Alright, this is a video of me sparring. I'm the taller guy. The other dude's been doing this for two years longer than me, but I obviously have the reach advantage. I'd also like to mention that I wasn't always happy with the instruction at that place which is one of the reasons why today was actually the last time I've trained there. This has also been the first time I've filmed myself sparring and damn, was it necessary.
Here's the video:
Notes:
- goddammit, keep your hands up, idiot
- the way I punch looks really weird sometimes... I guess this is because I wanted to keep this rather light. Could have used better technique anyway.
- my main focus was headmovement and my guard, which absolutely sucks. I used to run away a lot in sparring when being on the receiving end of punches, which led to a very shitty guard. I tried to keep standing here more often.
Now, although I had a certain focus here, feel free to critique absolutely everything (maybe except how dumb I look with this headgear - it was also only the second time I used it so I need to get used to it more).
Oh yeah, that backhand at about 0:40 hit me pretty good and by surprise... since the other guy said he wanted to start rather slowly I wasn't expecting anything like this.
Here's the video:
Notes:
- goddammit, keep your hands up, idiot
- the way I punch looks really weird sometimes... I guess this is because I wanted to keep this rather light. Could have used better technique anyway.
- my main focus was headmovement and my guard, which absolutely sucks. I used to run away a lot in sparring when being on the receiving end of punches, which led to a very shitty guard. I tried to keep standing here more often.
Now, although I had a certain focus here, feel free to critique absolutely everything (maybe except how dumb I look with this headgear - it was also only the second time I used it so I need to get used to it more).
Oh yeah, that backhand at about 0:40 hit me pretty good and by surprise... since the other guy said he wanted to start rather slowly I wasn't expecting anything like this.