At STMA we have 4 main kinds of sparring:
Kali - kickboxing - unarmed - Vale Tudo
each of these has 4 phases to it.
Kali:
double stix
single stick
stick and knife
knife and hand
Kickboxing:
savate
thai
kickboxing
boxing
unarmed:
karate
chi sao
randori
ground TNS
VT:
this is a mix of striking and grappling
- in the unarmed phase this blends kb and grappling with strikes on the ground
- the the armed phase this allows a stick fight to go to ground
so the 4 phases are:
kb
groundfight
stick fight
stick ground
each of these sparring phases has drills which can be isolated
eg sinawalli with double stix
thai pads for thai
etc
The next progression is iso sparring:
box - hands only
kb - kickboxing
kix - kick only
box v kb
v kix
kb v kix
add lo kix
kb
kix
box v kb
v kix
kb v kix
add knees
box w knees
kb knees
kix knees
box v box knee
v kb
v kix
box knee
v kb
v kix
kb v kix
