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Vale Tudo/MMA format Sparring in Traditional Schools?

Yes these are sports blah blah blah , but they have the barest minimum of safety allowing for a wider variety of techniques than most traditional schools sport format sparring, example? well many traditional Chinese Martial Arts schools and Karate Schools that I have been to( this is just my experience, for all I know these schools could just be McDojos) use a Kickboxing sparring method , where like in a Kickboxing match as soon as the fighter start grappling they have to break which is kind of ridiculous when you consider most chinese martial arts and Karate schools have a lot of grappling technique involved in their forms and drills,so in this manner the Kickboxing sparring method doesn't help at all.

Whether or not they have any safety equipment is irrelevant but it would make sense to at least use 4 ounce MMA gloves and or a mouthpiece ,for the barest minimum of safety

Also I abhore schools that have a non-contact sparring policy, that just helps no one.

Also would you yourself bring in practitioners of other martial arts into your school and use Vale Tudo format sparring to make a point to your students about how upredicable fights really are and educate them about the diversity of martial arts and combat sports, holding a seminar with a teacher of a different discipline is one thing ,sparring with them is another

Update:

Also I'd like to point out those schools I visited had stated they were self defense oriented not competition oriented

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    9 years ago
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    Yes?

    As we have wrestlers, bjjers, army, and marine guys who train with us, our sparring is about good control.

    Not hitting the face full force( usually), and grappling and throws are allowed.

    However some of the guys have caused serious injuries via a lack of respect and control.

    This has lost us a few good students.

    I do not think it should be the rule, more the exception to hone the specific techniques used in karate.

    I.e. center line principles, affecting the body to facilitate better target acquisition, conditioning, etc.

    If you wanted to do bjj, why not just do bjj?

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