This is an outline I wrote for a sparring seminar a few years ago. In this post I will present the general outline. In further posts I can put more specific outlines for each aspect of the seminar.
Sparring Seminar General Discussion Points
Sparring Seminar General Discussion Points
- How to Practice Basics
- Basic Foot Maneuvers
- Basic Defensive Maneuvers
- Basic Offensive Maneuvers
- What's A Combination?
- Practicing Combinations
- Freestyle Combat
- Phase 1: Warm Up
- Phase 2: Drills
- Phase 3: Competitive Drills
- Phase 4: Sparring
- Phase 1: Warm Up
a. Foot maneuvers, forward and back
b. Basic blocks, checks, and defensive maneuvers in motion. Blocks from a fighting stance.
c. Basic single strikes in motion. Jab, cross, front kick, backnuckle, Inverted Horizontal Punch, Side Kick, Wheel Kick
d. Wheel Kick-Backnuckle strike-Inverted Horizontal Punch Combo
b. Basic blocks, checks, and defensive maneuvers in motion. Blocks from a fighting stance.
c. Basic single strikes in motion. Jab, cross, front kick, backnuckle, Inverted Horizontal Punch, Side Kick, Wheel Kick
d. Wheel Kick-Backnuckle strike-Inverted Horizontal Punch Combo
- Phase 2: Drills
a. Discuss the importance and practice of basics. Drills include techniques on body, basics in the air, on pads, and on partners.
b. Discuss the importance of combinations. Discuss the purpose and logical development of combinations.
c. Exchanging combinations of strikes with a compliant opponent from a fighting stance. Drills include 1 for 1, 2 for 2, and 3 for 3 striking.
d. Line Drills of basic combinations and advanced combinations advancing and retreating.
b. Discuss the importance of combinations. Discuss the purpose and logical development of combinations.
c. Exchanging combinations of strikes with a compliant opponent from a fighting stance. Drills include 1 for 1, 2 for 2, and 3 for 3 striking.
d. Line Drills of basic combinations and advanced combinations advancing and retreating.
- Phase 3: Competitive Drills
a. Freestyle Interactive. Drills include push hands, basic dodging and slipping of simple strikes, and goal oriented striking against a defending opponent, eg. targeted strikes to points on chest, head, arms, abdomen, etc.
b. Verbally Disected Sparring. Students will spar at an extremely slow pace, and are required to discuss out loud their observations with their partners. For instance, describing how they are attacking, what combinations they are using, and how their opponent is defending their attack.
c. Sparring Games. Drills include Attacker vs. Defender sparring, Super Slow Motion Sparring, Slow Speed Heavy Contact sparring, etc.
d. Sparring Challenges. Drills include one handed sparring, hand or foot only sparring, limited target sparring, etc.
b. Verbally Disected Sparring. Students will spar at an extremely slow pace, and are required to discuss out loud their observations with their partners. For instance, describing how they are attacking, what combinations they are using, and how their opponent is defending their attack.
c. Sparring Games. Drills include Attacker vs. Defender sparring, Super Slow Motion Sparring, Slow Speed Heavy Contact sparring, etc.
d. Sparring Challenges. Drills include one handed sparring, hand or foot only sparring, limited target sparring, etc.
- Phase 4: Sparring
a. Continuous Sparring. Low intensity. Increases in speed coupled with decreases in the degree of contact.
b. Point Sparring. What is the purpose? What are the rules?
c. Multiple Point and Continuous Sparring Rings. Students rotate opponents regularly, alternating between both types of sparring.
d. Continuous Sparring Blitz. Students engage in continuous sparring with their opponents, but are called to rotate to new opponents after no more than thirty seconds with each opponent, emphasizing immediate decision making and action.
-Robb. Point Sparring. What is the purpose? What are the rules?
c. Multiple Point and Continuous Sparring Rings. Students rotate opponents regularly, alternating between both types of sparring.
d. Continuous Sparring Blitz. Students engage in continuous sparring with their opponents, but are called to rotate to new opponents after no more than thirty seconds with each opponent, emphasizing immediate decision making and action.