Sparring in a Classroom Situation (Part I)
Sparring in a classroom situation (Part I)
When you spar, do you:
- Point spar?
- No contact spar?
- Touch spar?
- Light contact spar?
- medium contact spar?
- or full contact?
No matter what type of sparring you do,
the important thing is how you approach your opponent. Do you approach sparring:
- as a game of tag?
- one just trying to survive?
- as a learning experience ?
- As an instructor sharing your knowledge?
- or as a warrior determined to defeat your opponent using all your skills?
When sparring in a classroom setting, not only should you look at the type of contact -you should look at the skill level of yourself and your opponent. If you are a novice ,you may think that your main goal is to survive and you are right. Yet you should also look at all sparring as a learning experience.
As a novice your defeats today will be turned into victories tomorrow if you are willing
To:
- watch,
- learn,
- and diligently practice what you have learned.
It has been my experience that those who
Are:
- willing to do more then others (not just in martial arts, but in life)
- who have both attitude and desire
also are the people who achieve greatness.
(to be continued)
-Grandmaster John Dowdy 2010