Sparring Situation: What would you do?

[EarthElement]

Ok say your in this situation (while sparring):

Youring sparring someone who is very good at punching and kicking, but is really good at kicking. Say your get into just about outside kicking range and you rush him and he side kicks or front kicks directly into your stomach. (Kind of like bruce lee in enter the dragon where the guy rushs him and he just kicks him outright) When this happened to me, it was karate point sparring, i was sparring a brown belt (when i was yellow) and he knocked the wind out of me. Now what would you do (or what does your style teach you to do) or what would have you done differently?

I find it a very annoying move.

Thanks for your replys.

[zudo]

You should never really rush people if their so much better than you, better yet move to the side and enter then move back, the sooner you can understand to not fight linear, the better.

[Sohan]

Ask this question in the strategy section and you may get a better response.

Work on stepping to the outside of his front kick, or try to smother and redirect his roundhouse. Rushing headlong at someone well-trained in MA is suicide.

Respectfully,

Sohan

[Son Goku the monkeyking]

You should never really rush people if their so much better than you, better yet move to the side and enter then move back, the sooner you can understand to not fight linear, the better.

i agree

[bushido_man96]

If you know he likes that kick, you should try to bait him into throwing it. Act like you are going to charge him, or whatever it is you do that draws the kick, and then when he throws it, you will be ready. You can then block it away, side step, or set up some counter.

[TigerDude]

I would think that a brown belt would be able to do almost anything he or she wanted to a yellow belt. It's total experience, versus jsut moves.

[lordtariel]

If he's better at one thing, do the opposite. Don't get into a kicking fight with someone who really knows how to kick, don't grapple with a grappler, fight in the way that they are weakest. If his kick isn't fast enough, come in at a diagonal, catch the kicking leg and sweep the other leg. Remember though, you're a yellow belt, he's a brown belt, you're not expected to be able to work him all that much. Keep working on blocks, sidesteps and redirections. You'll get there.

[UseoForce]

Depends what rules you have when you spar. In my class, I'd grab the leg and take my opponent down, then work from there.

It is hard to throw side and front kicks consistently without having them grabbed. That's why you don't see them in MMA very often.

[Menjo]

It is hard to throw side and front kicks consistently without having them grabbed. That's why you don't see them in MMA very often.

If trained properly, this shouldn't even be a problem. Getting your leg grabbed means you didn't properly execute your kick. Guess what thats means...train harder or train more.

The reason why you dont see these kicks often in MMA is because of he way they train, I'm not saying its wrong. But the way they kick gets power in, but it also leaves alot of room for getting their leg grabbed.

[UseoForce]

It is hard to throw side and front kicks consistently without having them grabbed. That's why you don't see them in MMA very often.

If trained properly, this shouldn't even be a problem. Getting your leg grabbed means you didn't properly execute your kick. Guess what thats means...train harder or train more.

The reason why you dont see these kicks often in MMA is because of he way they train, I'm not saying its wrong. But the way they kick gets power in, but it also leaves alot of room for getting their leg grabbed.

You make it sound like throwing a powerful kick is a bad thing. If I can't throw it full blast, why would I use the kick at all?