Sparring is a conversation, never turn it into an argument. If you're not competing no need to get your head beat in for nothing. Thanks for the tips Shane.
I light spar usually with friends and do it just for fun and train. Do you recommend i hard spar ? I'm not doing it for money although I do wanna get a fight in streetbeefs one time.
@@l.paolosantacatalina-tuazo7331 hard spars are only recommended if both parties agreed and if you want to simulate a real fight and more importantly if you have good foundation in head movement and defense in general for longevity (or do it less often if youre still getting hit more often until you master defense) the only reason it has a bad rep imo is because the other guy doesnt know when to hit hard or not and thats because both parties didnt agree to spar hard.
Love that! Great philosophy! When we find someone trying to show off or being reckless they have to go! (P S it's usually a dude that's not that good anyway 😄)
Partially, yeah.. But if someone has no experience with the harsh, intense pace of an actual fight, they're going to crumple up in the middle of it or just get broken. Some amount of hard sparring is necessary because it's the closest training you can get to actually fighting.
@The opposite trader Max Holloway is an elite, top 0.0001% martial artist in the world. I guarantee he hard sparred in the earlier parts of his career and now just doesn't feel like he benefits from it, since he's probably much better than anyone he could spar hard with and doesn't have enough left to learn to justify the damage taken. He doesn't need to practice staying calm under pressure - newer fighters and even experienced but non-elite fighters do need to incorporate a degree of intense sparring, period.
@@ScentSense good solution is hard shots to body and legs but soft shots to head. Also good practice between both sparring partners and must demonstrate good control before starting
Legitimate facts!! Great Video man! Hard Sparring is fun occasionally & helps reassure you can still take a punch but Getting your head bashed in on a Daily basis & trying to play it off like "I aint into that soft sparring BS" & then years later all the concussions & Hits to the brain can have a built up affect on you & its always sad to see cause people are so focused on the now they neglect the health of their future selves.
Agreed. I hate to admit it but I’m just not as tough as I wanna be. You can’t Train durability like you’re in some sort of video game. Your body is the only one you got so you better treat it nicely
Until you get herniated discs or neck injurys, flow grappling is useful or just find a training partner that doesn't want to crack your neck(because it is completely unecesary and you are not doing the submission well)
My uncle was a boxer and he was punch drunk by the time he was 45 years old. He talked and walked slow. His hearing, vision and speech were never the same. He died before he turned 60.
I'm doing my PhD on traumatic brain injury (and I also love training martial arts). Brain injury during consistent hard sparring (aimed at the head) is absolutely real. The brain is not like a muscle or cartilage where it can be conditioned. The physiology of the brain is completely different from muscle/cartilage
@@Kenji17171 I think light sparring (to the head) in the form of light, quick taps is fine if it's helping improve fight reflexes. The hard hits to the head is probably not recommended. Just keep in mind that even the light hits to the head, if above a certain damage threshold, might add damage over time. Even if a hit to the head is sub-concussive, but above a certain threshold of force, it can still be bad for the brain.
@@tdogable So light sparring is dangerous? So the beats you took as a child is dangerous? So even wrestling is dangerous as sub concussive blows are dealt to the body and head clashes, flips throws? So shall we just lock ourselves up in a cage and stay protected our whole lives? Read my other reply.
This is a must! I got concussion and post concussion from Muay Thai, been training over 12 years, and I was perfectly fine until I hard sparred between 1 -5 days apart, and took it next level. Did not even get KO'd ( have never been ) but took hits to the head ( as you do ). I haven't been the same since, ringing in ears for life and odd vision, with floaters. TRUST ME DO NOT SPAR HARD IN A ROW!! DAY AFTER DAY!
I did some boxing got hit to the head multiple times guys way above my weight got a concussion so bad I have a Post concussion my vision goes blurry sometimes it's really bad and my anxiety goes trough the roof oh and I have ringing ears also people just really don't know what health means until it leaves you facts 💯
@@Jdjdjdjjdj1997 oh man I'm in the same boat as you. The worst are those days where you have too much going on and have to multi task and have too many conversations and your brain feels like a fried egg. Good luck man. I have just learned to live with it.
@@Unknownpalo i'd imagine so I've never actually been knocked out or knocked down despite those multiple concussions, sometimes all it takes is a hard punch to wobble you a bit. And it's funny when I look back at my original comment because I'm scheduled to fight again in November😆
Hello!I'm studying neuroscience, researched a lot into cte and can tell you a) its a lot more common than you think heck our parents probably most likely have some sort of cte, its caused by repetitive head hits happened to me many times, wouldnt be surprised if i have some level of cte as we speak, after hits throughout childhood, shit ton of concussions sparring muay thai incidents, although we largely do spar smart., b) using protocols that maximise brain blood flow, tau protein flushing, oxygenated blood, low inflammation, high omega 3 ,fasting- autophagy BDNF growing new neurons, it can be reversed. I want to get this optimistic message out there. www.optimallivingdynamics.com/blog/a-powerful-protocol-proven-to-help-reverse-brain-damage
Guys for the first drill. PLEASE BE CAREFUL. I can't stress this enough. Last year I was doing that drill with my partner and damn near got my eye poked out. Be careful please
Yeah me 2. at my first training in a gym i did that and there is one guy who always pokes the eye. I left that gym because it was far away. Then after a year he was there again and he poked again
Yeah. I got poked cause my partner reached for my left shoulder, but I thought he was reaching for my right. So I "slipped" left to avoid the touch on my right shoulder. And got poked right on my eye. Left a pretty gnarly cut on my eyelid
Honestly I’ve been trying to tell my former coach this! It’s not that I’m afraid of hard sparring just want to improve technical move sets or not getting brain damage as well.
Yeah and if you just started boxing why would you even hard spar ? Just to throw haymakers until one of you get knocked down... People dont understand ,
@@masaeffy yeah and the thing I don't like about hard sparring is that you tend to fight emotionally and through instinct rather than through technique, at least as a beginner.
When I was 17 joined a boxing gym and did tons hard sparring every week without headgear with police officers and big muscular guys for a year straight, I didn’t even work on technic that much but I learned from experience early on, I stopped going to that gym 10 months in, because I realized the seriousness of my health (I realized that way too late) but now I took a break and will probably look for a new gym that’s more regulated and focus on improving my health while still learning fighting
Before every sparring match I tell my partner to remember to go light. More often than not, it doesn’t work. The problem is that a lot of people don’t know how to throw with speed but control. I’ll try to start off each match with a couple leg kicks and jabs to give them an idea of how light I’m hitting them. Then they’ll throw back with something like a hook, and even though I block it, my head still gets popped back because of the power they put into it. I’ve gotten a couple black eyes and bloody noses and I’m like, you shouldn’t be hitting me hard enough to leave an actual mark.
Hate that stuff. I love sparring gently, as it's fun and a learning experience. I have no competition aspirations whatsoever and just want to learn how to move, evade and touch without waking up to a headache or worse. 🙌
Good tip is to let your hands loose when hitting. By that you can throw fast punches, but without much power because you will automatically reduce the speed and power at the end of the shot.
Fight camps in my gym are generslly 8 weeks long, and we hard spar 1, 2, or maybe 3 times during the entire camp. The rest is sparring drills, technical sparring, isolated sparring (like clinch only some days), and, most often, just normal light to medium sparring. No need to kill each other all the time, just get that work in, and be honest with yourself and your partners.
Finally! Someone with a brain 🙏 Thank you for this. I'm 44 and just started MMA (one month into my journey .) I did my first "sparring" session today. Boxing only. My opponent was a fat reckless guy in his mid twenties. It was hard sparring even though it was supposed to be soft. Being new to MMA, I didn't know the difference. The guy I was "sparring" with came at me like a juggernaut, throwing punches wild and hard. I couldn't escape or defend. The coach just kept yelling at me to throw 3 punch combos. How exactly can I do that when the dude is throwing haymakers and running after me like a psycho. Remember, this is my first time sparring! Then the coach talked trash, saying I look like a girl flailing around. Clearly he saw, and knew, this was wrong but rather than stopping the "fight" (cause that's what it was for Christ's sake) and making the dude chill out, the coach just kept saying the same thing... "throw 3 punch combos!" while continuing to talk trash. Mind you, this was in front of other gym members. When I spoke my mind in a respectful manner, he made me feel like it was my fault for not listening. Needless to say I left the gym feeling pathetic rather than empowered. I feel like quitting because his attitude sucks. I think this video proves to me that this coach and his gym is dangerous and not a good fit for me. Thank you again for being a sane voice in an insane world 🙏
more gym owners need to hear this for sure... i'm glad to be training in an era where people are now training smarter. it's not about toughening it out and seeing who is the hardest i also think it's important to choose the right person to light spar with too, or speak up if they're going too hard. sometimes it's not their fault either because as a beginner it can be easy to lose control of your emotions and accidentally hit harder than anticipated or not realise how hard you're hitting the other person. communication is key. thanks for the informative video and breakdown of exercises. this was helpful.
