This is something necessary for those who want any kind of full contact career or want to fight VT or MMA.
You need to learn to take a hit.
As you can't take a groin shot, groin guards are mandatory in all kinds of competition. Other than that you need to learn the godan defences.
Similarly you can't take a proper head shot, you can't condition yourself against concussion and you certainly can't take an eye jab or throat strike. So everyone wears gumshields and, apart from the most full on matches, you wear head gear.
And you learn to defend your head.
So you need to condition the "5 points" for contact:
Abs
Forearms
Upper arms
Thighs
Shins
You condition abs by punch for punch
You condition arms by punch for punch
You condition thighs by kick for kick
You condition forearms with blocking
You condition shins with blocking
Nobody has to do this intense conditioning.
If you want to compete you MUST.
Anybody who wants to do this will do it with myself and other interested members.
It is NOT mandatory at STMA, but it is something we can offer.
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