Quote Originally Posted by Sharla
Anyone else think Mr 7 years is a bit too heavy handed on a first timer or am I just a bit soft? I wouldn't be a tough session on someone a little more experienced but for your very first sparring session I'm thinking he's being a bit of an A**hole!
Yep I agree, He looks more experienced at times but out of condition and out of practice .
he got angry there at one stage too and went head hunting in reply; he hates being out of condition and hates being hit by a first time sparrer who at times caught him comming in. Great job David.
You did bettter than my first attempts.
That head down stuff is hard to break the habit of when getting hit and they swamp you moving in. But watch him closely on the vid, he is open for an uppercut that you can deliver with rising full leg force from down there. Some people can use that to an advantage,hope you can to eventually or break the habit one or the other.
You have to cover your head both sides and peek up at them while wavering about below them if you do that stuff for a reason and then come up out of hell and have them when you see the opening appear just after they miss a shot.
When someones low and wavering a good fighter follows the same path that the low wavers head passes through with his fists; instead of taking straight shots at something moving sideways as this bloke does.
Its those ones who leave the openings that you can set up by being down there; but the other ones that plant themselves and follow your head path with their fists are the ones you learn fast not to go low in front of, until your feet can carry you into safe spaces while being down there in some control of things.
All things work in fighting sometimes just not all things all of the time.