You are right. I love the gym im at (boxing) but there’s this one guy who always spars hard and acts like it’s a real fight. Ive tried telling him to take it down a notch but he won’t so I refuse to spar him ever again.
Exactly, then once guys are starting to “settle in” into sparring they completely forget to work on the punch combinations, defensive techniques, and strategies for setting up traps. Hard sparring usually ends up turning into autopilot made, and all of the drills that were worked on throughout the week just get completely forgotten.
@@sym9266 I only laugh because I know that Super Street Fighter 6 will be the sequel to the original Street Fighter 6 and the prequel to Ultra Street Fighter 6: Tournament Edition lool
The thing with punches (I’m a boxer) is it don’t have to be powerful for it to hurt, it just have to land clean (Landing clean punches are always one of my keys to winning) bec often times I get called out for punching too hard on technical sparring but I swear I held back on those punch, it just landed nicely and in its perfect timing (I would immediately apologize everytime).
EXACTLY. Punches that land clean can be so deceiving even if they're light. Big ups to you for taking it and apologising despite knowing you were all good
I’m the same way. I’m pretty weak but I land clean punches often and always apologize because I know that shit hurts. I’ve felt strong people hold back on punches and still hurt my nose with a stiff, clean jab.
Try keeping your hand open inside your glove and don't allow it to turn in to an actual fist while you are punching. You will be essential tapping them with your fingertips. It's pretty much impossible to get a good shot off like this because you will know that if you hit too hard you will jam your finger badly. This really helped me learn how to go super light on the sparring. If you are hurting people with clean shots you can definitely still go lighter.
@@BrentCox2B One trick I’ve done is technical spar without hand wraps, just gloves. This makes me consciously and subconsciously weary of throwing with any power at all because I don’t wanna hurt my knuckles, I’m new to kickboxing and they’re still pretty weak. I also have been trying to do flicker punches so just fingers down knuckles forward. No squeeze
Excellent content! I agree 100% with the effects of CTE in combat and contact sports. I personally have some CTE effects from years of sparring and contact sports
My partners and I have a method of sparring full-speed but with the hand left open inside the glove, and no follow through on the punch. 16oz gloves with soft padding too. The speed is still there but the open hand takes a lot of bite out of the punch.
First gym i have trained was hard sparing only, my first fight was horrible, lost for points to someone that for sure i can beat, i even score two tko, but the fact was that i was stiff like a plank, thank God my opponent were weaker than me and don't destroy me (i am sorry if iam looking arrogant somehow), and i believe that what caused this was the trauma that hard sparing deloveped in my body, years later and now i am at a best gym, we do mostly light hight technical sparing that take away the fear and stiffness of my body and thanks to them i become a better atlete by a lot (Thanks Kadosh). I haven't come back to Fighting yet because of covid here in Brazil, but soon i will be back. I hope that my comment help someone as well, thanks for the content Shane.
Im doing neuroscience, researched a lot into cte and can tell you a) its a lot more common than you think heck our parents probably most likely have some sort of cte, its caused by repetitive head hits happened to me many times, wouldnt be surprised if i have some level of cte as we speak, after hits throughout childhood, shit ton of concussions sparring muay thai incidents, although we largely do spar smart., b) using protocols that maximise brain blood flow, tau protein flushing, oxygenated blood, low inflammation, high omega 3 ,fasting- autophagy BDNF growing new neurons, it can be reversed. I want to get this optimistic message out there. www.optimallivingdynamics.com/blog/a-powerful-protocol-proven-to-help-reverse-brain-damage
FUN FACT: Angelo Dundee HOF trainer [Champuons: ALI LEONARD Luis Rodriguez, Willie Pastrano, Ralph Dupas, José Nápoles, Pinklon Thomas, Trevor Berbick, Jimmy Ellis, , Michael Nunn DIDN'T allow Hard headshots in sparring ....ONLY TO THE BODY
Ingle gym the same body sparring was the most common practice under Brendan ingle they produced - Prince Naseem hamed, Johnny Nelson, kell brook, herol Graham etc..... and produced a very distinct defensive slick style here in uk
Great and practical video Shane! Thanks for the tips. CTE and damage to the head in general is the most important topic for everyone considering martial arts especially striking. I already got dropped a couple of times in sparring, had headaches and still have tinnitus from mma training to this day. Shane is right when he says CTE is scary and head trauma should be avoided if possible. But the eyes, ears and nose etc. are as fragile as the brain. You only have one body. So train wisely. GSP sad on JRE Podcast that he doesn’t like to spar hard but rather play with his training partners.
So I just went through this. I haven't trained martial arts in almost 10 years. I wanted to get back into it and wanted to fight. I joined an MMA gym that a friend's cousin trains at. It was really affordable and he had nothing but great things to say about it. I joined and from the first day there was a lot of really weird things that I saw that I didn't agree with. I thought maybe I was being too "formal" from my traditional MA background, so I said I would give it some time. On my 3rd day the "coach" said ok let's spar, so I was put up against a guy who's been fighting for 15 years and was one of the most active fighters there. I went to put on headgear but they said no I wouldn't need it. I figured it wouldn't be anything more then light contact. But I was completely bullied. I started out light and the guy told me to go hit him with everything I had. I was hesitant at first but then he hit me and I was completely taken back by the power. Being stubborn as well as afraid and didn't want to look weak I gave it back. The guy was light-years ahead of me and really just bullied me and after I went down from a brutal knee I questioned staying down. I was dumb and got back up and he kicked me square in the face which knocked me down made me dizzy and I felt like I broke my jaw. They wanted me to keep going but I said I could no longer continue, I was limping from all the leg kicks I took for 3 days after, I couldn't eat anything solid without it causing me extreme paint/discomfort for almost a week. I didn't go back I wanted to I knew it want safe and that I could get injured and also have serious damage later down the road. I found out.later they spar like that a few times a week
Thank you for this. Very good. If you´re sparring and your opponent strikes too hard, simply say, STOP! Loud and clear. And communicate with your sparring partner. You have to be the one who is more aware, and have compassion for yourself and your opponent. Take charge of the sparring.
Case in point. Look at Terry Norris. Norris sparred hard all the time. Which some people say led to him having a glass chin. Which was especially bad in an era where the top middleweights and jr middleweights were all throwing bombs. His speech and other motor functions are all impacted to this day.
I am 25 and i started noticing a difference in my speech, slight slurr, stutterness here and there, but its definitely more obvious than last year. I am thinking of stopping sparring all together. I hope I recover after a month or two and this doesnt become a permanent thing
The video I needed. I always wanted try mma(not competitively, just train) but was always to afraid to get brain damage. Now I'm more motivated to train than ever. Shane you the freaking MAN bro 💪🙏👊
Not even 3 minutes in, and I just want to add my thoughts on shoulders and knees - in MMA building the habits of going for the knees is great and very useful. As for going for the shoulders? There's plenty of precedent of wearing out an opponent's shoulders by attacking that joint since most people won't take their shoulders off line. 1-2 rounds of hard shoulder punches and those arms start to feel heavy.
