Originally Posted by
David Jamieson
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.