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Is there any sparring that doesn't involve punches to the head?
Possible explanations for contradictory facts on headgear and brain damage?Start attacking instead of blocking while sparringAre punches that impact an eye dangerous? (Muay Thai)Would it be possible to mimic the knockout punch that Rex Layne received in 1951?Risk of brain damage in casual/moderate Muay Thai sparringIn MMA, should you try to block punches with your glove in the same way you could in Muay Thai?How to deal with an “anti-violence” instinct during sparring?How to deal with an excessively aggressive student that is turning people off sparring classes?Why is more time dedicated to exercises and very less for sparring? Is it for the fee?How to benefit from sparring that is a very poor match for my training?Reducing brain damage in sparring
Kicks and body kicks would be OK, but I am not OK with taking punches to the head. Is this unavoidable in all arts?
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Kicks and body kicks would be OK, but I am not OK with taking punches to the head. Is this unavoidable in all arts?
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If I may ask, why is it punches to the head that you're worried about?
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Kicks and body kicks would be OK, but I am not OK with taking punches to the head. Is this unavoidable in all arts?
sparring safety
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Kicks and body kicks would be OK, but I am not OK with taking punches to the head. Is this unavoidable in all arts?
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If I may ask, why is it punches to the head that you're worried about?
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If I may ask, why is it punches to the head that you're worried about?
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There are striking arts with precisely the rule set you describe. World Taekwondo allows kicks to the head but not punches to the head. Punches to the body are legal. This is the competition rules used in the Olympics.
From the World Taekwondo rules document WT Competition Rules & Interpretation (Hammamet 04052018):
Article 14 Prohibited acts and Penalties
...
4 Prohibited acts
...
4.1.8 Hitting the opponent’s head with the hand
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No, it's not.
You could pick up something that does not involve kicks or punches at all, like Judo or Sambo. Other alternatives are arts that typically do not involve actual hard sparring, like many styles of Kung Fu, Aikido or Karate. Jiu-Jitsu (not the Brazilian one) is usually pretty light on the sparring as well while still teaching you plenty of useful kicks and punches.
Apart from this: Sparring in MA is usually not all that painful and you will not suffer regular brain concussion or anything, unless you go to a crazy gym. Also you will wear protective gear at pretty much any point in sparring where head strikes happen and usually in competitions on amateur level as well.
Take a look at what happens at your local gyms and find something you are comfortable with. Personally I have gone through 20 years of various martial arts and suffered zero brain concussions and very little headaches so this stuff is definitely not mandatory.
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Protective head gear may not help with preventing concussions or brain damage; it helps prevent cuts. A study of AIBA boxing found that head gear increases the rate of fight stoppages due to head blows and led to the removal of head gear for men's competition. See martialarts.stackexchange.com/a/8907/5961.
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Kyokushin Karate is also well known for forbidding head punches.
In most Kyokushin organizations, hand and elbow strikes to the head or neck are prohibited. However, kicks to the head, knee strikes, punches to the upper body, and kicks to the inner and outer leg are permitted.
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There are striking arts with precisely the rule set you describe. World Taekwondo allows kicks to the head but not punches to the head. Punches to the body are legal. This is the competition rules used in the Olympics.
From the World Taekwondo rules document WT Competition Rules & Interpretation (Hammamet 04052018):
Article 14 Prohibited acts and Penalties
...
4 Prohibited acts
...
4.1.8 Hitting the opponent’s head with the hand
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There are striking arts with precisely the rule set you describe. World Taekwondo allows kicks to the head but not punches to the head. Punches to the body are legal. This is the competition rules used in the Olympics.
From the World Taekwondo rules document WT Competition Rules & Interpretation (Hammamet 04052018):
Article 14 Prohibited acts and Penalties
...
4 Prohibited acts
...
4.1.8 Hitting the opponent’s head with the hand
answered 8 hours ago
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There are striking arts with precisely the rule set you describe. World Taekwondo allows kicks to the head but not punches to the head. Punches to the body are legal. This is the competition rules used in the Olympics.
From the World Taekwondo rules document WT Competition Rules & Interpretation (Hammamet 04052018):
Article 14 Prohibited acts and Penalties
...
4 Prohibited acts
...
4.1.8 Hitting the opponent’s head with the hand
answered 8 hours ago
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There are striking arts with precisely the rule set you describe. World Taekwondo allows kicks to the head but not punches to the head. Punches to the body are legal. This is the competition rules used in the Olympics.
From the World Taekwondo rules document WT Competition Rules & Interpretation (Hammamet 04052018):
Article 14 Prohibited acts and Penalties
...
4 Prohibited acts
...
4.1.8 Hitting the opponent’s head with the hand
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No, it's not.
You could pick up something that does not involve kicks or punches at all, like Judo or Sambo. Other alternatives are arts that typically do not involve actual hard sparring, like many styles of Kung Fu, Aikido or Karate. Jiu-Jitsu (not the Brazilian one) is usually pretty light on the sparring as well while still teaching you plenty of useful kicks and punches.
Apart from this: Sparring in MA is usually not all that painful and you will not suffer regular brain concussion or anything, unless you go to a crazy gym. Also you will wear protective gear at pretty much any point in sparring where head strikes happen and usually in competitions on amateur level as well.
Take a look at what happens at your local gyms and find something you are comfortable with. Personally I have gone through 20 years of various martial arts and suffered zero brain concussions and very little headaches so this stuff is definitely not mandatory.