Thx my lad! Im a romanian. Did boxing for 2 years. Only did hard sparing. 3 to 4 days of training 1 week. It was hard. The other fighters only deed hard sparing. Now i try to light spar more often. Srry for bad eng. 😉
1:02 Shane eats a flush left hook, gets up within a sec Quite a chin dude, and great video I am the only dude in the lighter weight classes (56kg-60kg). As a young boxer, i tend to be stubborn with slowing down (at first) I have been sparring fairly hard when my skills were comfortable however sparring someone who is 8-15kg heavier means ive delt alot of hard hits to the nogging. Ive become increasing aware of CTE. And stopped swinging hard, but rather starting to swing smart and slower paced. Also thanks for the many videos, ive used and learned alot from you the past year :)
Man, i relate so much to this Been doing MMA for over 3 years now. Here in Madagascar, we do hard sparring with no head-gear or shin protection every session. i'm a financial analyst and i didn't train for months. Had focus troubles and sudden memory loss, lately knew that they were the early signs of CTE. Scary man, i love this sport but it is a vicious vicious game.
Damn, I’m just glad you recognized the signs and gave your body the rest it needed. Be sure to check back in with us and let us know how you’re doing 🙏
Hello!I'm studying neuroscience, researched a lot into cte and can tell you a) its a lot more common than you think heck our parents probably most likely have some sort of cte, its caused by repetitive head hits happened to me many times, wouldnt be surprised if i have some level of cte as we speak, after hits throughout childhood, shit ton of concussions sparring muay thai incidents, although we largely do spar smart., b) using protocols that maximise brain blood flow, tau protein flushing, oxygenated blood, low inflammation, high omega 3 ,fasting- autophagy BDNF growing new neurons, it can be reversed. I want to get this optimistic message out there. www.optimallivingdynamics.com/blog/a-powerful-protocol-proven-to-help-reverse-brain-damage
@@dhuss14 thanks man! Will for sure read that. I started researching this after I got knocked down sparring a buddy of mine (first time I sparred full contact in many years).
I fully agree. My first sparring session was pretty bad. Was against a 120kg guy (I’m 88) who trained for 5 years but wasn’t able to control himself. Kicked me in the head without control, threw full hooks, flying superman punches etc. I didn’t know if that was the correct way to spar so I didn’t questioned it. Next sparring session I didn’t participate because I was scared TBH. Then I got a different gym and we did sparring there, but light and controlled sparring. Damn that was fun! You noticed when you got hit but I didn’t hurt much, I wasn’t scared and learned a lot. And most importantly I had fun and am now looking forward to the next sparring session instead of being scared of it!
my top 5 isolated spar drills: 1. offense vs defense 2. jab & teep vs everything 3. kicks vs punches 4. southpaw vs orthodox 5. style vs style (like khao vs femeur)
Great info! Glad to see content providing some education on the dangers of CTE and how to prevent it from occurring. Constantly being battered will break anyone over time.
I can't wait for my CTE... I'm 21 and I've been hard sparing regularly since 14. I used to even allow punches to the head as well since I have a strong jaw and it fired me up. I am already having huge problems with my memory and I get episodes of stuttering where I can't even form or complete a sentence. I just recently became aware of how bad that was and how much problems I will have in the future. It might be too late but at least I stopped doing it.
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy. Oxygen makes you heal in all ways. I used to have pretty severe brain damage from taking heavy doses of adderall daily as a kid in school. I haven’t tried oxygen therapy yet, but socializing, learning guitar&piano, regular chess playing, quick mental math, reading etc... has restored me from a complete retard who could barely say a full sentence without messing up my words to an almost fully functioning, normal person. It took me a good few years to get to the point where it wasn’t extremely obvious to the people around me that I had brain damage, but moral of the story = never underestimate your bodies natural ability to regenerate. Contacting a naturopathic doctor to help with the nutrition needed to heal will also help greatly. I think all the hard work has honestly made me so much smarter than I would have been if I just didn’t have the brain damage in the first place, but I guess we will never know. Good luck brother, I will pray for you
I was going to jump on here and rant, but I totally agree with the CONTEXT of what you're saying. I actually think different levels and types of sparring conditioning, drills etc are great. James Toney reportedly only ever sparred in preparation for fights. Listen to him speak now.
I agree with everything but the last part, I believe mental pressure is the answer...give the first time fighter intense energy and speed, but still pull the shots...no more than "20%" power. That will be enough to simulate a real fight without the trauma, in a real fight most hits will feel like 20% power with the adrenaline pumping anyway, so it's all about mental pressure.
I go to beacon and had my first day sparring the other day when you coached it and it made it such a better first experience the fact that you made it isolated how we started with only lead attacks and built from there 🙏🏽 really makes it less of a sparring to win mindset and makes us focus on really drilling certain attacks and defending certain attacks💯💯
I think a good rule for hard sparring is to just go light to the head and treat it like a real hit so don't just plow forward and counter if you get hit. I'd say body shots and leg kicks are fair game for hard sparring and 40% to the head at best
Love the Great Knowledge and Great Tips in Sparring in a Combat Sports 💪🥊.... Martial Arts 🥋 like: Boxing, Kickboxing, Muay Thai, Judo, Jiu Jitsu, Wrestling. 🥊🤼♂️🥋 Always be Patients, Find your Timing, Rhythm, Be Sharp, Find your Range and Close the Distance, Always Need Good I.Q in the Ring in Kickboxing Sparring. 🥊💪👍
Something im trying to change at the gym im at is Level sparring. Recently we got a big group of new guys and i told them i would exclusively spar them but only to be one step ahead of them.For example, since they're still working on getting down their jab and cross, ill only use my jab,cross and head movement at a slightly higher level until i see theyre developing good technique and so on. I tell them there is no need for me to beat any of them up with my 5 years of experience to their 1 week of training, if i beat them up every sparring session it only serves to discourage them and to be afraid. Yes eventually ill pick up the pace on them to test their ring IQ(parrying,counter punching,rolling ETC) to see what they've learned and from there i can adjust with them to either use a higher level of ring IQ with them to match them or pull them aside and re work techniques with them.
I say that light sparring is the way to go. Keep your hands open in the gloves. Still keep many of your strikes in your arsenal, but don't put power behind them.
Good confirmation! There's so many things we can do to improve our fighting skills that are not hard sparring. Same is true w grappling as striking. I love to do gentle matches where you don't have to worry about getting hurt. That way you can explore more possibilities. Tai chi is a great practice for smoothing everything over. My experience! Thanx!
💯 YES!!! On the content of this Video. I can’t tell you how many fighters I have personally witness shorten or end their career by not understanding these concepts.
Hello!I'm studying neuroscience, researched a lot into cte and can tell you a) its a lot more common than you think heck our parents probably most likely have some sort of cte, its caused by repetitive head hits happened to me many times, wouldnt be surprised if i have some level of cte as we speak, after hits throughout childhood, shit ton of concussions sparring muay thai incidents, although we largely do spar smart., b) using protocols that maximise brain blood flow, tau protein flushing, oxygenated blood, low inflammation, high omega 3 ,fasting- autophagy BDNF growing new neurons, it can be reversed. I want to get this optimistic message out there. www.optimallivingdynamics.com/blog/a-powerful-protocol-proven-to-help-reverse-brain-damage
People need to realize when you do it half speed, if done correctly, you'll feel what muscles are being worked so you can get proper technique and it benefits everyone in the end. I've re learned my kicks doing it half speed and the technique got way tighter.
I just had an instance of sparring tonight that is having me quit my gym. We specifically said "light sparring" tonight after drilling for muay thai. A boxer comes in, and I spar with him. The MOST I'm doing is tapping him with inside and outside leg kicks, body kicks, some jabs, and teeps. We mainly focused on teeps tonight and proper teep defense. Fast forward, and he comes in to counter a jab with a shoulder roll and hook to the point that I almost lose where I am after I get hit. Yes, he caught me when my hands were down. Two problems from my perspective: Why is he going so hard for the head and not just going for a hook to the body, and why is he hitting me so hard that after ONE SHOT, I have a headache? I told him that clearly isn't going hard, and he needs to tone it back. I gave him another chance after grabbing some water. Not 30 seconds in, he does it again to the point that I can feel my brain vibrate upon impact. Honestly, that's the last time I'm sparring with someone I don't know. It's absolutely ridiculous. I'm doing this because I love it and to stay on top of self-defense in some way. There's zero reason to have that happen twice.
