At my old school, we didn't get to go to tournaments because of the location (an island) so our sparring was a mix of reality and test of technique. Since I've been at my new school I've had to retune and it's been really tough. Points are awarded in a very rigid fashion. For instance, a punch has to fully retract and a jab will never get you any points. Keeping this in mind while someone is punching or kicking at you provides a lot of difficulties.
We did a very long warm up with plenty of movement drills, which I have come to love because it's not something I think I do well in sparring. And then it was on, but we really only had about fifteen minutes of actual time to do matches and those were fairly informal.
I sparred Reed and Mark several times and tried some old and new techniques and generally felt better about the whole thing. Although I didn't get any points on Reed I've begun to realize, with him, I don't mind about the lockouts because if I'm keeping score in my head of what's happened I know I'm getting something here and there. That makes me feel better because I know he gets the benefit of the doubt in our judging and he's that good as well.
My final match was with one of our ten year old girls. She didn't seem motivated, but no one else wanted to have a go, so I let my guard down at one point so she could give me a shot. I hope I made her day.
What it's like in class when I fight. I'm the guy on the right (not really)
I wasn't able to go to afterclass because my wife and I had a hot date before she leaves town for the week, but I have noticed in the last two days that my frustrating katas have finally started coming together! I no longer dread them because of all the stop points. I have a few, but they are rapidly disappearing. Which makes the kata go way faster.
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