----- Original Message -----
From: "william toh" <gracent@...>
To: "Dennis Chua" <hbchua@...>
Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2006 9:12 PM
Subject: Re: An idea for controlled free sparring


> Excellent food for thought. An addition to points on getting use to losing
> without mental baggage and finding out about oneself, is that the person
> hopefully do not label himself as a not/never good enough and stop there.
>
> Breaking boards today was excellent. Besides being about strength and
> technique, it is also literally about 'breaking barrier', in this case the
> invisible mental barrier.
>
> Best Regards,
> William
>
>
> on 8/26/06 2:49 PM, Dennis Chua at hbchua@... wrote:
>
>> This is called prearranged sparring.
>> Hanmudo practice that too.But the idea of actual sparring is to spar
>> until
>> one no longer thinks of winning/losing.ie to remove the ego.
>> Also get use to losing without mental baggage so that one gets up and
>> improve further rather than sulk.Also this form of sparring acts as a
>> filter
>> of rhuman character to find out about oneself.
>> So both types useful.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "william toh" <gracent@...>
>> To: "Dennis Chua" <hbchua@...>
>> Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2006 11:21 AM
>> Subject: An idea for controlled free sparring
>>
>>
>>> Hi Dr Chua,
>>>
>>> Thought of an idea for free sparring.
>>>
>>> People naturally are defensive, want to win, and afraid to lose,
>>> especially
>>> in front of others. This becomes a limitation to learning.
>>>
>>> How about removing the 'losing-winning' factor while promote close to
>>> actual
>>> technique-based sparring:
>>>
>>> Individual A throws an attack (can be any kind of hand/leg strike but
>>> only
>>> one strike). Individual B executes block and counter attack/locks/take
>>> down,
>>> etc. (can be any techniques learnt).
>>>
>>> This cycle is then reversed with Individual B attacking and Individual A
>>> defend/counter attack.
>>>
>>> This allows testing/usage of techniques in a close-to-actual situation
>>> for
>>> application, internalisation and confidence building.
>>>
>>> What do you think?
>>>
>>> Best Regards,
>>> William
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
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