On going 100%
What does going 100% mean? Does it mean if your partner makes a mistake, then he is severely injured? If a 250 pound guy goes 100% against a 90 pound woman, what happens? Who learns what?
If Emin goes 100% against his students then they will lose 100% of the time for a long time and be badly damaged inthe effort, protection or not. Getting hit in the head at 100% level even with protection results in brain damage.
I think 100% should be reserved for the real fight only.
How many clubs train 100%. Are any of the training clips shown on this forum 100%. If not then are they showing something useful? I think they are useful.
Is training at 75% where you only receive a broken nose and lose all your teeth more useful than lighter contact or than 100% whatever that may mean? If you do a 100% Thai roundkick to someone's knee and he is not fast enough to deal with it and just can't get the timing then is he learning something by getting bashed really hard as a punishment for being so stupid and incompetent?
Or should 100% be reserved for people of roughly equal skill to be engaged in occasionally?
Are all teachers such as Emin now ineffective fighters because they do not go 100% against people of equal or greater strength or is the maintenance mode practice against lessor beings sufficient to keep up their skills?
I think a teacher gradually gets a student to fighting level and the time period depends very much on the student. Some can fight in 6 months, some in 6 years and some never because they like peace more than war but they enjoy the art.
Victoria, British Columbia, Wing Chun