Originally Posted by
Wing Chun Dummy
i couldn't disagree more. i just made a long post to continue the argument and this website lost it in some problem so i wont repeat it all. basically though, you can't replicate the awareness of the real fight in competitive sparring. groin and eyes are the best targets. don't believe me? too bad
Just to add my little bit:
We've been down this road before. This argument, etc. Round and round we go!
You say that you can't replicate what happens in a real right with sparring. Agreed. but I ain't starting any fights anytime soon. Are you? Do you go out and start fights, put yourself out there with your life on the line to fight the "real" fight?
Sparring (light and hard) is that answer to the problem. So are the drills, the chi sau, the forms. All one complete package. Can't have WC without a little from all the categories, I believe.
Best,
Kenton
An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory. Friedrich Engels