Anon08/10/25, 22:46No.240049
Yeah, really tragic. Honestly, unless you're intending to go am/pro, I see little to no value in hard sparring. Obviously you need some sparring just to put shit together and to get a feel for timing/distance, etc. Anyone who's pushing it as some kind of "you gotta know what it's like to get hit," bullshit is a retard. That's what amateur matches are for. If you're just a hobbyist or learning for self-defens, I would even say that just doing drills with someone on mits is good enough.