We only did three very easy, light, warm up rounds before doing pad work last night so we didn't get into proper sparring and I haven't clumped her yet.

She'll normally try to charge in and unload big haymakers more in longer sessions out of excitement/frustration as time goes on just because she's trying hard and she's competitive.

She's a quick learner and I'm glad I've got her to work with because I think once we've got these little issues sorted out we'll work really well together. I'll enjoy it when we can spar consistently with a reasonable amount of tempo and controlled power without brawling.

I will have to wait until we have a normal, longer sparring session again to see what happens if I have to clump her though. We're actually good mates and I think she'll take it like a ....... a mature adult.

I'm going to refuse to do any longer sparring sessions if a coach isn't watching closely though because I don't want to be thought of as a bully if I do clump her and she doesn't realize it's self defence clumping rather than out to kill her for fun clumping.