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Protective head gear may not help with preventing concussions or brain damage; it helps prevent cuts. A study of AIBA boxing found that head gear increases the rate of fight stoppages due to head blows and led to the removal of head gear for men's competition. See martialarts.stackexchange.com/a/8907/5961.
– mattm♦
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No, it's not.
You could pick up something that does not involve kicks or punches at all, like Judo or Sambo. Other alternatives are arts that typically do not involve actual hard sparring, like many styles of Kung Fu, Aikido or Karate. Jiu-Jitsu (not the Brazilian one) is usually pretty light on the sparring as well while still teaching you plenty of useful kicks and punches.
Apart from this: Sparring in MA is usually not all that painful and you will not suffer regular brain concussion or anything, unless you go to a crazy gym. Also you will wear protective gear at pretty much any point in sparring where head strikes happen and usually in competitions on amateur level as well.
Take a look at what happens at your local gyms and find something you are comfortable with. Personally I have gone through 20 years of various martial arts and suffered zero brain concussions and very little headaches so this stuff is definitely not mandatory.
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Protective head gear may not help with preventing concussions or brain damage; it helps prevent cuts. A study of AIBA boxing found that head gear increases the rate of fight stoppages due to head blows and led to the removal of head gear for men's competition. See martialarts.stackexchange.com/a/8907/5961.
– mattm♦
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No, it's not.
You could pick up something that does not involve kicks or punches at all, like Judo or Sambo. Other alternatives are arts that typically do not involve actual hard sparring, like many styles of Kung Fu, Aikido or Karate. Jiu-Jitsu (not the Brazilian one) is usually pretty light on the sparring as well while still teaching you plenty of useful kicks and punches.
Apart from this: Sparring in MA is usually not all that painful and you will not suffer regular brain concussion or anything, unless you go to a crazy gym. Also you will wear protective gear at pretty much any point in sparring where head strikes happen and usually in competitions on amateur level as well.
Take a look at what happens at your local gyms and find something you are comfortable with. Personally I have gone through 20 years of various martial arts and suffered zero brain concussions and very little headaches so this stuff is definitely not mandatory.
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No, it's not.
You could pick up something that does not involve kicks or punches at all, like Judo or Sambo. Other alternatives are arts that typically do not involve actual hard sparring, like many styles of Kung Fu, Aikido or Karate. Jiu-Jitsu (not the Brazilian one) is usually pretty light on the sparring as well while still teaching you plenty of useful kicks and punches.
Apart from this: Sparring in MA is usually not all that painful and you will not suffer regular brain concussion or anything, unless you go to a crazy gym. Also you will wear protective gear at pretty much any point in sparring where head strikes happen and usually in competitions on amateur level as well.
Take a look at what happens at your local gyms and find something you are comfortable with. Personally I have gone through 20 years of various martial arts and suffered zero brain concussions and very little headaches so this stuff is definitely not mandatory.
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Protective head gear may not help with preventing concussions or brain damage; it helps prevent cuts. A study of AIBA boxing found that head gear increases the rate of fight stoppages due to head blows and led to the removal of head gear for men's competition. See martialarts.stackexchange.com/a/8907/5961.
– mattm♦
7 hours ago
add a comment |
Protective head gear may not help with preventing concussions or brain damage; it helps prevent cuts. A study of AIBA boxing found that head gear increases the rate of fight stoppages due to head blows and led to the removal of head gear for men's competition. See martialarts.stackexchange.com/a/8907/5961.
– mattm♦
7 hours ago
Protective head gear may not help with preventing concussions or brain damage; it helps prevent cuts. A study of AIBA boxing found that head gear increases the rate of fight stoppages due to head blows and led to the removal of head gear for men's competition. See martialarts.stackexchange.com/a/8907/5961.
– mattm♦
7 hours ago
Protective head gear may not help with preventing concussions or brain damage; it helps prevent cuts. A study of AIBA boxing found that head gear increases the rate of fight stoppages due to head blows and led to the removal of head gear for men's competition. See martialarts.stackexchange.com/a/8907/5961.
– mattm♦
7 hours ago
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Kyokushin Karate is also well known for forbidding head punches.
In most Kyokushin organizations, hand and elbow strikes to the head or neck are prohibited. However, kicks to the head, knee strikes, punches to the upper body, and kicks to the inner and outer leg are permitted.
answered 36 mins ago
Sean DugganSean Duggan
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Kyokushin Karate is also well known for forbidding head punches.
In most Kyokushin organizations, hand and elbow strikes to the head or neck are prohibited. However, kicks to the head, knee strikes, punches to the upper body, and kicks to the inner and outer leg are permitted.
answered 36 mins ago
Sean DugganSean Duggan
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Kyokushin Karate is also well known for forbidding head punches.
In most Kyokushin organizations, hand and elbow strikes to the head or neck are prohibited. However, kicks to the head, knee strikes, punches to the upper body, and kicks to the inner and outer leg are permitted.
answered 36 mins ago
Sean DugganSean Duggan
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Kyokushin Karate is also well known for forbidding head punches.
In most Kyokushin organizations, hand and elbow strikes to the head or neck are prohibited. However, kicks to the head, knee strikes, punches to the upper body, and kicks to the inner and outer leg are permitted.
answered 36 mins ago
Sean DugganSean Duggan
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If I may ask, why is it punches to the head that you're worried about?
– Cort Ammon
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