I started doing the shoulder sparring a month ago with the less experienced guys at my gym and they’ve told me that they feel way more comfy doing it that way before they spar
Good rule of thumb imo... light touch sparing should be within your weekly routine where u spar kinda like how shane was talking about in the beginning but also might wanna consider sparing with 10% of full power while keeping the body shot lower than 50% While if u wanna consider hard sparring, don't go full on and start bashing with full power punches but still learning to control and pull the punches while keeping the head strikes less than but more than 50% for body shots. That's how I wanna think about it
If a gym has ten fighters, and they do hard sparring only, by fight day, only the biggest guy and the most skillful guy can fight. Always treasure your sparring partner and your own body.
The dude is being genuine here I don’t even think he gives a damn About the views I think he’s just trying to save us from ourselves as a fighter if we don’t care or help each other out who is going to save us from ourselves
Yeah I was fifteen at a kickboxing gym with these Russian men they have have zero chill even if their 15-20 kilograms bigger than you. I was quite big for a fifteen year old 6,1 and was about 73 kilos. It’s fun but sometimes after those sparring sessions it would hurt
@@bearwarrior5719 yea Russians and most Eastern Europeans go HARD in every sparring sessions. I personally like the Thai method, tons of play sparring and fight really often. For the Thais, the fight is the hard sparring session.
Agree with false sense of security but headgear combined with light/technical sparring is the way to go...the head gear will protect from accidental head-butts and glancing blows when you move towards the punch increasing its impact. The headgear dissipates/ distributes the pressure of the blow (pressure = force/ area)
I only do light sparring and I only pair with people with the same vision, almost open hand and holding the power all the times, especially on power punches, it's more like touching and entering the guard rather than smashing each others, always with headgear and 14/16oz gloves, I want to have fun, not come home injured
The only thing I disagree with this video is the fact you pronounce GIF as Jif 🙄 Just kidding, all love Shane 😉❤ Been doing your MMA home workouts for a year, and adding up some of your old workout videos. Gotta say, it improved my work capacity and cardio this quarantine. Keep up the good work for the Underdogs! 🐺🥊🥋🤼🏻♂
@@arefallout - When the fibers that hold your eye’s lens in place become damaged from blows to the head the lens will often detach. This type of damage also accelerates the development of cataracts. To save your vision you would most likely need an artificial lens that must be micro-stitched in place.
I have about 2000 hours full contact sparring, and nobody ever got hurt beyond minor bruises except one time a guy I kicked almost got broken ribs because i hit him too hard, but he healed up in 2 weeks and it was fine. Not one person in my old sensei's dojo ever got hurt bad enough to complain about it except that one guy.
My goal for boxing is just for aesthetics. I dont even spar anymore, id rather use that time for bagwork/shadowboxing. Ill only spar in the presence of a coach.
@fightTIPS Shane, my coach does not even allow hard sparring. Whenever he sees either of the people he trains hitting hard, he warns us. He says, ‘if you all want to fight hard, you got to fight me’. What you are saying is fact. That light sparring really helps develop a persons fight IQ. The only funny part about sparring is sometimes the other person does not know their own strength. Some how, they find their strength whenever they spar!
Save the trauma for where it is unavoidable, the competition. Training should be 100% safe with simulated risk so the reactions and timing is where they both need to be. Ego battles in the gym make less people want to spar with you so you get fewer looks and taking the damage will fuck you up. I’m going blind in one of my eyes because hard sparring made me develop a large hole in my optical nerve. The doctor literally said “If you continuously have trauma to the nose it will affect your vision and your brain” It isn’t worth it guys. I can’t even compete because of injuries from SPARRING. Don’t do it. Be smart. Have fun. Train hard. Spar light.
This reminds me of the great Gerald Mcclelland... unfortunately he is in bad shape now due to excessive gym wars (I think even more when he left Kronk Gym) and that may have been the cause that led to that horrible night against Nigel Benn. Same with James Toney. I see many pros like Canelo and others going at max 60% in a sparring session like you know they are going for a real "fight experience" session but they are not stupid, they know their limits.
Hello!I'm studying neuroscience, researched a lot into cte and can tell you a) its a lot more common than you think heck our parents probably most likely have some sort of cte, its caused by repetitive head hits happened to me many times, wouldnt be surprised if i have some level of cte as we speak, after hits throughout childhood, shit ton of concussions sparring muay thai incidents, although we largely do spar smart., b) using protocols that maximise brain blood flow, tau protein flushing, oxygenated blood, low inflammation, high omega 3 ,fasting- autophagy BDNF growing new neurons, it can be reversed. I want to get this optimistic message out there. www.optimallivingdynamics.com/blog/a-powerful-protocol-proven-to-help-reverse-brain-damage
Sparring is a conversation, never turn it into an argument.
If you're not competing no need to get your head beat in for nothing.
Thanks for the tips Shane.
That's good, I'm gonna start saying that
I light spar usually with friends and do it just for fun and train. Do you recommend i hard spar ? I'm not doing it for money although I do wanna get a fight in streetbeefs one time.
@@l.paolosantacatalina-tuazo7331 hard spars are only recommended if both parties agreed and if you want to simulate a real fight and more importantly if you have good foundation in head movement and defense in general for longevity (or do it less often if youre still getting hit more often until you master defense) the only reason it has a bad rep imo is because the other guy doesnt know when to hit hard or not and thats because both parties didnt agree to spar hard.
Excellent point... Some one told me u spar to learn not to win...👍🏽👍🏽
Love that! Great philosophy! When we find someone trying to show off or being reckless they have to go! (P S it's usually a dude that's not that good anyway 😄)
If you want to preserve yourself and come fresh in every fight, light and technical sparring is always the best.
Partially, yeah.. But if someone has no experience with the harsh, intense pace of an actual fight, they're going to crumple up in the middle of it or just get broken. Some amount of hard sparring is necessary because it's the closest training you can get to actually fighting.
@The opposite trader Max Holloway is an elite, top 0.0001% martial artist in the world. I guarantee he hard sparred in the earlier parts of his career and now just doesn't feel like he benefits from it, since he's probably much better than anyone he could spar hard with and doesn't have enough left to learn to justify the damage taken. He doesn't need to practice staying calm under pressure - newer fighters and even experienced but non-elite fighters do need to incorporate a degree of intense sparring, period.
@@ScentSense well said
@@ScentSense good solution is hard shots to body and legs but soft shots to head. Also good practice between both sparring partners and must demonstrate good control before starting
bro any tips? i’ve been hard sparring all my life💀
Guys get in their feelings.. i notice it when i spar lightly. Tag a guy a few times, and they start getting emotional.
You're a real estate agent...stfu
@@TexterEX he’s absolutely true tho😂
@A Jay Yeah im confused why he said it like an insult
lol humans hate missing an also falling on the ground even worse
@@TexterEX this guy is a real estate agent and he puttin in work in the dojo what u doin
Legitimate facts!! Great Video man!
Hard Sparring is fun occasionally & helps reassure you can still take a punch but Getting your head bashed in on a Daily basis
& trying to play it off like "I aint into that soft sparring BS" & then years later all the concussions & Hits to the brain can have a
built up affect on you & its always sad to see cause people are so focused on the now they neglect the health of their future selves.
Great to see THE Jaxblade watching martial arts vids 😍😍😍🙏🙏🙏
Agreed. I hate to admit it but I’m just not as tough as I wanna be. You can’t Train durability like you’re in some sort of video game. Your body is the only one you got so you better treat it nicely
Hello what's up dudes and dudettes
When's a Kure Raian video coming out tho
here he is the justin y of fitness
Go hard in grappling, light in striking
I sprained my elbow at one point from grappling. I suggest go light. Medical insurance aint cheap nowadays. 🤔
But CTE is a thing in grappling, too.
@@hichaelhighers ain't no one hitting you in the head when you're only training in training
@@hichaelhighers No there isn't, you don't get hit in the head when grappling
Until you get herniated discs or neck injurys, flow grappling is useful or just find a training partner that doesn't want to crack your neck(because it is completely unecesary and you are not doing the submission well)
This is why I love training martial arts on the side. I’d never want to be a professional boxer or ufc fighter. Too much trauma
Common pussy traits
@@superbuddy2493 it appears you have common dumbass traits
Thats why Martial Arts never work! You cannot learn to fight without fighting
@@superbuddy2493 pussy traits when ur username is gaming circus? 💀
@@kalterkakaozumfruhstuck1515 Das Stimmt, man muss schon lernen wie es sich anfühlt geschlagen zu werden.
