sparring

[Gaius Julius Caesar]

Hey pal, good to see you here!

Guro Dan Inosanto mentions, in his book on FMA, that Guro Leo Giron was a big advocate of this sort of environmental training. I couldn't agree more that it's important. Like to do more of it myself.


Stuart

Come on down.

 

[Aiki Lee]

First of all that's a really fun drill to do with advance students. Not too sure on the practicality of it though. From my experience (especially with knives) they don't come out until somone is losing. That's when the person getting beaten pulls the knife. We do drills that use this concept. Sometimes you know it is a possiblity sometimes it is a complete surprise. The only time I can see the standoff with a weapon happening is in a mugging situation. Even then it is usually when they have ambushed the victim. It never looks like "sparring." At least not in the USA.

Just my 2 cents. Feel free to differ.

I think this is an excellent observation that is often overlooked by many students. I know for a fact that I should practice this type of situation more often.