Bridging the gap: drills -> sparring

[Aikidoka]

I have often found that people in my kung fu club, inculding me, tend to lose their composure when sparring. The precision of the moves is lost in favour of flurries of blocks and punches. How do other kung fu students cope with this?

[GoldDragon]

Well, i try not to worry about it as much. When I lose mine I just sit back, take a breather ( mediatate for a few secs) get back on my feet and do what I have to do.

 

We have to remember sparring is only for fun not to kill the other person.

 

Take it easy, and go for the Goal

 

 

[moobrack]

I try to keep cool and look for open spaces to attack, when I can't find ay I throw a couple of jabs or kicks to throw my opponents guard off.

 

 

[Karateka_latino]

As someone in this Forum said once.. " don't try to win an sparring match, Sparring is for learning"

 

Try to keep that on mind, Test your techniques and don't be afraid to use something new, that's the whole point of School Sparring to taste your techniques without the presure of a Tournament or even worse a street fight.

 

[moobrack]

I totally agree.You will never know in the street what you are capable of unless you practise SOFTLY in the dojo/dojang.Thanx for raising that point!

 

 

[el tigerito]

Sometimes getting hit nicely will wake you up though. Being soft can only take you so far. I say some tougher sparring is necessary.

[Drunken Monkey]

wing chun guys sometimes get stuck in the chi sau mentality and forget that sometimes, you have to "lose" the hands to hit the opponent. this leads to them forgetting to go for the opening and keep the contact/stick for longer than is necessary.

 

when they concerntrate on the stick, the otherwise clear, precise, sharp movements turn into overcomplicated flowing movements and the "shock" isn't there anymore.

 

when this happens, i tend to tell them to separate and go back to some two man punch/break drills. this tends to tidy it up until their hands get tied up again...

[sano]

Well, i try not to worry about it as much. When I lose mine I just sit back, take a breather ( mediatate for a few secs) get back on my feet and do what I have to do.

 

We have to remember sparring is only for fun not to kill the other person.

 

Take it easy, and go for the Goal

 

you are just so lame. i would love to sparr you. you would have no choice but to get mad.

[stonecrusher69]

I remeber when I started in Karate many years ago.I just started training for only a few months and the instructor had me sparring>i had no idea what I was doing.I think it"s a bad idea to start sparring to early on,and you tend to develop bad habits.Sparring should'nt be used as a tool to learn to fight(as I used to think)but just a testing tool to reinforce what you already can do,and to take it a little closer to reality fighting..

[Sho-ju]

I totally agree.You will never know in the street what you are capable of unless you practise SOFTLY in the dojo/dojang.Thanx for raising that point!

 

I'm all for practise, but there comes a time in training when you have to make contact and take a punch. In the street you won't know how you will react if you take a hard shot. I'm not saying sit still and allow people to knock you out like they do in the Dilman camp, but spar hard and see what happens.