Stephen Thompson AKA Wonder Boy is a Karate MMA legend who in the UFC, at the highest levels of combat even almost won a championship belt. Watch him perfectly light spar MMA legend Saenchai.
Lots of narcissistic weak men with fragile ego's, looking for uncalled attention and trying to prove something to other self-centered people these days... This behavior ruins everything.
Are you talking about all the world champions like Strickland, Mike Tyson, Floyd Mayweather? Or guys wearing pink shirts that are scared to get punched in the face and always end up getting knocked out?
It all depends if you are sport karate only or apply it to actual uses It's even more deadly in a street fight since you kill yout enemy his vision and his future generations
Great video to show people who are interested in Muay Thai or kb that you don't have to worry about brain or other injuries. Some people just want to do fitness and have fun and that's ok!
I saw that video of this young guy trying to go hard af against seanchai, like bro what are you doing? Proving your dominance? This is a fng spar session not a match. Then seanchai teeps the hell outta that guy to the floor. Humbles him. 👍
Indeed, perfect demonstration of decent light sparing from two of the most charismatic strikers out there. There are tiers of wholesomeness with this clip. To me, it also demonstrates the perfect mindset for good productive partnership in training, for example. They should record a full round with commentary from both of them, I really appreciate the way they teach and describe things with their own bodies as well as words!
Perfect example of what sparring should look like. I went to a gym that had rogue sparring ( sparring classes without the teacher's consent) because they just wanted to beat the shit out of each other. You just had a bunch of ego maniacs trying to hurt each other. I come into training not to hurt someone, but to improve my skills and I was being matched with actual fighters who were just trying to 1 up everything I did. The first sparring session I went to, they put me in a "mock" fight against a person who was training for a ring. This guy went all out on me with full force head kicks at which point I walked away. The other training sessions were not much better and got a few injuries here and there and never walked in feeling safe. At no point did I consent for the people to go this hard and I don't want to match them because I'm not here to hurt them. And then when it comes down to the actual training with the master, the part where it's about struggle and not showing off, these people are nowhere to be seen. It seems people nowadays have no respect for others since they have never been humbled and just want to show off to project. They don't want to put in the work either. All the gyms around me are the same, the people are just way too entitled. I only train myself now or in very good classes.
Everything you said is the best thing to do and remember in sparring. It’s not about going all out and hurting the other guy all though I think controlled hard sparring can be beneficial at times. It’s about slow and controlled focusing on technique and timing cause like you said if you can hit them slow you can hit them fast I love that.
Honestly I thank you for this video. As bad as it may sound I didn't know what light sparring was, and at various times have came off unintentionally "disrespectful" while sparring. (I apologize) I just didn't understand why I should spar slowly if I'm not fighting slow.
thai's training/fighting schedule is so crazy that they naturally go very light sparring. they train 2x/day, 6-7 days/week and fight MINIMUM once a month, usually more. they live in a perpetual fight camp so they are very careful to not injure/overwork themselves sparring.
@@Maru7en It is in 99.99% of Western gyms. People are too entitled in most gyms, only care about showing how big their dick is to the other person and beating the shit out of them.
Both of those guys are at the top level of fighting, respectively, and each of their disciplines. Thompson is probably the greatest karate striker of our time, and saenchie, a known Muaythai master.
When you have superb control, you’re able to go nearly full speed with minimal contact. This is how you can spar everyday, make it realistic without taking damage.
So true, one thing i hated in training. Especially younger guys, they let the ego get involved and go to hard. Then when you give payback they get angry, This is ment to be fun while learning. Ps- saenchai is a badass!💯💪🇬🇧
