Sparring on a gym floor

[ajs1976]

For tournament sparring, do most places have mats or do you end up sparring on a hard wood basketball court a lot?

My feet didn't hurt during my match, but before and after they did.

 

[Shodan]

I'm kinda out of the sparring circuit now after injury, time off to have a baby, being older now, etc........but in the 90's when I was doing all my tournament work, every tourney I went to was on a basketball-type gym floor- both for kata and sparring.

:asian: :karate:

 

[jfarnsworth]

I agree. Mostly you are going to find tournaments on a gym floor of a high school or something. My first martial arts instructor was the only one I know of that used the wrestling mats and taped off the division rings or squares if you will. I once fought on a racquetball court. Ouch, now that tore up your feet. Learned my lesson and it only happened once.

 

[TX_BB]

All USA taekwondo tournaments are on mats. Most tournaments are going to the matted surfaces in the WTF. As far as I can see tournaments will exercise this option more and more with declining rental costs and increasing insurance costs.

 

[Gemini]

Almost all tourneys I've been to are on mats now. The last time I saw a hard wood floor was at West Point in 2001.

 

[TallAdam85]

well at most events that are not big there at high schools on basketball floors that are wood very few times i have seen matts for fighting just because it is hard to move on them but when i go to the real big events most of the time there at hotels so we spar on carpet

keep in mind these are open tournaments not just tkd