Hello Everybody,
I have seen a few posts about some WC practitioners "sparring" with protective gear. We don't make full contact at the school I attend. Instead, if we have and opening, we will just touch the person where we could have hit.
For example, in chi sau, if we find an openning to the head, we will not execute a full punch. We would strike out and upon the point of contact, just lightly slap or tap the person to let them know that they are open.
For those that have full contact chi sau, how has it changed the way you fight? Do you become more aware of the potential threat from the opponent and therefore become more sensitive to evasion/trapping? Or has it made you become more offensive?
For those of you that do not make full contact, how do you train to get around this problem?
I feel that in a real situation, I won't be able to have the same control using full power.
Any thoughts would be helpful.