Yung Apprentice
12-01-2002, 04:12 PM
This is if your in a class environment, and sparring medium contact, or light contact.
In sparring, it's good to use your strong points. At the same time,it's good to show restraint especially when sparring a fellow classmate. If you hit with too much power, you may hurt someone, or get them very ticked off. If your the bigger guy, sometimes you cannot gauge how strong your hitting. And if your sparring a smaller guy, you use your strength as an advantage, just as they use their speed.
Often times, in sparring, if you do something to the person your sparring, and they don't like it, they retaliate. Such as, he thinks I hit him to hard, he returns by hitting me back even harder.
Or, sometimes if your sparring someone weaker, and your showing restraint, the opponent will strike at full force or in some cases over-compensate.
So how can one use there stength as an advantage during a sparring match, yet not tick off the smaller person?
In sparring, it's good to use your strong points. At the same time,it's good to show restraint especially when sparring a fellow classmate. If you hit with too much power, you may hurt someone, or get them very ticked off. If your the bigger guy, sometimes you cannot gauge how strong your hitting. And if your sparring a smaller guy, you use your strength as an advantage, just as they use their speed.
Often times, in sparring, if you do something to the person your sparring, and they don't like it, they retaliate. Such as, he thinks I hit him to hard, he returns by hitting me back even harder.
Or, sometimes if your sparring someone weaker, and your showing restraint, the opponent will strike at full force or in some cases over-compensate.
So how can one use there stength as an advantage during a sparring match, yet not tick off the smaller person?