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Kung Fu sparring is the best way to determine your skills as a fighter and a martial artist. The main reason you undertake the study of Kung Fu is to protect yourself when confronted with unavoidable danger. If you are not prepared after all your training then the hard work and effort is meaningless.

In order for your training to be effective it is vital to spar regularly. The sparring must be as close to real as it can be while still providing a safe place to simulate reality. Therefore the attacks and defenses must be like street fighting.

To simulate real street fighting full protection gear should be used. The protective gear should cover the lower ears, heart, kidneys, neck, eyes, shin and, obviously, groin. This gear does not need to be huge but must absorb some impact of blows because these are critical attack zones. For example, street hockey or soccer shin guards provide sufficient protection for sparring. Also boxing head gear has ear protection that absorb blows against the mandible from hook shots or elbows. These minimize the impact of a blow to that would normally devastate a training partner.

You should spar without gloves to perform open handed techniques because gloves lack sensitivity that only open hands can provide. The feeling of awareness cannot be experienced with gloves.

You must limit the power of the attacks because different people have different levels of strength. Someone who can lift 350 to 500 pounds has more strength than someone who only lifts 150 pounds. When sparring this needs to be considered and monitored.

You must always respect your training partner for you are both sparring to perfect your skills and develop timing; this is not the street and you are not fighting for your life. Respect your sifu for your teacher is your mentor and guide; sifu knows best and sees beyond just the current fight. Respect your school for this is a special place of learning; this is a place to be honored. Lastly, respect yourself and live by your code of honor; you are sparring to learn how to fight and you need to find out what works including the ability to keep your wits during a fight.

Moving around or footwork when Kung Fu sparring is to be very limited, unless your intent is to primarily work on mobility. You must stand your ground, don't dart in then out. You are sparring to learn how to use your techniques not to back up. You will never learn how to use your tools by always moving away.

Sparring is the single greatest method of learning how well you are doing. It is in the heat of battle that you find your strengths and your weaknesses, what works and what does not work and most of all, your real kung fu warrior spirit!

Michael Jakubowski, Sifu Mike, is a kung fu martial artist with over 45 years of experience. He started in Karate and that led to Kung Fu at the Phillipino Academy of Martial Arts. The Academy was taught by Dan Inosanto who was Bruce Lee's best friend and helped Bruce evolve his art. Sifu Mike was in the very first class at the Academy and you needed martial arts background for consideration.

Sifu Mike now has private classes and workshops to empower everyday people into being Kung Fu Warriors so they can Be Their Own Bodyguard and Walk Away Alive!

http://www.KungFuWarriors.com

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