I don't know if anyone else has this habit/problem, so I thought I'd share.
Whenever I visualise a confrontation scenario, or am actually facing an opponent, I find myself automatically mentally targeting only the vital "fight stopper" targets, e.g. throat, groin, various joints, etc.
My current primary art is sports kenjutsu, so it isn't much of a problem there, since targeting critical points is actually encouraged (except the groin, the targeting of which is strongly discouraged) since our sparring equipment ("boffers") is very safe - stabs to the throat are a mere irritation.
My concern is that since I will eventually take up an unarmed art, this habit of mine may be problematic when it comes to unarmed sparring. I suppose it may be beneficial in self defense, which is what I train for, but may not be desired when it comes to unarmed sparring practice, especially if/when it goes "freestyle".
Am I worrying for nothing, since I'm not in any unarmed art yet? Should I try to "reprogram" my tendency?
Thanks for reading.
Whenever I visualise a confrontation scenario, or am actually facing an opponent, I find myself automatically mentally targeting only the vital "fight stopper" targets, e.g. throat, groin, various joints, etc.
My current primary art is sports kenjutsu, so it isn't much of a problem there, since targeting critical points is actually encouraged (except the groin, the targeting of which is strongly discouraged) since our sparring equipment ("boffers") is very safe - stabs to the throat are a mere irritation.
My concern is that since I will eventually take up an unarmed art, this habit of mine may be problematic when it comes to unarmed sparring. I suppose it may be beneficial in self defense, which is what I train for, but may not be desired when it comes to unarmed sparring practice, especially if/when it goes "freestyle".
Am I worrying for nothing, since I'm not in any unarmed art yet? Should I try to "reprogram" my tendency?
Thanks for reading.