Quote Originally Posted by David Jamieson View Post
We had an evening sparring group back when I trained formally. It was no big deal. It's just sparring and yeah, sometimes guys got a little hurt.
After that happens, THEN we'd ask sifu for advice.
Later, sparring with others just became a matter of fact thing.

New learners tend to fight instead of spar and they also tend to carry a lot of ego.
That can be ironed out with repetition.
Jamieson for the win.

I try to spar all the time with my friends. Nobody gets hurt... too bad. Then again, we're adults. Like someone else posted - stay away from psychopaths.