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Originally Posted by bmcgonag
I'm not saying to go at it without control, or to just brawl, I'm just saying that holding back the level of strike power is not, in my opinion, the right way to train.
If you mix train the students, then they will have more of an ability to adjust their levels on demand, but if you allow them to throw weak punches, kicks, and blocks (what I think of as 25%) then when they get out there and need to use it for real, that 25% is what's going to come out, and they are going to get hurt, and then they are going to be jaded, not against only you as their teacher, but against all martial arts because their training failed them.
This is exactly how martial arts and self defense gets a bad rep. People take it thinking it will be fun, and neat-o, and their instructors look at it from a business perspective of, "If I make this too hard on people they won't come back." That's fine, but give them fair warning up front that it is hard, and that you won't allow them to learn just enough to be a danger to themselves.
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Brian
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I like your philosophy, Brian.
Most gyms that I've trained at in the last 5 years keep the level at 50% or higher, depending on the scenario. If I'm training with a 120-lb woman, newbie I don't even attack - instead I let her beat me up.
If its a new guy and he's in my size range (160-200) and he's athletic, I'll go 50% in terms of power, but maybe 70% in terms of speed. I may even let him hit me square to see how hard he hits.
If the instructor asks me to help him prepaire a good fighter, I have to go all out and go into survival mode otherwise I'll get beat down and getting beat down is no fun...
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