#stickfighting

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“This is footage of me at 52  years old sparring a fellow FMA practitioner who is 60. We are using padded rattan and doing two different kinds of limited engagement sparring: Head only and then full body. But there are no takedowns or ground grappling. At the end there is some footage of one of the now-gone masters (who is in his 80s in that footage) of Manila doing no-contact sparring - a method found in some old traditional FMA systems and some modern ones.

It is continuous with no acknowledgment of strikes (but we know) and are doing our best to avoid them. Though my opponent is highly untelegraphic for me and I got hit more than once where I didn't see it until it was landing.”

Found here via  Sticks n' Steel

And don’t forget - we can use every video of sparring as a training tool.

For anyone who hasn’t yet seen the following links:

Some advice on how to start studying the sources generally can be found in these older posts

Remember to check out  A Guide to Starting a Liberation Martial Arts Gym as it may help with your own club/gym/dojo/school culture and approach.

Check out their curriculum too.

Fear is the Mind Killer: How to Build a Training Culture that Fosters Strength and Resilience by   Kajetan Sadowski   may be relevant as well.

“How We Learn to Move: A Revolution in the Way We Coach & Practice Sports Skills”  by Rob Gray  

Another useful book to check out is  The Theory and Practice of Historical European Martial Arts (while about HEMA, a lot of it is applicable to other historical martial arts clubs dealing with research and recreation of old fighting systems).

Why having a systematic approach to training can be beneficial

Worth checking out are this blogs tags on pedagogy and teaching for other related useful posts.

Consider getting some patches of this sort or these cool rashguards to show support for good causes or a t-shirt like to send a good message while at training.