My uncle was a boxer and he was punch drunk by the time he was 45 years old. He talked and walked slow. His hearing, vision and speech were never the same. He died before he turned 60.
I'm doing my PhD on traumatic brain injury (and I also love training martial arts). Brain injury during consistent hard sparring (aimed at the head) is absolutely real. The brain is not like a muscle or cartilage where it can be conditioned. The physiology of the brain is completely different from muscle/cartilage
Is light sparring also dangerous
@@Kenji17171 yes
@@Kenji17171 I think light sparring (to the head) in the form of light, quick taps is fine if it's helping improve fight reflexes. The hard hits to the head is probably not recommended. Just keep in mind that even the light hits to the head, if above a certain damage threshold, might add damage over time. Even if a hit to the head is sub-concussive, but above a certain threshold of force, it can still be bad for the brain.
@@Kenji17171 yeah, it's just less dangerous. While not perfect it is a happy medium between realism and health
@@tdogable So light sparring is dangerous? So the beats you took as a child is dangerous? So even wrestling is dangerous as sub concussive blows are dealt to the body and head clashes, flips throws? So shall we just lock ourselves up in a cage and stay protected our whole lives? Read my other reply.
hard sparring is for real heroes who will never be in a ring because they will always be injured in training because they confuse combat and training.
This is a must! I got concussion and post concussion from Muay Thai, been training over 12 years, and I was perfectly fine until I hard sparred between 1 -5 days apart, and took it next level. Did not even get KO'd ( have never been ) but took hits to the head ( as you do ). I haven't been the same since, ringing in ears for life and odd vision, with floaters. TRUST ME DO NOT SPAR HARD IN A ROW!! DAY AFTER DAY!
I did some boxing got hit to the head multiple times guys way above my weight got a concussion so bad
I have a Post concussion my vision goes blurry sometimes it's really bad and my anxiety goes trough the roof oh and I have ringing ears also people just really don't know what health means until it leaves you facts 💯
@@Jdjdjdjjdj1997 oh man I'm in the same boat as you. The worst are those days where you have too much going on and have to multi task and have too many conversations and your brain feels like a fried egg. Good luck man. I have just learned to live with it.
Currently dealing with pcs 2 months in from MMA. How are u now and do you still train?
@@lukegregory5408 A lot better im back at BJJ sparring 3 times a week, it does get better yes!
@@kalasala13 how long did it take you to recover bro. If u don't mind the questions
Been hard sparring for 11 years. Got a concussion 8 days ago *probably my 3rd or 4th* and decided enough is enough.
This video is spot on
Once u get kod is it true it’s easy for h to get knocked out more easily ?
@@Unknownpalo i'd imagine so
I've never actually been knocked out or knocked down despite those multiple concussions, sometimes all it takes is a hard punch to wobble you a bit.
And it's funny when I look back at my original comment because I'm scheduled to fight again in November😆
@@stupidfrog2205 I hope you do well in your fight
@@stupidfrog2205 How is you fight? You win?
haven't sparred in over a year, I've improved so much from drilling constantly and haven't been getting injured!
@DieuJose LeManifique if you know, you know!
Hello!I'm studying neuroscience, researched a lot into cte and can tell you a) its a lot more common than you think heck our parents probably most likely have some sort of cte, its caused by repetitive head hits happened to me many times, wouldnt be surprised if i have some level of cte as we speak, after hits throughout childhood, shit ton of concussions sparring muay thai incidents, although we largely do spar smart., b) using protocols that maximise brain blood flow, tau protein flushing, oxygenated blood, low inflammation, high omega 3 ,fasting- autophagy BDNF growing new neurons, it can be reversed. I want to get this optimistic message out there. www.optimallivingdynamics.com/blog/a-powerful-protocol-proven-to-help-reverse-brain-damage
@@dhuss14 amazing thank you
Guys for the first drill. PLEASE BE CAREFUL. I can't stress this enough. Last year I was doing that drill with my partner and damn near got my eye poked out. Be careful please
Yeah me 2. at my first training in a gym i did that and there is one guy who always pokes the eye. I left that gym because it was far away. Then after a year he was there again and he poked again
Do it with gloves and do body shots, shoulders and some kicks if you want. This the version my gym does as warm ups
Yeah. I got poked cause my partner reached for my left shoulder, but I thought he was reaching for my right. So I "slipped" left to avoid the touch on my right shoulder. And got poked right on my eye. Left a pretty gnarly cut on my eyelid
@@stopthecap4317 oh thats an idea
@@ballons11 in my opinion you should only throw like hooks because if you tap the outside of the shoulder u cant poke each other
Honestly I’ve been trying to tell my former coach this!
It’s not that I’m afraid of hard sparring just want to improve technical move sets or not getting brain damage as well.
Yeah and if you just started boxing why would you even hard spar ? Just to throw haymakers until one of you get knocked down... People dont understand ,
@@masaeffy yeah and the thing I don't like about hard sparring is that you tend to fight emotionally and through instinct rather than through technique, at least as a beginner.
When I was 17 joined a boxing gym and did tons hard sparring every week without headgear with police officers and big muscular guys for a year straight, I didn’t even work on technic that much but I learned from experience early on, I stopped going to that gym 10 months in, because I realized the seriousness of my health (I realized that way too late) but now I took a break and will probably look for a new gym that’s more regulated and focus on improving my health while still learning fighting
I learned muay thai at your age, I'm not that much older now, but I think that thai box is certainly more chill in general.
Before every sparring match I tell my partner to remember to go light. More often than not, it doesn’t work. The problem is that a lot of people don’t know how to throw with speed but control. I’ll try to start off each match with a couple leg kicks and jabs to give them an idea of how light I’m hitting them. Then they’ll throw back with something like a hook, and even though I block it, my head still gets popped back because of the power they put into it. I’ve gotten a couple black eyes and bloody noses and I’m like, you shouldn’t be hitting me hard enough to leave an actual mark.
Hate that stuff. I love sparring gently, as it's fun and a learning experience. I have no competition aspirations whatsoever and just want to learn how to move, evade and touch without waking up to a headache or worse. 🙌
Good tip is to let your hands loose when hitting. By that you can throw fast punches, but without much power because you will automatically reduce the speed and power at the end of the shot.
Fight camps in my gym are generslly 8 weeks long, and we hard spar 1, 2, or maybe 3 times during the entire camp. The rest is sparring drills, technical sparring, isolated sparring (like clinch only some days), and, most often, just normal light to medium sparring. No need to kill each other all the time, just get that work in, and be honest with yourself and your partners.
Finally! Someone with a brain 🙏 Thank you for this.
I'm 44 and just started MMA (one month into my journey .) I did my first "sparring" session today. Boxing only. My opponent was a fat reckless guy in his mid twenties. It was hard sparring even though it was supposed to be soft. Being new to MMA, I didn't know the difference.
The guy I was "sparring" with came at me like a juggernaut, throwing punches wild and hard. I couldn't escape or defend. The coach just kept yelling at me to throw 3 punch combos. How exactly can I do that when the dude is throwing haymakers and running after me like a psycho. Remember, this is my first time sparring!
Then the coach talked trash, saying I look like a girl flailing around.
Clearly he saw, and knew, this was wrong but rather than stopping the "fight" (cause that's what it was for Christ's sake) and making the dude chill out, the coach just kept saying the same thing... "throw 3 punch combos!" while continuing to talk trash. Mind you, this was in front of other gym members.
When I spoke my mind in a respectful manner, he made me feel like it was my fault for not listening.
Needless to say I left the gym feeling pathetic rather than empowered. I feel like quitting because his attitude sucks.
I think this video proves to me that this coach and his gym is dangerous and not a good fit for me.
Thank you again for being a sane voice in an insane world 🙏
Switch gyms.
