Beginner Sparring - Top Things to Keep in Mind
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Sparring makes you respect the sport and realize that boxing ain't easy. Getting use to getting hit was one of the most importantant things to me and not posing with punches.
Yes, thats what im learning right now. I kinda close my eyes sometimes, duck myself and have a little fear getting hit. I started boxing since 6 weeks though. I need routine and easy sparring to get slowly comfortable.
That's a natural reflex, and it's easy to get used to it. Ask someone to throw (light) punches into your cover, while you just focus on making sure you can see them, your cover is good, your breathing and that you stay centered, so you are able to move. It just takes a few rounds to improve a lot, then you can ask them to increase the strength a little so you can get used to sparring strength hits.
Been sparring for a couple weeks now after training for about a year and the last time I got in the ring I got my ass kicked HARD. Been watching these videos and it’s really helpful and making me feel better about being a beginner
Totally agree, patience is the key, you can't fight in the same way you hit the pads or the bag
White Boy, what's nervous got to do with it, patience helps with timing a punch, instead of just throwing punches for the sake of it and getting counted, best fighters to ever live were all patient conservative fighters, control the pace of the fight
This is how sparring should be done for starters. Developmental sparring isn't intimidating for the newbies and should transition them smoothly to stepping up the pace/intensity. Great video. More gyms should do this instead of dudes trying to knock each other's blocks off.
Robert Rivera Referees?
It wasnt for me i got battered
Very true. This rookie still has a bad footwork, he needs to learn like this. After a month, he can do the real sparring. I heard many mma fighters also start with developmental sparring.
Many gyms do the round robin where you train with all types of boxers (the heavy spars and the light) even on one's first day
Agreed, I get plenty of heavy spars, very few light ones. It's like they WANT to be injured before a fight
Every trainer should watch this video. Sparring for beginners, shouldn't be about, knocking the crap out of each other, in some kind of alpha male bullshit battle. Excellent video!
***** Someone could explain that to the assistance instructor who was my first sparring partner (in boxing). Went in with the mindset of working technique and holding back the power. No this guy tried to light me up right from the start. The only reason I didn't get injured was due to my Kyokushin experience. By the end of class he had blooded and blued everyone except me, including the other beginners. That's when I knew it wasn't the right place for me.
Yes man! Gotta take care of each other. I had the same thing happen to me.
Agreed, dont really learn anything from getting youre ass kicked... besides getting youre ass kicked xD
@@SuperTDSmith Yep. That moment when you let that right hook go, and it hits harder than you wanted it to. You can see in your sparring partner's eyes that it's about to get ugly.
Hey guys, I am the lucky sparring partner in this video! The feedback has been awesome, and I am learning a LOT from watching the video, and following up on the stuff you guys and Jason picked up on. I can say that this sparring with Jason has been an amazing experience thus far. I had a really bad experience in my very first sparring session w different coaches years ago, and wound up getting my lights turned out. Jason has re-introduced it to me all these years later in a way that is safe, challenging and fun! I've never been more motivated to train and get better. The stance switches are just kind of a reflex in there as I'm trying to decide whether I want to fight orthodox or southpaw in the real pressure of live sparring. I'm pretty even in both stances on the mitts etc. but I seem to be getting better results with southpaw in the sparring. I spend a lot of time holding mitts for lefties and righties, so that definitely contributes to the habit of switching back and forth. Hope to show you guys a lot of improvement in the next one!
You're very lucky to be able to switch stances! That is a definite asset. I think only 10 percent of the population is left handed. I also think most boxers don't spend enough time working on fighting southpaw fighters. That's why when they get in against a southpaw they can get confused. I have an excellent trainer though I admit I'd also like to train with Jason. Tell him to put a camp together so his UA-cam followers can come together and train under him as a group. That would be great!
Keep it up man! Looking great! Sparring is a tool to sharpen skills and to test new ones. I'm using this video as a great example of what sparring should look like. Thanks for the upload!!!
It looked to me that you were right on track. You did great for your level at the time. Good job.
Ya, I've seen more than one who were wanting to learn to box, and get mauled, even knocked out the first, or second time sparring. That's poor coaching, in my opinion. Coaches shouldn't throw their beginning students to the wolves. They won't be back.
Are you still training?
@EC
Marvin Hagler?
Mike Tyson?
James Toney?
Terrance Crawford?
Joe Frazier?
Manny Pacquio?
Don't underestimate the angles stance switching can introduce.
Very nice,this is a real instructor who knows what he's doing. This is how you prepare people,step by step,either for the ring or the streets. Idiots who throw bombs can't really teach anyone - anything.
Man,I hate sparrings...I feel like people at my gym doesnt even know how sparring should look like.They just run into you and start hitting with full power while im trying to find opening and trying new combinations (which is really hard since im hitting with 50% coz i dont want to hurt my opponent)...That's why I love sparring (with MMA gloves) coz if I see that my opponent is fkn moron,i can take him to the ground and work from there.Amazing video man,
I agree... its hard to find a sparring partner that isnt trying to rip your head off... Only met like 2 but its rare.. most people are treating sparring like the real deal.... especially when I first started.. I was getting bullied in the ring.
