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 Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 8:01 am
I know there's already a thread out there on sparring, but any advice on how to get better at it with any kind of training or something? The martial arts place I attend only offers it for an hour once a week, and never the first week of any month. I don't have anybody I could spar against outside of there, nor would I be comfortable doing that with a random person. I'm not good enough to try some kind of a tournament, but I love it anyway, and really would like to get better at it.
Also, any suggestions for what to do when sparring? I know a few of the basics like, "Don't cross your feet," "Attack with angles," "combinations," etc., but anything other than that would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks so much!
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Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 4:05 pm
Sparring is fun and all and pretty important in martial arts, but not everything. I'd suggest , if you have the money, to get one of those chinese wooden dummies. Do alot of drills really fast. That should help, though of course they don't hit back so its not a true experience.
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Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 5:00 pm
You should start out a bit slow to get used to the mook jong ("Wing Chun" dummy) at first, then you build up speed once you got the hang of it.
Anyway, your biggest tool with solo training is your imagination and creativity. For example, if you train in a sword art (Just modify for an unarmed art) and you live near a forest or wooded area, quickly go through the trees and pretend tree branches are incoming strikes, practice your parries, blocks or strikes, etc. Or if you don't have access to a wooded area, you could set up a pole diagonally or horizontally, stand underneath or to the side as you face one of the ends, and practice your blocks, again imagining the pole as an opponent's arm or just a hostile, incoming limb in general.
One of the best drills you can do is to shadow box an imaginary opponent. Try to make it as vivid and realistic as possible. Be sure to mix it up a bit so you don't end up doing the same set of techniques in the same order.
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Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 5:21 pm
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Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 5:38 pm
She said she doesn't have (good) access to a sparring partner, but that's good too.
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Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 2:28 am
By far the best suggestion of the whole lot. If you dont spar in class as much as you'd like, speak to some other people there and see how they'd feel about getting together for a sparring session. No drill with a dummy is going to come close to practising with real people.
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Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 9:00 am
I know, which is the problem, but as I said, it's only offered an hour a week. sweatdrop
Thanks so much for the tips!
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Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 6:58 pm
darkphoenix1247 I know, which is the problem, but as I said, it's only offered an hour a week. sweatdrop Thanks so much for the tips! well.....you could start a bar fight or something, but thats not recommended. Guns tend to become a factor in those.
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Posted: Mon May 28, 2007 8:25 pm
Fallow threw. (sp) once the opponent backs up chase em, dont let em have a chance to breath or set up a plan or counter attack.
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Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 9:16 pm
But don't rush them from a way away either, or they'll back-kick you to kingdom come if they have any sense.
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Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 7:24 pm
Use both hands in combos of blocks and strikes, I've seen people only use on hand and they usually lose.
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Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 8:24 am
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Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 5:15 pm
Yes, use the force..... of your fists and legs that is.
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Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2007 2:06 am
Be strong! Say no! Lend me your car! rofl
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Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2007 8:29 pm
And NEVER leave your drink unattended!
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