The second one is the best one in my experience. We always do that in Muay Thai paractice
great for warmups
more gym owners need to hear this for sure... i'm glad to be training in an era where people are now training smarter. it's not about toughening it out and seeing who is the hardest
i also think it's important to choose the right person to light spar with too, or speak up if they're going too hard. sometimes it's not their fault either because as a beginner it can be easy to lose control of your emotions and accidentally hit harder than anticipated or not realise how hard you're hitting the other person. communication is key.
thanks for the informative video and breakdown of exercises. this was helpful.
You are right. I love the gym im at (boxing) but there’s this one guy who always spars hard and acts like it’s a real fight. Ive tried telling him to take it down a notch but he won’t so I refuse to spar him ever again.
Sparring should be like a chess game, I don't spar anymore because most ppl don't want to play chess in the ring but Super Street Fighter 6
Exactly, then once guys are starting to “settle in” into sparring they completely forget to work on the punch combinations, defensive techniques, and strategies for setting up traps. Hard sparring usually ends up turning into autopilot made, and all of the drills that were worked on throughout the week just get completely forgotten.
@Dylan Renfurm for the record I can't wait for Super Street Fighter 6 to come out sometime in the near future.
@@sym9266 I only laugh because I know that Super Street Fighter 6 will be the sequel to the original Street Fighter 6 and the prequel to Ultra Street Fighter 6: Tournament Edition lool
The thing with punches (I’m a boxer) is it don’t have to be powerful for it to hurt, it just have to land clean (Landing clean punches are always one of my keys to winning) bec often times I get called out for punching too hard on technical sparring but I swear I held back on those punch, it just landed nicely and in its perfect timing (I would immediately apologize everytime).
EXACTLY. Punches that land clean can be so deceiving even if they're light. Big ups to you for taking it and apologising despite knowing you were all good
I’m the same way. I’m pretty weak but I land clean punches often and always apologize because I know that shit hurts. I’ve felt strong people hold back on punches and still hurt my nose with a stiff, clean jab.
Try keeping your hand open inside your glove and don't allow it to turn in to an actual fist while you are punching. You will be essential tapping them with your fingertips. It's pretty much impossible to get a good shot off like this because you will know that if you hit too hard you will jam your finger badly. This really helped me learn how to go super light on the sparring.
If you are hurting people with clean shots you can definitely still go lighter.
@@BrentCox2B One trick I’ve done is technical spar without hand wraps, just gloves. This makes me consciously and subconsciously weary of throwing with any power at all because I don’t wanna hurt my knuckles, I’m new to kickboxing and they’re still pretty weak. I also have been trying to do flicker punches so just fingers down knuckles forward. No squeeze
That's how ali did it. Didn't always land hard punches just effective ones to hit the right spot and knock people out
Great video Shane , like Gsp Said I don’t spar , I play in the gym. Touch sparring is the way forward.
Excellent content! I agree 100% with the effects of CTE in combat and contact sports. I personally have some CTE effects from years of sparring and contact sports
My partners and I have a method of sparring full-speed but with the hand left open inside the glove, and no follow through on the punch. 16oz gloves with soft padding too. The speed is still there but the open hand takes a lot of bite out of the punch.
This right here.
First gym i have trained was hard sparing only, my first fight was horrible, lost for points to someone that for sure i can beat, i even score two tko, but the fact was that i was stiff like a plank, thank God my opponent were weaker than me and don't destroy me (i am sorry if iam looking arrogant somehow), and i believe that what caused this was the trauma that hard sparing deloveped in my body, years later and now i am at a best gym, we do mostly light hight technical sparing that take away the fear and stiffness of my body and thanks to them i become a better atlete by a lot (Thanks Kadosh).
I haven't come back to Fighting yet because of covid here in Brazil, but soon i will be back.
I hope that my comment help someone as well, thanks for the content Shane.
Let's get this video trending guys. This man deserves the WORLD🌏
Im doing neuroscience, researched a lot into cte and can tell you a) its a lot more common than you think heck our parents probably most likely have some sort of cte, its caused by repetitive head hits happened to me many times, wouldnt be surprised if i have some level of cte as we speak, after hits throughout childhood, shit ton of concussions sparring muay thai incidents, although we largely do spar smart., b) using protocols that maximise brain blood flow, tau protein flushing, oxygenated blood, low inflammation, high omega 3 ,fasting- autophagy BDNF growing new neurons, it can be reversed. I want to get this optimistic message out there. www.optimallivingdynamics.com/blog/a-powerful-protocol-proven-to-help-reverse-brain-damage
Good vid. My Dad boxed and always did slap boxing me because he never wanted anytime to become what they used to call "punch drunk"...
FUN FACT: Angelo Dundee HOF trainer [Champuons: ALI LEONARD Luis Rodriguez, Willie Pastrano, Ralph Dupas, José Nápoles, Pinklon Thomas, Trevor Berbick, Jimmy Ellis, , Michael Nunn
DIDN'T allow Hard headshots in sparring ....ONLY TO THE BODY
Ingle gym the same body sparring was the most common practice under Brendan ingle they produced - Prince Naseem hamed, Johnny Nelson, kell brook, herol Graham etc..... and produced a very distinct defensive slick style here in uk
Great and practical video Shane! Thanks for the tips.
CTE and damage to the head in general is the most important topic for everyone considering martial arts especially striking. I already got dropped a couple of times in sparring, had headaches and still have tinnitus from mma training to this day. Shane is right when he says CTE is scary and head trauma should be avoided if possible.
But the eyes, ears and nose etc. are as fragile as the brain. You only have one body. So train wisely.
GSP sad on JRE Podcast that he doesn’t like to spar hard but rather play with his training partners.
Exactly what I tell my friends but they always wanna go hard and we end up getting injuries that arent even worth the "lesson" learned
So I just went through this. I haven't trained martial arts in almost 10 years. I wanted to get back into it and wanted to fight. I joined an MMA gym that a friend's cousin trains at. It was really affordable and he had nothing but great things to say about it.
I joined and from the first day there was a lot of really weird things that I saw that I didn't agree with. I thought maybe I was being too "formal" from my traditional MA background, so I said I would give it some time. On my 3rd day the "coach" said ok let's spar, so I was put up against a guy who's been fighting for 15 years and was one of the most active fighters there.
I went to put on headgear but they said no I wouldn't need it. I figured it wouldn't be anything more then light contact. But I was completely bullied. I started out light and the guy told me to go hit him with everything I had. I was hesitant at first but then he hit me and I was completely taken back by the power. Being stubborn as well as afraid and didn't want to look weak I gave it back. The guy was light-years ahead of me and really just bullied me and after I went down from a brutal knee I questioned staying down. I was dumb and got back up and he kicked me square in the face which knocked me down made me dizzy and I felt like I broke my jaw.
They wanted me to keep going but I said I could no longer continue, I was limping from all the leg kicks I took for 3 days after, I couldn't eat anything solid without it causing me extreme paint/discomfort for almost a week.
I didn't go back I wanted to I knew it want safe and that I could get injured and also have serious damage later down the road. I found out.later they spar like that a few times a week
Sounds like BS
I just went through a similar situation. I feel taken advantage of and humiliated. 😢
wrestling bois: **confused oonga bunga**
wrestling guys can also get truma too...especially idk getting your head slammed into the mats
@@tauhid9983 yes, and i have a lot of it
@@tauhid9983 Brazilian jiu jitsu is probably the safest but in general grappling is safer than striking.
Thank you for this. Very good. If you´re sparring and your opponent strikes too hard, simply say, STOP! Loud and clear. And communicate with your sparring partner. You have to be the one who is more aware, and have compassion for yourself and your opponent. Take charge of the sparring.
*Why does this not even have 100k views?? There’s at least 5 million people who need to hear this.*
People usually aren't interested until it's too late.
Case in point. Look at Terry Norris. Norris sparred hard all the time. Which some people say led to him having a glass chin. Which was especially bad in an era where the top middleweights and jr middleweights were all throwing bombs. His speech and other motor functions are all impacted to this day.
I am 25 and i started noticing a difference in my speech, slight slurr, stutterness here and there, but its definitely more obvious than last year. I am thinking of stopping sparring all together. I hope I recover after a month or two and this doesnt become a permanent thing
Any updates?
how are you currently?
The video I needed. I always wanted try mma(not competitively, just train) but was always to afraid to get brain damage. Now I'm more motivated to train than ever.
