point fighting

[Drunken Monkey]

and what kung fu was that then?

[crossfire]

Lau Gar

[soul fighter]

Point sparring is for little girls and boys

[Drunken Monkey]

point sparring in lau gar?

 

you mean the kick-boxing bit that is done as well or part of the actual lau gar style?

[equaninimus]

Point sparring is for little girls and boys

Comments like these are for boys with short penises unsure of their own sexuality.

[White Warlock]

Is there a 'point' to this thread anymore?

[soul fighter]

Point sparring is for little girls and boys

Comments like these are for boys with short penises unsure of their own sexuality.

 

HEY! I'M NOT THAT KINDA GUY

 

I SWEAR!!!

[unknown]

i would rather fight for a knockout...and i do fight that way because i am a full contact kickboxer. i really cannot stand point fighting....for training purposes its ok but it doesnt give a person a sense of what it feels like to actually being hit. a good kickboxer or boxer would destroy a point fighter. plus alot of point fighters who turn kickboxers have a hard time making the adjustment because of all the bad habits they get. that being said im glad i never did point fighting!

 

listen, if you wanna fight then you gotta accept the injuries that come along with it. ive been fighting full contact for quite a while now and luckily i have a good chin for it because i've been hit hard quite a few times. the trick is "LETTING YOURSELF HEAL" many people dont do that after getting injured and then they develop glass jaws.

[mushin_042]

In most traditional karate schools people fight point sparring because it's a lot safer. In the rules we train under the only gear you're required to wear is a mouthpiece, cup, and hand gear that doesn't do a whole lot to protect your opponent (who remembers the old cloth knuckle protectors). Also everything above the waist is a target except the arms this includes the neck throat kidneys etc. hitting these full contact in these targets with the amount of gear we wear would not be to much fun. Also we allow takedowns so having someone do a takedown and stomp your face into the mat (perfectly legal if you control it) would suck. As for it not being effective i've given 2 people concussions with improperly controlled techniques, my sensei has had his ribs broken (full contact to the body is generally ok with most ref's) also he accidently fractured an opponents skull with a roundhouse kick at a tournament last month and i've seen several broken noses and other similar injuries at tournaments. Can people develop bad habits from points fighting sure, but can people who are used to full contact develop bad habits, sure. Kyokushin guys get used to people not punching them in the face or throat, kickboxers arn't used to having someone grab a kick and throw them on their face. Basicaly i think there are two theories to practicing for fighting some decided it was best to restrict target areas and techniques and use more safety gear and others chose to use less gear more target areas and less contact. Different strokes i suppose...

[aes]

I see both sides to this arguement. Yes point fighting is pretty different than full contact, but then again full contact is different then street fighting.

 

IE in a street fight we might gouge out eyes, break your arm, shatter a knee, break your ear drums. Certainly removing these tactics from a full contact fight makes it different?

 

However, just touching someone in a point sparring match can score a point and it is not a fair measurement of real battle. In the tournaments I have been to you need a pretty good hit to the body to have it score though.

 

As for full contact no equipment, well call me crazy but I have a day job that needs my arms not broken etc, so I would not do full contact if this was required.