does anyone else feel they are "over carefull " about sparing and end up moveing to slow?

 

 

One the hardest things to learn when sparring is not to be afraid to get hit.

 

 

Actually, my main thing is not to get hit, rather than being afraid... I copped a nice round-house to the head today, also a completely unexpected roundhouse punch from a black-belt (Same location)...

 

At least we pad up for the full contact

 

How do you Muay Thai guys spar? I'm assuming full contact, but do you wear equipment? helmet? pads? gloves? What is the go?

 

 

at the club I got to all we have are shorts and hand warpas dipped in glue and glass,

 

just kidding,

 

but seriously we wear shin gaurds and boxing gloves, no other pading. the shin gaurds are good as it alowes us to hit resonable hard with out hurting as much when you dont have tough shins this is a good thing.

 

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Ohhh Dave - you don't wear a mouthpiece or a cup?

 

Yikes!

 

 

sorry gum sheild to and a cup is optional. we dont alow groin shots or elbows/knees to the head, in training.

 

I dont have a cup yet or gum sheild, but i will soon,

 

yes it is sore as your side it a bad place to get hit and your thighs too. also kicks to the head are fair play.

 

 

I have some very predictable & simple advice - buy a cup & a mouthpiece.

 

It takes ONE misplaced kick to give you major problems. I once threw a leg kick as my sparring partner was tghrowing a high kick - I impacted hard into his "inner sanctum" - he was pasing blood for weeks & needed hospital treatment. Not good.

 

How you can spar Thai style on a reguar basis without a mouthpiece beats me - you must either be going VERY light or you have lips made from neoprene!

 

 

No, my problem is I go too hard! =)

 

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[ This Message was edited by: Bon on 2002-04-15 17:53 ]

I did kickboxing for a year without a mouth piece.

 

Control was the name of the game, if the kick was off target, we'd pull out.

 

 

well I have not been doing it that long yet since i started back but I will be getting a mouth peice today as it is only a matter of time before i lose teth, lol