Shane you the freaking MAN bro 💪🙏👊
I am Italian!!!!!!
I love your videosssss.
You help me every days with my workout at home!!!!
Not even 3 minutes in, and I just want to add my thoughts on shoulders and knees - in MMA building the habits of going for the knees is great and very useful. As for going for the shoulders? There's plenty of precedent of wearing out an opponent's shoulders by attacking that joint since most people won't take their shoulders off line. 1-2 rounds of hard shoulder punches and those arms start to feel heavy.
As a Doctor I'm glad that a fight channel talks about this
Thx my lad! Im a romanian. Did boxing for 2 years. Only did hard sparing. 3 to 4 days of training 1 week. It was hard. The other fighters only deed hard sparing. Now i try to light spar more often. Srry for bad eng. 😉
"be smart, be safe and take care of your brain" woah..that's a hell of a advice that puts the advice back to full circle lmao
1:02 Shane eats a flush left hook, gets up within a sec
Quite a chin dude, and great video
I am the only dude in the lighter weight classes (56kg-60kg). As a young boxer, i tend to be stubborn with slowing down (at first)
I have been sparring fairly hard when my skills were comfortable however sparring someone who is 8-15kg heavier means ive delt alot of hard hits to the nogging. Ive become increasing aware of CTE. And stopped swinging hard, but rather starting to swing smart and slower paced.
Also thanks for the many videos, ive used and learned alot from you the past year :)
Man, i relate so much to this
Been doing MMA for over 3 years now. Here in Madagascar, we do hard sparring with no head-gear or shin protection every session.
i'm a financial analyst and i didn't train for months. Had focus troubles and sudden memory loss, lately knew that they were the early signs of CTE. Scary man, i love this sport but it is a vicious vicious game.
Damn, I’m just glad you recognized the signs and gave your body the rest it needed. Be sure to check back in with us and let us know how you’re doing 🙏
awesome to have you spreading this info man, literally life saving. Cheers from Brazil
Hello!I'm studying neuroscience, researched a lot into cte and can tell you a) its a lot more common than you think heck our parents probably most likely have some sort of cte, its caused by repetitive head hits happened to me many times, wouldnt be surprised if i have some level of cte as we speak, after hits throughout childhood, shit ton of concussions sparring muay thai incidents, although we largely do spar smart., b) using protocols that maximise brain blood flow, tau protein flushing, oxygenated blood, low inflammation, high omega 3 ,fasting- autophagy BDNF growing new neurons, it can be reversed. I want to get this optimistic message out there. www.optimallivingdynamics.com/blog/a-powerful-protocol-proven-to-help-reverse-brain-damage
@@dhuss14 thanks man! Will for sure read that. I started researching this after I got knocked down sparring a buddy of mine (first time I sparred full contact in many years).
I fully agree. My first sparring session was pretty bad. Was against a 120kg guy (I’m 88) who trained for 5 years but wasn’t able to control himself. Kicked me in the head without control, threw full hooks, flying superman punches etc. I didn’t know if that was the correct way to spar so I didn’t questioned it. Next sparring session I didn’t participate because I was scared TBH. Then I got a different gym and we did sparring there, but light and controlled sparring. Damn that was fun! You noticed when you got hit but I didn’t hurt much, I wasn’t scared and learned a lot. And most importantly I had fun and am now looking forward to the next sparring session instead of being scared of it!
my top 5 isolated spar drills: 1. offense vs defense 2. jab & teep vs everything 3. kicks vs punches 4. southpaw vs orthodox 5. style vs style (like khao vs femeur)
Great info! Glad to see content providing some education on the dangers of CTE and how to prevent it from occurring. Constantly being battered will break anyone over time.
I can't wait for my CTE... I'm 21 and I've been hard sparing regularly since 14. I used to even allow punches to the head as well since I have a strong jaw and it fired me up. I am already having huge problems with my memory and I get episodes of stuttering where I can't even form or complete a sentence. I just recently became aware of how bad that was and how much problems I will have in the future. It might be too late but at least I stopped doing it.
It can be cured with Diet.
The diet is against what we have been taught and it takes open Mind..
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy. Oxygen makes you heal in all ways.
I used to have pretty severe brain damage from taking heavy doses of adderall daily as a kid in school. I haven’t tried oxygen therapy yet, but socializing, learning guitar&piano, regular chess playing, quick mental math, reading etc... has restored me from a complete retard who could barely say a full sentence without messing up my words to an almost fully functioning, normal person.
It took me a good few years to get to the point where it wasn’t extremely obvious to the people around me that I had brain damage, but moral of the story = never underestimate your bodies natural ability to regenerate.
Contacting a naturopathic doctor to help with the nutrition needed to heal will also help greatly.
I think all the hard work has honestly made me so much smarter than I would have been if I just didn’t have the brain damage in the first place, but I guess we will never know.
Good luck brother, I will pray for you
Are you better now?
I was going to jump on here and rant, but I totally agree with the CONTEXT of what you're saying. I actually think different levels and types of sparring conditioning, drills etc are great.
James Toney reportedly only ever sparred in preparation for fights. Listen to him speak now.
I agree with everything but the last part, I believe mental pressure is the answer...give the first time fighter intense energy and speed, but still pull the shots...no more than "20%" power.
That will be enough to simulate a real fight without the trauma, in a real fight most hits will feel like 20% power with the adrenaline pumping anyway, so it's all about mental pressure.
I go to beacon and had my first day sparring the other day when you coached it and it made it such a better first experience the fact that you made it isolated how we started with only lead attacks and built from there 🙏🏽 really makes it less of a sparring to win mindset and makes us focus on really drilling certain attacks and defending certain attacks💯💯
That's great to hear, man! See you next week 😄👍 I can't make it this Tuesday, but I'll be there later in the week.
@@fighttips okay cool sounds great💪🏽🙏🏽
I think a good rule for hard sparring is to just go light to the head and treat it like a real hit so don't just plow forward and counter if you get hit. I'd say body shots and leg kicks are fair game for hard sparring and 40% to the head at best
Shane it seems like Rodtang is on another level when it comes to conditioning the head! Lol
Love the Great Knowledge and Great Tips in Sparring in a Combat Sports 💪🥊.... Martial Arts 🥋 like: Boxing, Kickboxing, Muay Thai, Judo, Jiu Jitsu, Wrestling. 🥊🤼♂️🥋
Always be Patients, Find your Timing, Rhythm, Be Sharp, Find your Range and Close the Distance, Always Need Good I.Q in the Ring in Kickboxing Sparring. 🥊💪👍
Good thing I rarely hard spar I'm going to start those ways of sparring.
Something im trying to change at the gym im at is Level sparring. Recently we got a big group of new guys and i told them i would exclusively spar them but only to be one step ahead of them.For example, since they're still working on getting down their jab and cross, ill only use my jab,cross and head movement at a slightly higher level until i see theyre developing good technique and so on. I tell them there is no need for me to beat any of them up with my 5 years of experience to their 1 week of training, if i beat them up every sparring session it only serves to discourage them and to be afraid. Yes eventually ill pick up the pace on them to test their ring IQ(parrying,counter punching,rolling ETC) to see what they've learned and from there i can adjust with them to either use a higher level of ring IQ with them to match them or pull them aside and re work techniques with them.
Best advice I’ve watched I done when I was 15 and had massive headache after but went to hard as I was nervous
Great tip for today's training 😅
85k views but only 5k likes...
ffs, the man's saving lives.
I say that light sparring is the way to go. Keep your hands open in the gloves. Still keep many of your strikes in your arsenal, but don't put power behind them.
Good confirmation! There's so many things we can do to improve our fighting skills that are not hard sparring. Same is true w grappling as striking. I love to do gentle matches where you don't have to worry about getting hurt. That way you can explore more possibilities. Tai chi is a great practice for smoothing everything over. My experience! Thanx!
💯 YES!!! On the content of this Video.
I can’t tell you how many fighters I have personally witness shorten or end their career by not understanding these concepts.
