I was in no danger. In the video he was trying to find an open in my defense as he was focused on trying to take me down. He was trying to bait me into doing something stupid and I was trying to draw him in. Had he actually tried to punch me, I would have simply kicked him under his punch with either a side kick, front snap kick with the ball of my foot, or a front heel kick. He was already wise to that tactic because I used it on some of the other people that were there.
My only real danger was a stance that low leaves that front leg open a leg sweep if he changes into a closed stance.
We looked more like a chess match than a sparring match. It's still good reference video because you can see us both trying think it out and outsmart the other person. Here's a clip that I think you'll like. My sparring partner stepped on my foot 5 times within a minute so I decided to return the favor and I stepped on his.
When stepping on the foot works example
You can see me try to use the same looping punch that you see in the picture. The only difference is that I get popped in the mouth because I was too high in my stance and lazy with the redirect. The good news is that you can see him try to move but he's totally stuck on the ground.