I leave in that kind of a gym knucklehead camps now I have a good sparring partners in my new gym.
Find someone alot better than you and see if they are willing to spar with you. Usuually if people go all out ins parring is because they feel the need to prove themselves. If the other person knows they are better than you, they wont go all out and you and will give you a level of pressure that will make you work hard, but not discourage you.
woohay so true (y)
I find it hard to find a boxing gym that doesn't do that in my area unfortunately. I'm not giving up. The best thing I can do is: at least I don't do that to the other new guys. Unfortunately, the new guys don't come back after they get hit by the other guys. It's a toxic culture. My Muay Thai gym on the other hand has a healthy culture, and that's when I realize that not all fight gyms are like that! The trainer is key in enforcing a good culture at the gym.
touge_ attack Do all your training with headgear on until you get used to it, bag work, shadowboxing, speed bag. Wear it at home with your mouthguard in
Great video again JT, love the way you break it down and explain it!
I don't have any gear but I want to improve and have real fight experience. So I have been asking guys if they wanna fight. If it is consensual I don't see a problem with that.
TheBeardedwierdo There is no problem with that, but it won't help your boxing that much. In fact if you injure your hands punching someone's skull your fight career will be short lived. Training these days is about the long run and being smart, especially if you hope to make some money out of it.
We spar light and generally are working on things and the improvements are amazing. I learnt nothing from sparring hard and always felt like I was surviving and making someone else feel good where as now I slow it down and work what I need and give lads with a lot more experience than me headaches. Smart training is the way imo :)
I want to buy a head gear from the internet and my coach said to buy it from a taiwansite cause my country's site are not legit.Do you know any good site where i can buy it .I want to buy a good one cause i have a problem with my eye and i need protection.
Enjoy sparring sometimes but people can go too hard. Nothing to do with being tough, its just ego. Sure if you're pro its necessary so you can handle it but otherwise it's just a recipe for injury and inability to function in normal day to day life. Hold back the strength, not the skill.
Nice, I’m 60 and my sparring partner is 58. We both had some amateur fights back in the early 80s and now we spar once or twice a week to stay in shape. Great cardio and the love for the sport remains there still.
Great video. I often run into beginners who think their objective is to beat their opponent, instead of correcting their skills. It's not ideal for a beginner to be put in a situation where they feel hopeless, getting hit and put on the defensive with no idea how to counter or get out. It's not about who's better, it's correcting their skills and easing them into a transition. Letting them go in and build the confidence to strike is important and doesn't leave them with a psychological wall with no confidence to go on the offensive.
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JT, i've in boxing 24 years and been lucky enough to train all over the world with amateurs to top UK and USA pros, and i have to say your videos and ethics on beginner training especially, is really good, most gyms are amazing at getting guys looking sharp and monsters on pads and bags but are let down by the sparing, when i used to teach i had the same approach you do, "teach them" don't beat them up, they never come back or develop, I really admire they way you make a point of saying and teaching this and as you can see the guy in the ring looks at a good start level, very relaxed and working hard, you've done a great thing, keep going buddy, hopefully one day ill have the pleasure of having a train with you. great to see Mate.
verus75 thx mate, that means a lot coming from someone with such a deep background in the sport. I appreciate you taking the time to comment.
my pleasure mate, it was refreshing to see someone with a great all round attitude and teaching ability....for once
verus75 I don’t know if you will see this but I’ll ask anyways. I love all martial arts and want to train in all of them. I don’t do boxing (or any other striking art) for the fear of brain damage. My question is basically can I become decently good or even maybe really good at boxing with light sparring? I’m not trying to compete, just for fun and self defense
@@ishakaimen1576 I'm turning 14 in 12 days at the time of this comment, and I'm signing up for the boxing gym in redwood City california, because most of my close friends are doing this and I wanna spar with them. Good Luck too You
Such an awesome teacher, no ego, no crap, perfectly explained and everything backed up with points. Thanks for all your videos!
I just had my 1st sparring session 2 days ago and guess what... My opponent broke my nose with a right cross. Holy shit i wasn't even thinking that this shit will be so fucking discouraging. Now i just wanna train really hard in order to beat that guy
Chris RockOn I've gone through the same thing as well, you have the right mindset, train hard and get him back
Chris RockOn my opinion is to start watching youtube videos try to copy champions like floyd mayweather muhammad ali roy jones guys that keep moving around and countering they put theyre brain too work...gain confidence just as i did get in that ring with the mindset im going to destroy you man and you will see that you will beat him up im talking from experience confidence is the key..trust me :)
Chris RockOn dont try to beat that guy instead spar with diff. guy try to slip ...or defense/shoulder role...then play casualy spar with the guy the busted your nose and learn his technique and try to open 3 or 4 simultaneous punch boom.....
obviously train hard🤠
Chris RockOn ugh my worst fear, I’m happy you got through it
Chris RockOn and keep you chin tucked to your chest less likely to break your nose
JT, you make some awesome videos that help newbies get started . Plust folks who want to learn basic self defense can watch and learn. Great Job!!!
