February 18th, 2008
When You Spar, How Hard Should You Hit?
When you spar, how hard should you and your partner hit?
The short answer is – as hard as you want.
If you’re preparing for a full contact match, then at least part of
your training will need to be full contact. Most martial artist don’t
compete regularly in full contact though, and many of them don’t
compete at all. For them, sparring full contact probably isn’t what
they want to do . . . but then they miss the benefits of full contact
training.