sparring via lottery

[Groinstrike]

In the health, training and fitness thread it was mentioned by Masterpain that we sparred by drawing styles.

These styles may include various types of martial arts or general fighting strategies.

For example, in the bucket which we drew from there were strategies such as ground and pound wrestler, counter-puncher, grappler, sprawl and brawl and clinch fighter.

There were also different styles of martial arts for example, karate, muay thai, Boxing, MMA and even Sumo.

We also threw in some wild cards such as "that monkey guy from bloodsport" Windmilling drunk guy, 1800's boxer, "that guy from a bad amatuer mma fight that goes for a guillotine no matter what position he is in and eventually burns his arms out and gets pummeled".

All and all it is a fun activity to break up the grind that can be training. Also it gets you comfortable fighting unorthodox styles, or even drunk morons. Also it makes you fight in a style that you may not be comfortable with.

Any ideas on how this tool could be modified or changed????

[Liver Punch]

If everyone is involved is trained to defend, a knife could be randomly tucked into the waistband. Perhaps multiple attackers could be thrown in - perhaps a "guy with a buddy" card. I think an eye patch could make things more interesting, and an Art Jimmerson card would be fun too.

[Wolfman08]

You could include things like changing your attack focus. Things like only hitting with your hands, or only with your elbows. Fight with the opposite lead you normally use or a different stance or different guard. More aggressive, less aggressive. Focus on using only your lead hand, only your back hand. Use one or strikes heavily. Close one eye, close both eyes. Focus on a specific target (only head shots, only shots to the ribs). Rooted (don't use any footwork), bounce on your toes. Don't use any blocks, just use evasion.

There's a lot of ways to develop this.

[DWx]

How about chucking in some limitations, like penalty cards? We do this at training so sometimes person A can only attack/defend with kicks (e.g. hands tied behind their back) and person B can only use hands. Or like today in training for one bout everything had to be aerial with at least a 180 turn in it Not practical but still fun and tires you out fast. Or put a hoop on the floor and one person has to keep one foot in it all the time.

[Jay]

I like the back against a wall one. Pretty damn realistic and you can also do it with multiple assailants.

[Groinstrike]

Thanks for the all the suggestions, we will definately be trying some of these out.

[bushido_man96]

You mentioned counter-puncher; how about counter-kicker? You could also require a staple move for anytime a combination is thrown; like a hook punch, or a hook kick, for example.

As for the grappling part of it, you assign different "missions" for the fighters. For instance, one draws a card that says they can only win with a choke from side mount (however practical this is; I'm not a grappler...yet), or one can only win after sweeping his opponent. Things like that to make them focus on different moves and setups, particularly ones they are uncomfortable with.

[Groinstrike]

You mentioned counter-puncher; how about counter-kicker? You could also require a staple move for anytime a combination is thrown; like a hook punch, or a hook kick, for example.

As for the grappling part of it, you assign different "missions" for the fighters. For instance, one draws a card that says they can only win with a choke from side mount (however practical this is; I'm not a grappler...yet), or one can only win after sweeping his opponent. Things like that to make them focus on different moves and setups, particularly ones they are uncomfortable with.

Great idea for grappling, thanks!!