Sparring

 So it has been a long time since I sparred and it was nice to reintroduce the whole body again. When in class we were asked to fight with the right leading I was happy. I already fight more with my right side and prefer it, even though I am a right handed dominant person.

  Even though fighting with the right side I was reintroduced to use more of my left side again. I was relying to heavily on my dominant side to lead the way. 

  I find I can still get great power from both sides, but I usually have my set up starting with my right.

  For that sparring day I am also glad we never really picked up the pace either, because I know I would be gassed and have a really hard time to participate if I can’t really breathe.

  For sparring I know I love kicks and the amount of applications that can be used for a sparring round. I was not able to go fully into everything I wanted to do, because I was pacing myself and trying to stay at the level of control. 

  I was trying for technique and meaningful connections. Some time I was getting hit and wondered if I would have be able to take it and counter with my own even though I was hit. I know I could for some of them for sure, but we were not trying to have a brawl.

  I have been in fights before and during those fights you do take some hits sometimes for sure, but I would connect harder with my hit for the trade off of receiving a lighter hit from my opponent.

 It really depends where the hit is going. I still prefer to not be hit, but if I know the hit incoming for said spot won’t hurt, why not take the advantage of moving myself into a spot where I can end the fight quicker. 

  I would say in all my fights I have been in I always tried to end it with zero fighting, but sometimes peoples ego gets the best of them and they think they need to risk jail time for some fictional honor they lost.

  In closing I got re introduced to using both sides of my body again and that’s a good thing.

 Thanks for reading and here are some numbers:

Acts of kindness: 450

Km: 500

Sit ups:800

Push ups: 570

Da mu hsing: 60

Drum stick form: 62

Spar: 10

Elliptical(minutes):1110

Social outings:2

Family or Friends contacted:1