Freesparring with Rick Day 6

I find that developing and maintaining the willingness to strike someone without drama or flair is still a time consuming activity.

I feel a clutch in my gut every time I evade or block an attack that is real and not merely demonstrated.


As for hitting:

I had a teacher who punched to hit every time he practiced. He would control the strike before it landed thus he did not run out of sparring partners.

One day, he started a backfist, was startled at that precise moment and did not control it.

He knocked his partner to the ground.

I practice striking to hit every time I train (regardless of speed).

Without prejudice