| Use this established procedure to learn martial arts | | | | of being hit on your head, torso, and limbs. Once you |
| training and your results will improve significantly. | | | | have progressed sufficiently, I recommend light sparring |
| You may be training at a school that provides | | | | without any protection so that you know what to |
| instruction without actual sparring or allowing students | | | | expect when you are taking hits to your body. You will |
| to practice techniques with a heavy bag, or perhaps | | | | become a better fighter when you learn these |
| your training involves self defense drilling at your local | | | | aspects of self defense instruction and training. |
| YMCA; my experience has shown me that a lot of | | | | Using books, videos, or classroom training to learn |
| people are being taught by blackbelts who know | | | | martial arts training is a commendable pursuit. But |
| everything but have not engaged in any street fighting | | | | learning to time a strike, control your speed, improve |
| whatsoever! | | | | your range of motion, and actually break a sweat |
| If this is your situation, you will want to read what I | | | | while breathing hard, is something that actual sparring |
| have to say and learn martial arts training along with | | | | will give you, so that you don't become another crime |
| the ability to apply your hard efforts and take your | | | | victim statistic. |
| training to another level. This kind of training will require | | | | Strenuous sparring will give you the ability to remain |
| you to purchase a martial arts helmet, 16-ounce | | | | calm and relaxed in the face of an attack by |
| sparring gloves, cup and mouth guards, and protection | | | | someone who applies kicks, punches, grabbing, and |
| for your feet, because you should experience the | | | | throwing in an aggressive manner. If you really want to |
| feeling of a real attack. In order to be prepared to fight | | | | hone your reflexes and maintain the mental serenity |
| in the event of a street attack, you must practice | | | | necessary to think clearly, sparring is an essential |
| sparring and continual exercises. | | | | requirement for your training. |
| You must be prepared mentally to fight effectively, | | | | Keep on with all of your hard work to learn martial arts |
| and sparring will simulate the pressures and stresses | | | | training. Your instincts will be at 100%, if you practice |
| associated with fighting a real person. You will | | | | these sparring suggestions in full protective gear. Find a |
| experience what it is like to be struck in the face, and | | | | park or other location where you will not be bothered, |
| how it feels to have the adrenaline pumping through | | | | while you experience the excitement of combat and |
| your body as an attacker aims kicks and throws | | | | develop your skills to 115% readiness in preparation for |
| punches at you. You should experience the sensations | | | | a genuine attack. |