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