Sparring Partners You Hate To Love...

[Tak]

i would advise you to , whenever you are sparring a guy, immediately go for the groin kick. no matter what he does you kick to the groin. if he punches at you. kick his groin. if he goes to kick you,,,kick his groin(taking in to account your own blocking and counter measures)

In turn, whenever you are sparring a woman, attack the chest. If she lifts her elbows, hit her left breast, if she tries to kick you, hit her right breast, if she kicks you in the groin, kick both breasts, if she bites your pressure points, bite her breasts.

I hope I succeeded in making this sound as stupid as the quoted post.

[Starchaser107]

why am i aroused?

[The Willow Sword]

I am sorry if you feel my post was "stupid". maybe you have been smashed in the nads and didnt like it. Or your version of sparring is nancy'ing around and doing things which waste time and energy. How long have you been training anyway? Me? over 16 years.

I have taught women self defense,,,Have you?
i have worked with nonprofit sexual assault recovery organizations to help counsel women as well as help to teach self defense. (real and practical self defense). my opinions are based on my experience,,,and they WORK for women.

maybe you in your wisdom would like to discuss why you feel the post is "stupid" rather than come off reading like a total fuk off,Tak.

TWS

[Becca]

Dude, calm down. Not attacking you, just making an observation. That is just not exceptable sparring ettiquette in most kwoons.

To be honest that is one of the worst things I have ever heard. If you just stand there while someone smashes their shin into your leg in a real fight it is going to make the pain of a "lifting shin block" (or whatever you want to call it) seem like a being b*tch slapped by a 4 year old.

How is working a techinque you don't like a bad idea?

becca , what about side stepping or leg takedowns?
what about kicking the attacking leg before it extends?
what about putting him on his back before he can do the same to you?

I can do those techniques, as well. But they are not very effective agains this one person when he throws a low kick. Keep in mind that he's 6'3" and I'm 5'1". He can muscle through most types of block I put up is he wants to. Also, 50% of the time he'll kick so sloppy that other blocks would fail. The knee block has the added benifit of moving me out of the ideal sweeping postion, i.e. his leg will not be behind my suport leg.

by the way, have you found yourself improving by sparring against this danny, are you able to counter his techniques now, or is it still too early in the game?

I can counter them well when I'm alert. Still fall for it once I get fatigued.

[Oso]

That is just not exceptable sparring ettiquette in most kwoons.

Becca, I'm afraid I have to say that if any target is 100% off limits in sparring than you're not getting in the best sparring you could unless your focus is sport. The only schools I've been too that ruled out groin shots are sport schools.

On the flip side, a groin shot is overated, imho. But, it is a target.

[Becca]

I never said my kwoon out-laws them. It just isn't good etiquette to go for the groin 100% of the time as was suggested I do... And it was suggested I do that. I also agree that it isn't a major target, though. A valid one if the opertunity presents itself, yes, but just not something I put any emfises on.

I see no point in studying kunf fu if all I want to do is go for a grion shot.

[Meat Shake]

"bite her breasts."

That usually lands me in bed. (or with a bite mark on my nuts... Eye for an eye my friend....)

[Oso]

becca, cool, I missed/forgot about the '100% of the time' bit.

yea, there's actually this place, on both men and women, right underneath that's a much better target.

[Becca]

... Or a double spear to the armpits.