The No.1 reason you need to spar/roll

I plan on this post being short, but I write stream of consciousness, and so it could go long. There are many genuinely good martial arts teachers who not only don’t spar, but don’t encourage it. The logic is either it’s too risky, or that sparring is too much like a duel and not an

Range dictates how your style manifests.

Today I worked with a friend and occasional student on some Kit Dale clinch stuff he had purchased. After doing some of that and helping out with working through the material, we ended up doing some striking drills with an energy very similar to sparring, focusing mostly on mid range as seen often in classic