Backing Up From Strikes

[cathal]

I found myself backing up a lot when my partner threw a barrage of punches and kicks.

A sparring partner of mind used to do it all the time. Pretty much every sparring opportunity he got, he charged in like a bull swinging away like I killed his dog. In his early days it was recklessly done, and nowadays he uses it as initiative and to put you off balance. In a sense it is a good tactic to take against someone you know isn't as experienced as yourself.

Something to think about was another student who did this recklessly all of the time. He went up against one of our female students who rooted her rear leg and put up her knee, as though chambering a front snap kick, and he ran into it a few times. He learned to not just rush in.

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