Posted by: KarlHTKDSTUDENT
Advice for younger students sparring older ones - 01/31/06 10:33 PM
At the dojang I used to go to we had set days where all we did was spar. I used to go to the kids classes but becasue of the lack of focus caused by a room filled with young kids, I started going to the adult classes, and besides that sparring little kids isn't much fun . Anyway, I enjoyed the adult classes and started to spar with the adults also. I found out early on that they were able to pack a punch, especially the heavier ones. Well, I found out after a while that even though I wasn't about to equal there level in power, I was still able to beat them becasue I was able to move faster than them. I'm not saying I was able to kick faster or better than them, I'm saying I was able to evade most of their attacks and make a quick counter attack because I was younger and usually had more enrergy. So my strategy became to quickly evade an attack then make a quick counter attack then back off and keep doing this. This probably seems like common sense, but it was just something I thought of while reading some other posts, sorry if it's useless.
-Karl
-Karl