Do You Favor a Side When Sparring?

[granitemiller]

I typically favor my left side, I can kick faster with my left leg.

[hx35543]

Spar left or right. I am right handed so tend to be more comfortable on right. But I swap back and forth so as not to get used to one or the other.

[quinteros1963]

I favor my left forward, as I am right handed and prefer from the time I've spent boxing. I can fight from a south Paw stance but I use different techniques from that stance. Ultimately I'd like to be able to fight the same out of both stances. Right now I'm like tow different fighters in the different stances. I guess it can be confusing to my opponent. At any rate I'm working on it.

Always continue to train!

[white owl]

I favor my left out. I have been working south paw but I am so much slower on that side with foot work. I do like to throw side kicks from south paw.

[ryukasagi]

I only really favor a side when i'm kicking, if i want to kick i generally stand in a left stance unless i am doing a special kick my instructor taught me, i'm working on evening my kicks out though.

[sensei8]

Nope! One side's as good as the other.

[msninja]

I have favored my right side from the beginning. Injuries prompted me to develop my left side skills. My give away is my left stance usually telegraphs a spin technique. So, I am using my left side more for front stance kicks, punches etc...I am also working on developing right side spin manuvers.

[BKHowell]

I tend to favor my left 75/25. I can snap a back hand out pretty fast with my left hand. I am working on using my right more to keep my opponents off guard. I do fairly well there.

[sensei8]

Before my right knee reached the state it's in now, I didn't favor anyside. For me, one side was as good as another. Now that my right knee is old and worn and has become a weather barometer, I favor my left side forward. Shhhhhhh...don't tell everyone, sheech!

[bushido_man96]

Here's another question along the lines of this thread: if you do favor a certain side forward, is it because you want your power side back, or because you do a certain kick with the front leg, etc?

I try to kick with my front leg, sometimes defensively, but offensively to, and then work in the back leg. So, I tend to lead with my right.