a 4th kyu and i was put up against a white belt for a training session, in the lower grades (i.e 5th kyu and below) we practice very controlled sparring, so i was expecting a few gentle mistimed punches. What i infact recieved was a lightning fast, full power kekomi to my head, i only just got out of range and blocked in time.

As it turned out he had been a 1st kyu in goju-ryu but had quit for a year before rejoining out club, he hadn't told anybody. If he had been matched against a lower grade then the chances are he would ahve seriously hurt them/been seriously hurt in return. In conclusion, trust your teacher! He will know who he is matching you with and definatly wont want to scare you away, so relax and enjoy.

A man should not be judged by the color of thier belt but by thier content of thier charcter

it is not always a good idea for a new person to be againts a more skilled erson though, Ever got kneed in the balls using straight knees when your suppose to do curve ones to the ribs?

[Goju_boi]

Hey all, this is my first post so i apologise if it seems cocky but i just wanted to add my two cents.

There is always good reason for putting a begginer with a Dan grade, the first is that they almost always have far better control then anyone else in the class, so chance of you getting hurt is much much less then if he put you with a slighty more experianced white belt. It is also for the safety of those already trainig in the dojo. I'm a 4th kyu and i was put up against a white belt for a training session, in the lower grades (i.e 5th kyu and below) we practice very controlled sparring, so i was expecting a few gentle mistimed punches. What i infact recieved was a lightning fast, full power kekomi to my head, i only just got out of range and blocked in time.

As it turned out he had been a 1st kyu in goju-ryu but had quit for a year before rejoining out club, he hadn't told anybody. If he had been matched against a lower grade then the chances are he would ahve seriously hurt them/been seriously hurt in return. In conclusion, trust your teacher! He will know who he is matching you with and definatly wont want to scare you away, so relax and enjoy.

A man should not be judged by the color of thier belt but by thier content of thier charcter

it is not always a good idea for a new person to be againts a more skilled erson though, Ever got kneed in the balls using straight knees when your suppose to do curve ones to the ribs?

hasn't happened to me, and I don't want it to either

[lilkarate75]

I agree. My Sensei pushes you and disciplines you a lot, but he certainly wouldn't push you that hard!

[Kajukenbopr]

i'm new to martial arts, boxing and the MMA world. i wrestled my whole life and i'm now taking some MMA classes.

in my first class the teacher to me to the side to teach me the basic punches, kicks and combinations. we also went over some general submissions.

today was the second class, and we began off by doing punch and kick combinations and then did 20 minutes of sparring.

i found myself going up against a guy that was 6 inches and 125lbs heavier than me and that is also a black belt.

i felt uncomfortable but didn't want to say anything to the teacher. do you think i'm being thrown in too fast? i mean i can barely throw a jab and straight correctly at this point with keeping a proper guard let a lone having someone stand infront of me and not only throwing punches at me but also kicks.

not really, in my school, the first sparring lessons are done "yellow belt/black belt". If you are training in Mixed Martial Arts, be ready to learn to fight- if you're worried about someone being bigger on practice, dont you think you'll get scared if you meet someone like that on the street? this is done so you start letting yourself go without tensing too much while fighting.

Besides, he might be a black belt, but if they are "teaching you" how to sparr, the black belt will go easy on you, even if he is that much bigger than you.

[Kajukenbopr]

Hey all, this is my first post so i apologise if it seems cocky but i just wanted to add my two cents.

There is always good reason for putting a begginer with a Dan grade, the first is that they almost always have far better control then anyone else in the class, so chance of you getting hurt is much much less then if he put you with a slighty more experianced white belt. It is also for the safety of those already trainig in the dojo. I'm a 4th kyu and i was put up against a white belt for a training session, in the lower grades (i.e 5th kyu and below) we practice very controlled sparring, so i was expecting a few gentle mistimed punches. What i infact recieved was a lightning fast, full power kekomi to my head, i only just got out of range and blocked in time.

As it turned out he had been a 1st kyu in goju-ryu but had quit for a year before rejoining out club, he hadn't told anybody. If he had been matched against a lower grade then the chances are he would ahve seriously hurt them/been seriously hurt in return. In conclusion, trust your teacher! He will know who he is matching you with and definatly wont want to scare you away, so relax and enjoy.

A man should not be judged by the color of thier belt but by thier content of thier charcter

it is not always a good idea for a new person to be againts a more skilled erson though, Ever got kneed in the balls using straight knees when your suppose to do curve ones to the ribs?

hasn't happened to me, and I don't want it to either

Happened to me. kneed me in the groin- thankfully I always wear a cup. it still hurt like Hell -but I took my vengeance- sweep and pound on the floor.

of course, it was sparring in self defense class, so, anything could go as long as it didnt cause permanent damage.

[Goju_boi]

lol, hasn't happepened to me, but I did get a front kick there. I didn't take vengence on the count of that was just a accident and I was wearing a cup

[Kajukenbopr]

lol, hasn't happepened to me, but I did get a front kick there. I didn't take vengence on the count of that was just a accident and I was wearing a cup

I know it must have sounded wrong to say: I took my vengeance but in reality, we are very good friends and we have a lot of fun when sparring.

[CTTKDKing]

I think it all depends on the person training. If they come in as a white belt with no prior martial training, than I think that they should wait a month or so to get some basics down. However in our school we had someone move into the neighborhood from a different area that had a year and a half of Muay Thai under his belt. He signed up for classes and Master Park let him spar right away because he had a solid backing already. He just had to adapt to our rules. He liked our school because everything is full contact like in his old school, just with WTF rules.