Sparring

[Eye of the Tiger]

At my kickboxing club there are only adults and its really annoying when we do sparring because I of my height due to the fact that I'm sparring against someone thats about 10 years older than me, and if your going to suggest trying to get a friend involved forget it they all want to play football ( *****s game).

 

The fact is that when they go on the offensive I cant do anything about it! I fight back but it seems useless coz lust time I just got thrown to the floor buy the number of overhwelming punches and the fact that they are punching down at me makes it very hard even to block!

 

Any suggestions?

 

THX in advance

 

 

[psychospaz]

if theyre taller than you, sidestep alot, cutting in on them, and come in really closer where they cant just destroy you at long range. I myself have the opposite problem, but some of the better guys i spar with come in close, and other things. also its easier for you to get kicks in when close than for the tall guy, since you can get under his guard.

[ckdstudent]

Surely they should be trying to match your ability, simply overwhelming you isn't going to teach you, or them anything.

 

 

[kicker]

i know what you mean i sometimes go sparring but their is only adults their and I got to fight them.

 

But some adults go easy on you and some don't so just ask if they can spar a bit easier on you. Or just try not to spar with those kinds of people

 

 

[ckdstudent]

One time I saw a smallish kid sparring with an adult on his third class. This adult was big, but to be honest his techniques needed a lot of work. The kid had been training for about a year and was going all out to actually try and hit his partner. Every technique was getting through. I pulled him aside and got him to spar with me, then did the same to him before sitting him down and explaining that by doing what he was neither he, nor his partner were learning anything, all he was doing would be destroying his confidence and self-belief. Simply overpowering someone is completely pointless.

 

 

[ZeRo]

i think that was the right thing to do ckdstudent. that way he will learn selfcontrol and the adult will learn techneque. selfcontrol is one of the most important things because if you dont control your emotions they will control you.

 

 

[ckdstudent]

The main problem is probably that no one can deny winning is more fun than losing (unfortunately our culture is geared towards this concept), so people will try to overpower people who aren't as good for them in training.

 

 

[Withers M.A.A.]

To be the best you must train with the best.... If you are training with men who are bigger and stronger than you it will only make you better. Your defense will become much stronger. It may not be as fun but in the long run you will learn more.

 

 

[Knuth]

Some more great advice from Withers.

 

You can't improve by fighting people at or under your level. Granted your ego might grow but your skills wont. Enjoy your poundings because they will get you tough and help to improve your defensive skills. Good luck.

 

 

[ckdstudent]

Neither can you improve by fighting people way above your level, you improve by fighting people you can match, but barely so that you have to push yourself each time. If you're pushing yourself and still getting slaughtered you are learning nothing.