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Originally posted by Antagony
We're "full-contact" in that any area is a legal target, but we're required to pull our punches and kicks.
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What is full contact with a pulled punch or kick? Is it full contact with forearm, shin, elbow, shoulder, wrist, fingers, etc? Seriously I don't understand.
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Originally posted by Kyo
Few people hit hard enough with sufficient accuracy to break a rib or dislocate a shoulder - and those that can are usually good enough to know when to pull their punches.
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My opinion is that people learning to hit others and cause harm should be able to hit hard enough to break ribs. If they can't cause that type of damage from a strike, they should be spending a majority of their time improving their strikes.
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Originally posted by lady
Enjoyed sparring until some dumb chick didn't pull an axe-kick during light sparring in class.
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If you teach some body to bake a cake, you'll have to break an egg. If you teach somebody to fight, there'll eventually be an injury like a broken nose.