Anonymous at Fri, 16 Feb 2024 19:21:50 UTC No. 187274
>>187272
You need to get used to the stress of a fight and being hit, If not you get scared and freeze at first real contact
Anonymous at Fri, 16 Feb 2024 19:35:31 UTC No. 187276
>>187274
A beginner yes, but pros have enough hours hard sparring and competing.
Hard sparring as a pro is just damaging yourself. Save it for the ring
Anonymous at Fri, 16 Feb 2024 20:21:15 UTC No. 187278
it's true, staying playful is the best way
important distinction, don't let being playful mean you also don't take it seriously and spar like that faggot icy mike who's a great example of how to not do it where he just throws still spinning and jumping moves from way outside and single techniques with his arms down
use it to practice your feints and twitch movements and just touch your partner up
Anonymous at Fri, 16 Feb 2024 22:04:57 UTC No. 187289
>>187274
>>187276
You don't need hard sparring to rid yourself of those reflexes. They're not taking the sparring out because, oh well we had enough, they're taking it out because they all have camps full of ATs telling them the shit just isn't efficient. You need maybe 1 day dedicated to LIGHT sparring once week if you're training to compete, and desensitization is a far off secondary goal. That time is just plain better spent in other activities that improve you much more.
Anonymous at Fri, 16 Feb 2024 22:12:40 UTC No. 187290
>>187272
Ask Sean Strickland.
Anonymous at Sun, 18 Feb 2024 06:55:11 UTC No. 187434
>>187290
Strickland is Chris Leben for the Zoomies
Anonymous at Sun, 18 Feb 2024 07:14:29 UTC No. 187437
most of those guys are total fags anyways, they do their sparring in the showers.
Anonymous at Sun, 18 Feb 2024 07:17:17 UTC No. 187438
>>187276
Problem is this video is posted by Jesse being a dipshit for clickbait as usual and not talking about niche of high level pro fighters avoiding extra damage
Anonymous at Sun, 18 Feb 2024 17:48:29 UTC No. 187484
>>187272
They could just do technique sparring rather, basically set on fixed techniques to be used and drilling these techniques, want to work on defense? have the dude whail at you at slow motion until you get good at it and increase incoming attack speed once you get into the flow and so on. This will help.
Anonymous at Sun, 18 Feb 2024 19:14:29 UTC No. 187490
>>187290
>watching Strickland spar
>then watching him in a sanctioned fight
Christ