A good question: “Does one need to regularly spar with a partner to be able to defend oneself in the street?”
Fense in the street come in two forms of either “social” or “asocial.” Most tend to learn how to deal with the social violence because that seems to be the one most encounter - mostly. The asocial type for most, is rare, and it often comes after you have failed “the test” which means you are already vulnerable and then the attack will be a total blitz like flurry of violence few can come back from for fense.
Before I continue you also have to deal with legal, civil, social and moral repercussions and consequences. For instance, in some systems certain methods are taught as self-defense, like groin attacks, eye gouged, biting, and others of similar nature, are actually not legal or fall into a category of perception used to sway a jury to convict.
In short sport oriented sanctioned fighting in the street are illegal! Know that there is a huge chasm between “fighting” and “defense.”
Add in attitudes created through training, practice and competition along with what terminology is associated with training that the systems will use to put you away.
For instance, using “combat” in your description of defense are interpreted by the uninitiated, tell them you are an aggressive fighter who broke the law.
Words matter: methodologies matter: methods matter: you actions before the encounter matter: your word and actions during the encounter matter: your go-nogo actions matter as the line is narrow and in constant motion: your words and actions after the encounter matter: perceptions of first responders on scene matter: perceptions and interpretations of the law matter: perceptions and interpretations of witnesses matter: media usage before, during and after matter because all this and more will be used by the system to win their case in court …
Now, to directly answer the question, NO regular sparring has its benefits but it is NOT conducive to street defense!”
Imagine you have been scoped out by a predator and you failed the test. He knows he’s got you. Suddenly, a complete and total surprise, he attacks you from behind totally surprising you, your brain locked up in the first half of the loop, orienting, and due to the flurry of blows to the back of your head and neck you body refuses to respond. (He has done this a lot to other victims and has been successful every time because any sense it won’t be successful means he won’t target you anyway - they only attack if they are positive they will win - lots of easy prey out there)
In 99.9% of such attacks seldom does the victim recover and successfully defends themselves! It takes a unique and special person to successfully defend against these types of predatory attackers.
Seldom does anyone train successfully to defend against such things. The ones that do read the road signs long before targeting ergo the predator tends to choose another target meaning, “train in awareness, detection, decide to avoid or escape and evade or to convey proper unspoken language that signals to the predator you ain’t so easy and today ain’t his day to attack you - just too much damn trouble 😈
Yes, there are a ton of good teachings one can achieve in dojo sparring but for defense it’s a whole other ball game that just ain’t taught in most martial systems defense lessons.
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