Practice the way you want to do it for real, all the time! I can't stress this enough, and I have to say, while it is not the smartest thing, I was trained, and prefer to train with minimal padding at full contact level.
Reasons:
It is important to know how it feels to get hit for real. To realize that you can survive it, and to reduce the shock from the first time it happens outside the dojang.
Why practice like it's real all the time?
Analogy: You work nights, and at 3 am every night you go to get your "lunch". You come to the same stupid red light everynight, never see anyone, and ease on through before it turns green. Now, you get moved to days, you go to get lunch, and there is that red light, you ease on through, and WHAM! That car that was never there at 3 am.
Practice makes permanent, but perfect practice makes perfect!
Best of luck in your endeavors!
Brian
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