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Nice gentle sparring w/ Anderson Silva

Check it out. Too many people always want to get too rough or try to “win” in their sparring. Here’s a pro at the top of his game, practicing. He’s throwing elbows - safely. He’s throwing leg kicks - safely. They are throwing out combos and getting in their techniques - safely - and without someone necessarily trying all out to stop them from training.

This is the kind of stuff we do when we are doing trading throws in that arena, but it’s still hard for most to do this in general sparring.

Ego prevents everyone from improving, not just the dude with the ego.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nBoQgeKP-0

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2 Responses to “Nice gentle sparring w/ Anderson Silva”

  1. jleeger says:
    August 24, 2009 at 3:37 pm

    Nice!

  2. Nick says:
    August 25, 2009 at 10:57 pm

    Harry and I did some sparring on the beach last week. We threw fists, elbows, knees and kicks. We had a good time. A couple palms and fists slipped but everything else was done cautiously and we had a good time. It was a good learning environment. Its a good thing our egos didn’t step in cause then it would of been a bad experience vs a learning and growing experience.

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