If you go into sparring without having a wide knowledge of what you should and shoulden't do then your body will develop methods of "surviving" those sparring sessions. And they will probably work, the body will adapt its more natural movements and improve on them. But... the problem is... That may not be what you want... you may very well learn how to overcome sparring sessions and become a better fighter..but what sort of fighter ? theres a thin line between applying what you learned and between bending what you learnt to fit your current needs due to your inability to preform the technique correctly enough...
Sparring is important, i think there should be all kinds of sparring like Full-Contact Kyokushin matches style and Boxing style and vary the use of contact to be more adaptive. but you should be carefull and look at your goals.
sparring will only lead to "BAD" habbits in comparison with whatever may be you goal.
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