Posted by: kiwi
Myths about point sparring - 11/24/03 03:10 PM
Just want to expose soe myths about ITF TKD point sparring.
No punches to the head. Perfectly legal, as long as there not to the back of the head.
Touch contact. At a senior level, absessive contact only occurs when you hit somone very hard in an illegal area e.g. In a recent fight i got called twice for this, as my opponent was running out of the corner I chased him and stuck him several times in the back of the head (don't tink much in the ring). I have seen knockouts not called obsessive contact because they were totally legal shots.
Punches don't work. I recently won a fight, and my entire strategy was to keep at bay scoring a few kciks to the head region, when he became careless I would run in and punch, until he was pushed out of the ring or knocked over. This is a very comon strategy, used by a lot of top ITF point sparrers.
anyone else want to share soem stories about tornament or expose some more isconceptions about point sparring?
[This message has been edited by kiwi (edited 11-24-2003).]
[This message has been edited by kiwi (edited 11-24-2003).]
No punches to the head. Perfectly legal, as long as there not to the back of the head.
Touch contact. At a senior level, absessive contact only occurs when you hit somone very hard in an illegal area e.g. In a recent fight i got called twice for this, as my opponent was running out of the corner I chased him and stuck him several times in the back of the head (don't tink much in the ring). I have seen knockouts not called obsessive contact because they were totally legal shots.
Punches don't work. I recently won a fight, and my entire strategy was to keep at bay scoring a few kciks to the head region, when he became careless I would run in and punch, until he was pushed out of the ring or knocked over. This is a very comon strategy, used by a lot of top ITF point sparrers.
anyone else want to share soem stories about tornament or expose some more isconceptions about point sparring?
[This message has been edited by kiwi (edited 11-24-2003).]
[This message has been edited by kiwi (edited 11-24-2003).]