In this particular instance, I saw a link to sparring clips. So I went. Like most people in the MA's I'm interested in watching people spar. One thing led to another.
I never once knocked them beyond saying they look like beginners. And they do. It DOES look like a slapfest. But that's not an insult because they'll learn, and that's exactly what I said. They're out there DOING it, which is more than I can say for many.
We call new wrestlers fish--that's what they look like, flopping around. It only becomes an insult if, after years of experience, we still call you one 
I too wish they'd remove those headgear. I'm all for open face headgear though. They do an adequate job and the experience is far more...immediate.
I would never, however, comment on the technical aspects of what they are doing, unless they were defending takedowns (just for the record, elbows to the back of the head don't cut it, most of the time). I can't offer to correct any perceived errors within a WC context, so there's no point.
Does that make any sense?
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