Jukaado Academy Of Martial Arts

There is a debate that continues whether one should spar a lot more than practicing basics or drilling combinations or vice versa.  Different schools of thought or maybe just a personal preference of the instructor. But what is truly needed for a well balanced development of a student or practitioner in order to be able to successfully apply what was learnt in training into a real life self defense scenario? Let's look at what both these training practices bring to the table and understand what is truly needed.  In reality if one is attacked there will always be an element of surprise involved. Yes, we may read the pre attack signs and gestures, but the actual moment when an attack begins remains a mystery and a surprise. When we are attacked, the time it takes for us to process the attack and respond to it, is already much slower than the time taken to execute the attack. So we are virtually up against something that should not be able to be stopped. Any defense i...