... Comments on Sparring, One competitor was nearly always only defending and seemed to almost never take the aggressive position. The other competitor was...

Those were my impressions too. I also notice the blue competitor was definitely more aggressive and usually led with a waist-high (or occasionally higher) kick...

I think the red competitor actually was faster with her punches, unfortunately she didn't know how to position herself to take advantage of that. Had she moved...

I understand for the competitors point of view of what they were trying to do. Blue was using a basic lead leg kick that was more of a distractor to the ...

Sweeps were legal in that match???? Seriously? I agree, there were plenty of opportunities to sweep -- I assumed sweeps were illegal in that match, since...

... or have instructors that don't understand them or how to teach them, With the underlying thought that "well you cant score with a sweep." mentality. ...