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It looked like the blue competitor was much lighter on her feet and quicker to move, while the red competitor was more flat-footed.
The rules also seemed to prohibit any type of trapping, as there were multiple time the red competitor (the one who was primarily defensive) could have grabbed the blue competitors ankle during the roundhouses. And it looked like some of the hits (both kicks and punches) landed pretty solidly, but many or even most of the hits were more for points than power.
From: Rob <robertsouth2@...>
To: baileysacademy@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, July 7, 2009 9:22:11 PM
Subject: [baileysacademy] Re: OOOPS
--- In baileysacademy@ yahoogroups. com, "nwkf" <nwkf@...> wrote:
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> Here is the link I forgot.
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> http://kskeventhall .blogspot. com/2009/ 07/ska-invitatio nal-2009. html
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Comments on Sparring,
One competitor was nearly always only defending and seemed to almost never take the aggressive position. The other competitor was relatively predictable after the first few attacks. Almost all attacks were round house kick followed by reverse punch and sometimes two punches. Its always difficult to judge without knowing the point criteria. The one defending constantly didn't seem to know how to take advantage of predictable moves, didn't use her own kicks to any advantage and never moved to the outside of the constant left round house kick. They both appeared to be to limited in the techniques they were willing to use.
I have to assume that the rules limit the competitors to no foot sweeps and no take downs. Points were likely only given for a head or abdominal punch or kick. Its hard to evaluate without knowing the rules or the experience level of the competitors.
2-cents,
Rob
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