sparring

[terryl965]

When and how much sparring do you do before a tournament and when do you stop,
like at my school twice a week and the week before a big tournament we do not for the fact we don't want anybody getting hurt.
So what is yours like?
Terry

 

[Gemini]

Personally, I train the same way year around. I don't "get ready" for anything. I'm always ready. I train my boys the same way. Tourney training for us is not seasonal. Most of our students, however train extra for about 2 months preceding a major tourney by taking an extra class that's offered just for that event.

 

[stickarts]

When i competed, i trained year round althugh just before a tournament I would focus more on sparring mostly people more experienced and faster than myself (mostly my teacher). My teacher was also great at playing different types of sparrers against me: sometimes he would focus on hands, sometimes feet, sometime blitz while other times play the counter fighter. It forced me to be able to adapt to different types of fighters.

 

[Miles]

We don't do full-contact sparring the week before a tournament either. We will still do hogu drills but just pare down the contact.

Miles

 

[xayvong]

At my gym, we do pretty much the same thing. mainly because we don't anyone to get hurt

 

[tkd_jen]

At our school we have what we call our "Elite Team." It is our competition team that trains for competition on the national level. The 1st session goes February-May and there is also a summer session. We practice on Saturdays (when we don't have tournaments)for 3-4 hours and we have class twice a week for an hour where we work hogu drills and some full contact sparring. Same as the rest, we take it a little easy as far as contact the week of a tournament.

 

[The MMA kid!]

thats a question

 

[LeiDren]

We generally spar twice a week, at every class, one day without gear, the other in full gear. Every now and then the master will have us wear our gear for the entire class, after which I generally boil my do-bok. We stick to light contact, or three-step sparring, for the week preceding a tourney.

 

[jvtkd]

We spar every day of the week of the tournament, but we can't hit as hard, making sure no one gets hurt, and we use complete tournament rules/procedure, to get us accustomed to it.