Why Sparring?
Sparring is not only a very important part of the training in any system of martial arts, it is also great fun!
Learning forms and practising isolated techniques in pre-set attack defense sets is of course is how you learn the fundamental principles behind your style of kung fu, and gain in depth understanding of the mechanics involved in each technique, but when you are doing this you are training in a manner that is vey far removed from the kind of situation in which you might have to use them for street self defense to protect yourself or your family or friends. Real life is much more chaotic and messy than this kind of training can prepare you for, and sparring is the ideal way to pracxticing the application of your earlier training in a realistic situation, without the risk of getting hurt.
As I already said, it is also great fun to test yourself against your friends and get the adrenaline flowing in one on one combat. It is also good fun to watch, which is why I picked out my favourite kung fu sparring videos from youtube to feature here for you. Please vote for your favourite, and add new one to if you like!
You can also check this site out for more Kung Fu Sparring
Learning forms and practising isolated techniques in pre-set attack defense sets is of course is how you learn the fundamental principles behind your style of kung fu, and gain in depth understanding of the mechanics involved in each technique, but when you are doing this you are training in a manner that is vey far removed from the kind of situation in which you might have to use them for street self defense to protect yourself or your family or friends. Real life is much more chaotic and messy than this kind of training can prepare you for, and sparring is the ideal way to pracxticing the application of your earlier training in a realistic situation, without the risk of getting hurt.
As I already said, it is also great fun to test yourself against your friends and get the adrenaline flowing in one on one combat. It is also good fun to watch, which is why I picked out my favourite kung fu sparring videos from youtube to feature here for you. Please vote for your favourite, and add new one to if you like!
You can also check this site out for more Kung Fu Sparring
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Vote for your favourite video or you can also add your own if you know something on YouTube that you think should be here.
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The Importance of Being Strict
One of the things that I have noticed is that when kung fu students start sparing there is a very common tendency for everything they have learned to fly out the window and for them to descend into using generic kickboxing techniques. This seems to be much more of an issue than it is for other martial arts that use more basic instinctual techniques (like kickboxing itself),but if you are going to really improve your kung fu it is very important not to do this. Be strict with yourself and try to use only the techniques that you learned in your forms, sets and other training. For students who are new to sparring it is important for the shifu to be very proactive in stopping fights if the students are not using proper technique.
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- selfdefenseclique selfdefenseclique Jun 11, 2009 @ 5:28 am
- Great!
I was always searching for a great lens like this so that i can get some help to learn self defense. The above information given by you is very impressive and helpful.
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