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The person who drills 90% of the time and spars 10% will pretty much always beat the reverse person. Sparring is for practicing skills under real conditions. If
by blindmute 5y ago
The person who drills 90% of the time and spars 10% will pretty much always beat the reverse person. Sparring is for practicing skills under real conditions. If you don't have those skills, there's nothing to practice in the ring other than flailing about and getting hit.
- natmaka 5y ago> The person who drills 90% of the time and spars 10% will pretty much always beat the reverse person IMO this is true for beginners, then more and more the other way around. > Sparring is for practicing skills under real conditions. If you don't have those skills, there's nothing to practice I agree, and wrote "sparring becomes more and more determinant as technical flaws become more rare".
- blindmute 5y agoKind of true, but for pros, sparring is also a drill. Normally a sparring session focuses on a specific thing they'd like to work on, because they've mastered everything they can outside of the ring. They aren't doing a full "performance" during sparring.
- natmaka 5y agoIndeed, "thematic sparring", usually focusing on some weakness or simulating an ordeal (being cornered, being unable to use an arm/leg...), and the "don't spar to win" rule are key. There is IMHO no known way "to get better at fighting without fighting".