Safroot Posted March 8, 2014 Author Posted March 8, 2014 Approach sparring like a friend, imho, that's what it is. For some, sparring is a scary thing, and for others, it's not.Listen carefully to your CI to work out the things that are difficult, new, and/or scary. Many styles start their students out with varies step-sparring drills before jiyu for several reasons; none will be the same.Relax, learn your footwork, move around, breath, try not to run, kiai, learn different combinations, learn transitions, etc. The more you spar, the more acclimated you'll be to it across the board. It's not going to be, are you going to get hit during sparring? It's more like, when, because contact happens in jiyu.Hang in there, and RELAX!! Spar different class mates because you'll see different things. Attack the openings, even the smallest of openings. solid post "The Martial Arts begin with a point and end in a circle." Sosai Mas Oyama founder of Kyokushin Karate.
Safroot Posted March 9, 2014 Author Posted March 9, 2014 Safroot I completely know what you mean - I felt totally lost (at my first time sparring last night) too. It was overwhelming. There is so much to think about - protecting yourself, finding an opening, trying a technique (and I'm still working on those techniques in the first place), blocking...it was too much and I couldn't do more than one at a time - obviously that doesn't work in sparring. I also felt unprepared in that I didn't understand any of the rules. One of te black belts I sparred with said you aren't supposed to hit the back. I had no idea. My reaction time is slow and my moves are slower. I felt like an elementary student in a university class. So it sounds like you are already doing much better than me! Hopefully we can look back on this thread at some point in the future and see how far we've come! For myself I don think I could do much worse! you are my best friend in this forum as we have started our journey nearly at the same time and we are very close in many things in our practice ... nice to have someone sharing with me nearly the same experiences, feelings and thoughts from the other side of the world "The Martial Arts begin with a point and end in a circle." Sosai Mas Oyama founder of Kyokushin Karate.
Canadian77 Posted March 9, 2014 Posted March 9, 2014 Safroot I completely know what you mean - I felt totally lost (at my first time sparring last night) too. It was overwhelming. There is so much to think about - protecting yourself, finding an opening, trying a technique (and I'm still working on those techniques in the first place), blocking...it was too much and I couldn't do more than one at a time - obviously that doesn't work in sparring. I also felt unprepared in that I didn't understand any of the rules. One of te black belts I sparred with said you aren't supposed to hit the back. I had no idea. My reaction time is slow and my moves are slower. I felt like an elementary student in a university class. So it sounds like you are already doing much better than me! Hopefully we can look back on this thread at some point in the future and see how far we've come! For myself I don think I could do much worse! you are my best friend in this forum as we have started our journey nearly at the same time and we are very close in many things in our practice ... nice to have someone sharing with me nearly the same experiences, feelings and thoughts from the other side of the world It IS great having someone at the same point in training. And very cool that you're on the other side of the world! I look forward to sharing more experiences.
sensei8 Posted March 9, 2014 Posted March 9, 2014 Maybe, Safroot and Canadian77 can share your journeys together via Skype. As an idea. **Proof is on the floor!!!
Canadian77 Posted March 9, 2014 Posted March 9, 2014 Approach sparring like a friend, imho, that's what it is. For some, sparring is a scary thing, and for others, it's not.Listen carefully to your CI to work out the things that are difficult, new, and/or scary. Many styles start their students out with varies step-sparring drills before jiyu for several reasons; none will be the same.Relax, learn your footwork, move around, breath, try not to run, kiai, learn different combinations, learn transitions, etc. The more you spar, the more acclimated you'll be to it across the board. It's not going to be, are you going to get hit during sparring? It's more like, when, because contact happens in jiyu.Hang in there, and RELAX!! Spar different class mates because you'll see different things. Attack the openings, even the smallest of openings. This is a very helpful post. I knew I would get inspiration here after my not so great class, and this post gives just that. Thank you!
sensei8 Posted March 9, 2014 Posted March 9, 2014 Approach sparring like a friend, imho, that's what it is. For some, sparring is a scary thing, and for others, it's not.Listen carefully to your CI to work out the things that are difficult, new, and/or scary. Many styles start their students out with varies step-sparring drills before jiyu for several reasons; none will be the same.Relax, learn your footwork, move around, breath, try not to run, kiai, learn different combinations, learn transitions, etc. The more you spar, the more acclimated you'll be to it across the board. It's not going to be, are you going to get hit during sparring? It's more like, when, because contact happens in jiyu.Hang in there, and RELAX!! Spar different class mates because you'll see different things. Attack the openings, even the smallest of openings. This is a very helpful post. I knew I would get inspiration here after my not so great class, and this post gives just that. Thank you!You're more than welcome. Plus, every post of yours that I've read, you'll be just fine. **Proof is on the floor!!!
Safroot Posted March 9, 2014 Author Posted March 9, 2014 Maybe, Safroot and Canadian77 can share your journeys together via Skype. As an idea. That's pretty good idea but the main problem will be the time zone ... Australia (2nd country see the sun) vs Canada (may be last country to see the sun) ... "The Martial Arts begin with a point and end in a circle." Sosai Mas Oyama founder of Kyokushin Karate.
Safroot Posted March 9, 2014 Author Posted March 9, 2014 Safroot I completely know what you mean - I felt totally lost (at my first time sparring last night) too. It was overwhelming. There is so much to think about - protecting yourself, finding an opening, trying a technique (and I'm still working on those techniques in the first place), blocking...it was too much and I couldn't do more than one at a time - obviously that doesn't work in sparring. I also felt unprepared in that I didn't understand any of the rules. One of te black belts I sparred with said you aren't supposed to hit the back. I had no idea. My reaction time is slow and my moves are slower. I felt like an elementary student in a university class. So it sounds like you are already doing much better than me! Hopefully we can look back on this thread at some point in the future and see how far we've come! For myself I don think I could do much worse! you are my best friend in this forum as we have started our journey nearly at the same time and we are very close in many things in our practice ... nice to have someone sharing with me nearly the same experiences, feelings and thoughts from the other side of the world It IS great having someone at the same point in training. And very cool that you're on the other side of the world! I look forward to sharing more experiences. pretty enthusiastic to do it "The Martial Arts begin with a point and end in a circle." Sosai Mas Oyama founder of Kyokushin Karate.
sensei8 Posted March 9, 2014 Posted March 9, 2014 Maybe, Safroot and Canadian77 can share your journeys together via Skype. As an idea. That's pretty good idea but the main problem will be the time zone ... Australia (2nd country see the sun) vs Canada (may be last country to see the sun) ... Some how I think you'd both work out the time zone thingy. After all, you're both MAists!! **Proof is on the floor!!!
Safroot Posted March 9, 2014 Author Posted March 9, 2014 Maybe, Safroot and Canadian77 can share your journeys together via Skype. As an idea. That's pretty good idea but the main problem will be the time zone ... Australia (2nd country see the sun) vs Canada (may be last country to see the sun) ... Some how I think you'd both work out the time zone thingy. After all, you're both MAists!! I guess we can "The Martial Arts begin with a point and end in a circle." Sosai Mas Oyama founder of Kyokushin Karate.
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