| Comment | I agree with you about the class sizes but what you experienced is not sparring whatsoever.
It's literally just a technical exercise to see where are you're at with reflexes and how your footwork is at dodging/throwing.
I can see where the confusion might be, but you certainly weren't sparring, at the gym I train at it just gets called tig.
You weren't fighting the person, not anywhere near it.
No one throws any hard punches and no one is wearing headgear etc and most of the time you're told to only go for knees/shoulders. Proper sparring happens in the ring with headgear and only between two people at a time. If you were actually "sparring" with an "undefeated amateur" with no training you'd probably end up severely injured. |
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