Thank for making this video man I appreciate it I can show my friend
Hello!I'm studying neuroscience, researched a lot into cte and can tell you a) its a lot more common than you think heck our parents probably most likely have some sort of cte, its caused by repetitive head hits happened to me many times, wouldnt be surprised if i have some level of cte as we speak, after hits throughout childhood, shit ton of concussions sparring muay thai incidents, although we largely do spar smart., b) using protocols that maximise brain blood flow, tau protein flushing, oxygenated blood, low inflammation, high omega 3 ,fasting- autophagy BDNF growing new neurons, it can be reversed. I want to get this optimistic message out there. www.optimallivingdynamics.com/blog/a-powerful-protocol-proven-to-help-reverse-brain-damage
People need to realize when you do it half speed, if done correctly, you'll feel what muscles are being worked so you can get proper technique and it benefits everyone in the end. I've re learned my kicks doing it half speed and the technique got way tighter.
Really good video. Lots of people do not know about different kinds of sparring and 5h8nk hard sparring is how all sparring should go.
I just had an instance of sparring tonight that is having me quit my gym.
We specifically said "light sparring" tonight after drilling for muay thai. A boxer comes in, and I spar with him. The MOST I'm doing is tapping him with inside and outside leg kicks, body kicks, some jabs, and teeps. We mainly focused on teeps tonight and proper teep defense.
Fast forward, and he comes in to counter a jab with a shoulder roll and hook to the point that I almost lose where I am after I get hit. Yes, he caught me when my hands were down. Two problems from my perspective: Why is he going so hard for the head and not just going for a hook to the body, and why is he hitting me so hard that after ONE SHOT, I have a headache?
I told him that clearly isn't going hard, and he needs to tone it back. I gave him another chance after grabbing some water. Not 30 seconds in, he does it again to the point that I can feel my brain vibrate upon impact.
Honestly, that's the last time I'm sparring with someone I don't know. It's absolutely ridiculous. I'm doing this because I love it and to stay on top of self-defense in some way. There's zero reason to have that happen twice.
I started doing the shoulder sparring a month ago with the less experienced guys at my gym and they’ve told me that they feel way more comfy doing it that way before they spar
I pretty much always keep it technical. I feel like I can still improve my game without hitting my sparring partner as hard as I can lol.
Great that you bring this serious topic up and recommend alternatives. 👍👍👍
Good rule of thumb imo...
light touch sparing should be within your weekly routine where u spar kinda like how shane was talking about in the beginning but also might wanna consider sparing with 10% of full power while keeping the body shot lower than 50%
While if u wanna consider hard sparring, don't go full on and start bashing with full power punches but still learning to control and pull the punches while keeping the head strikes less than but more than 50% for body shots. That's how I wanna think about it
There is a joke in our dojo that people who claimed to spar hard, and mock light sparrer would probably won't remember their names years later.
I really love isolated sparing makes it a challenge and teaches you to be more creative with you attacks
I hate hard sparing especially when the guy just drop Bomb on me unannounced.
We mix it up at our gym!
Gotta get used to getting hit and also take time to refine your craft
Thanks for presenting this Shane. Many in the industry don't understand the concept.
Great fan of your sir
Always follow your techniques
Keep teaching more like this
If a gym has ten fighters, and they do hard sparring only, by fight day, only the biggest guy and the most skillful guy can fight. Always treasure your sparring partner and your own body.
The dude is being genuine here I don’t even think he gives a damn About the views I think he’s just trying to save us from ourselves as a fighter if we don’t care or help each other out who is going to save us from ourselves
Every Russian feels personally attacked.
Why Russians are notorious for sparring hard? I got a knee on my rib once sparring with a slavic person.
@@bearwarrior5719 hope it didn’t break
Yeah I was fifteen at a kickboxing gym with these Russian men they have have zero chill even if their 15-20 kilograms bigger than you. I was quite big for a fifteen year old 6,1 and was about 73 kilos. It’s fun but sometimes after those sparring sessions it would hurt
@@bearwarrior5719 yea Russians and most Eastern Europeans go HARD in every sparring sessions. I personally like the Thai method, tons of play sparring and fight really often. For the Thais, the fight is the hard sparring session.
Couldn't agree more Shane, alot of young fighters could learn alot from this
Another thing is the fact that headgear may be more damaging because it provides a bigger target and a false sense of security.
Agree with false sense of security but headgear combined with light/technical sparring is the way to go...the head gear will protect from accidental head-butts and glancing blows when you move towards the punch increasing its impact.
The headgear dissipates/ distributes the pressure of the blow (pressure = force/ area)
GOOD
I only do light sparring and I only pair with people with the same vision, almost open hand and holding the power all the times, especially on power punches, it's more like touching and entering the guard rather than smashing each others, always with headgear and 14/16oz gloves, I want to have fun, not come home injured
Thank you for sharing how to not get hurt permanently you are truly awesome and wonderful as always ^^
10:09 I bursted out laughing “that’s a pretty good deal”
The only thing I disagree with this video is the fact you pronounce GIF as Jif 🙄
Just kidding, all love Shane 😉❤ Been doing your MMA home workouts for a year, and adding up some of your old workout videos. Gotta say, it improved my work capacity and cardio this quarantine.
Keep up the good work for the Underdogs! 🐺🥊🥋🤼🏻♂
One of the most important information in combat sports!
Hard sparring can also damage and weaken the lens capsule of the eye (zonules) and later in life can lead to a subluxation of the lens.
In english?
@@arefallout - When the fibers that hold your eye’s lens in place become damaged from blows to the head the lens will often detach. This type of damage also accelerates the development of cataracts. To save your vision you would most likely need an artificial lens that must be micro-stitched in place.
@@Greg07623 ah....Thank you...
this video is all FACTS, really enjoyed the video.
I have about 2000 hours full contact sparring, and nobody ever got hurt beyond minor bruises except one time a guy I kicked almost got broken ribs because i hit him too hard, but he healed up in 2 weeks and it was fine. Not one person in my old sensei's dojo ever got hurt bad enough to complain about it except that one guy.
We were supposed to be doing "light sparring" and he let fly a right hook which I ate- right on the temple- I heard ringing in my ears
@Greg Lurik ya i got hit with a good left hook to the jaw heard Bell rings . 1st time AS well . i love sparring
My goal for boxing is just for aesthetics. I dont even spar anymore, id rather use that time for bagwork/shadowboxing. Ill only spar in the presence of a coach.
@fightTIPS Shane, my coach does not even allow hard sparring. Whenever he sees either of the people he trains hitting hard, he warns us. He says, ‘if you all want to fight hard, you got to fight me’. What you are saying is fact. That light sparring really helps develop a persons fight IQ. The only funny part about sparring is sometimes the other person does not know their own strength. Some how, they find their strength whenever they spar!
Save the trauma for where it is unavoidable, the competition.
Training should be 100% safe with simulated risk so the reactions and timing is where they both need to be.
Ego battles in the gym make less people want to spar with you so you get fewer looks and taking the damage will fuck you up.
I’m going blind in one of my eyes because hard sparring made me develop a large hole in my optical nerve.
The doctor literally said “If you continuously have trauma to the nose it will affect your vision and your brain”
It isn’t worth it guys.
I can’t even compete because of injuries from SPARRING.
Don’t do it.
Be smart. Have fun. Train hard. Spar light.
Another great one is light/technical sparring.
love the video bro! great content
This reminds me of the great Gerald Mcclelland... unfortunately he is in bad shape now due to excessive gym wars (I think even more when he left Kronk Gym) and that may have been the cause that led to that horrible night against Nigel Benn. Same with James Toney. I see many pros like Canelo and others going at max 60% in a sparring session like you know they are going for a real "fight experience" session but they are not stupid, they know their limits.
Thanks Shane 🙏 GREAT VIDEOS. 😀👍👍
Hello!I'm studying neuroscience, researched a lot into cte and can tell you a) its a lot more common than you think heck our parents probably most likely have some sort of cte, its caused by repetitive head hits happened to me many times, wouldnt be surprised if i have some level of cte as we speak, after hits throughout childhood, shit ton of concussions sparring muay thai incidents, although we largely do spar smart., b) using protocols that maximise brain blood flow, tau protein flushing, oxygenated blood, low inflammation, high omega 3 ,fasting- autophagy BDNF growing new neurons, it can be reversed. I want to get this optimistic message out there. www.optimallivingdynamics.com/blog/a-powerful-protocol-proven-to-help-reverse-brain-damage