Maestro Posted February 18, 2003 Share Posted February 18, 2003 I'm just curious, at what level does your school allow students to begin sparring, and what levels of contact do they start at and when--or do--contact levels increase? My school begins sparring immediatly, even before whitebelt testing. At first there is no contact, at whitebelt level, light contact, yellowbelt and above, either light/medium contact or nearly full contact, depending on the instructor's mood. White belts cannot aim at the face, but at yellow belt, anything goes. Might as well take my advice--I don't use it anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayur Posted February 18, 2003 Share Posted February 18, 2003 Sparring usually starts after the individual fully understands the rules and can throw basic kicks and punches compotently. The rules - Type 1 Kicks not allowed below belt except for sweeps Punches to the torso including back and sides but not to the face full contact ie full power Gloves not allowed Type 2 Same as type 1 except you have to wear gloves and punches to the face and backfists are allowed |Mayur| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KickChick Posted February 18, 2003 Share Posted February 18, 2003 Full contact sparring with full gear at gold belt level/rank. No gear sparring 'allowed' at black belt rank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karatekid1975 Posted February 18, 2003 Share Posted February 18, 2003 In my dojang, we start sparring at yellow belt. Light contact with gear. White belts "mimic" sparring with no contact or pad drills only. My second advanced class was full contact sparring (with gear). I don't know if it just happened that way, or a normal thing, though. The black belts spar full contact all the time except if they are paired with a lower rank. I don't care either way. It depends how my partner spars. If they are light, I'll spar that way. If they wanna go at it full contact, I will too Laurie F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeRo Posted February 18, 2003 Share Posted February 18, 2003 we start sparring mediam contact right from the start. with punches to the head aloud, but no kicks below the belt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niel0092 Posted February 18, 2003 Share Posted February 18, 2003 We pretty much do things the same as Laurie's school. "Jita Kyoei" Mutual Benefit and Welfare Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KickChick Posted February 18, 2003 Share Posted February 18, 2003 .....but no kicks below the belt.Well, not intentionally that is.... Let me clarify the "no gear" rule for black belts. (only in black belt only classes) although may be quite interesting in the lower belt division classes!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeRo Posted February 18, 2003 Share Posted February 18, 2003 yeah i have been given a dead leg or two during sparring and getting kicked in the leg. but unfortunatly i have also been kicked other places that happen to be under my belt line and oh yes was i quick in telling them where there kicks should be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdlegend Posted February 21, 2003 Share Posted February 21, 2003 we usually let white belts/newcomers start sparring after a week or so, and its not at full strength for a little while, until they are confident enough. usually when the student is ready -= To truly be immortal, you must be ready to face death. =- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karatekid1975 Posted February 21, 2003 Share Posted February 21, 2003 I been there Mike .... ouch. In my TSD school was the same. We started sparring at orange belt (which is the same as yellow in TKD). But it didn't go full contact till BB. I sparred a BB while I visited my old dojang (TSD) and she went light on me (since I'm a blue belt in both styles). Since I do TKD and full contact, I went at her. She had no choice to fight back Mind you, this was hardly any gear in TSD. Man, was that a rush. I loved it, because TKD we have gear, TSD we have hardly any. Great fun Laurie F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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