my two cents regarding sparring.
In response to what you had stated that your instructor does not want you to buy the expensive equipment because you would not be sparring with sitcks. To me this would send up a red flag. Why? full contact karate but no sparring even with the heavy armor? my alarms would be going off especially if you are investing in the armor yourself. you mentioned arnis but what kind? very few "reputable" arnis schools would not have you spar at least in some type of capacity.
is it arnis or stick twirling? I have seen many similar schools that use "arnis" as an add on art but it has no value, just kicks with sticks for demos this is what is then presented to the public as arnis, and why when people who love REAL FMA are asked about KAli/Esrima/Arnis, others respond, oh you guys do the stick twirling... no thanks.
I dont mean this to be in any way offensive to you bro, jus curious about the style, and why they would not want to apply something they sell as self defense in any type of sparring environment.
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