Wednesday, 16 September 2009

The 7 dimensions of sparring

Boxing
Kickboxing
Low kix
Thai

Randori
Newaza

Vale Tudo - MMA


In the clinch phase there are two elements:

Thai knee sparring
Judo and wrestling randori

in VT we combine both elements at this phase


In ground phase there are 3 elements:

pin
submission
striking

the first two apply to wrestling and Judo - two versions of how to win the fight.

The third applies to VT.

In MMA only hand strikes are allowed on the ground.

In VT and Street you use HKE on the ground.