I respect boxers. I just recently got into it and it was intimidating to get into the gym for the first time, let alone the ring. It takes a special kinda person to do it and I’m glad I got involved. It truly teaches you a lot more about yourself than you would think.
Respectful sparring. Nice work! I've not sparred for a long time but you gave him a good chance to do some work and not be discouraged. Wish there was somewhere near me where I could do this.
Great video again mate, been waiting for a clip showing some basic sparring in the flesh. Sparring at this pace with partners at the same level is by far the best way I've learned. We do tend to finish off with a good tear up to let off some steam though, makes us feel like tough guys before sitting behind a desk all day!
Thanks JT Van V, very informative video with a good breakdown and no silly scripts or bad audio. I've been checking out your series od vids and I do appreciate your experienced advice.
How to spar: reserve the strength; not the skills.
Well done.
Good post. Great professionalism. I witness so many guys walking into the gyms to learn and the experience guys or trainer uses them as a punching bags and the new 1st time guy never comes back. Great instructions as well.
Thank you for all your videos and sharing your experience. Even though I'm a kickboxer. I watch all of your videos as you have lots of experience as well as going into detail. You have a great understanding of the striking game. Thanks again.
I've seen several of your videos, and it looks to me that you are a great coach. Always great advice, and insight. Thank you
Great video and insight. I have a few amateur fights and tons of proper sparring and you're absolutely right! Super smart to develop their mind set first, but love the mention of the "moment of truth" so f**cking true! I vividly remember that moment for myself.
All of your video are such great help, thanks bud!
Thanks so much! I am trying to become better at developmental sparring myself and this video really showed me the way. Ive been boxing for a year and got used to "fight" sparring some competitive team mates, which made it really difficult for me to gauge new sparring partners. Trying to ease up on power shots and work more on tightening up technique rather than teeing off or going nullify them with aggression.
Very good video, man! I wish you had more of these with him and other students. Keep up the good work!
Nice humble, honest, clip. Great job.
Sir, your channel is so incredibly helpful! I started boxing this year and your tips, especially for beginners, are the best. Thank you!
All your video's keeps me level head and motivated perfect for beginners and really knowledgeable!
More quality insight. As always. Respect.
Great video! I have watched quite a bit of your videos and they are great for mental prep and to implement them in my gym workouts. Please keep up the great videos mate. I subscribed as well.
P.S. you have some choice t's on in your vids always.
Just wanted to say thanks for all your videos - they're really helpful and give me great ideas for things to try and work on at the gym. I'm slowly beginning to spar a bit, with only a handful of rounds under my belt, but videos like this give me something to think about and watch out for. Appreciate it!
my pleasure, thank you!
On so many levels this is a great video. Always amazing advice, explanation, and commentary.
Your a great coach. You understand your craft so well. You gave your student a superb opportunity to learn.
Awesome! I love your concern for your fighters wellbeing.. .
That's pretty cool man I'm learning myself so it's nice to see someone who really knows there boxing! Thanks man your videos help a lot.
Salute to JT as a trainer and honorable person !!!! It's about developing and grooming your charge ! Everyone isn't going to have world class ability, but JT has a vision and ability to teach and develop ! He is someone that should have a gym full of guys, because he knows how to develop them, instead of destroying them !!
you're great man, hope someday i can train with you
what an incredible coach/trainer. i bet he has plethora of young talented boxers coming through. You really are a fantastic and realistically oriented coach. Great job! :)
been watching a couple of your vids.. subscribed.. Very good and responsible advice. Boxing needs trainers like you..!
I'll be sparring tomorrow. Glad I watched this!
wow... you're a really cool trainer/sparring partner. Helping your partner a lot.
You understand boxing sir. Great video and great experience for your client. He is looking good for his sith time sparring.
This is really great advice and coaching thank you so much. I'm a beginner with no sparring experience but i was thrown completely into the deep end with no fundamental sparring mental training like you mentioned. And it didn't make me feel confident and i didn't come back. I like your training method because it's encouraging and you're not just bashing him which was how i felt.
I'm in the same situation, i'm thinking about quitting, and It makes me so sad, beacause boxe it's an amazing sport, but when those stuff happens, you start feeling so unconfortable and that's really too stressfull (sorry for all the grammatical errors)
Respect to you and your training I'm an army Combatives fighter and I learn from you all the time big fan. Keep up the great work man I look forward to gettin more notices of new videos. Excellent work
thank you Florencio! That's very serious training and skills, where everything is on the line. I really appreciate your comment.
This is a beautiful video thanks for sharing. Paul (UK )
That's good work! Like how u are working counters with him and just doing enough to keep him honest.Hes lucky to have someone work with him like that.good stuff
thx Buff man! I appreciate your comment. btw i've been watching NY Ink thanks to you mentioning the Ami James thing lol, love that show!
haha i get the ami james thing alot...but you look way more like him then me.He's a cool dude.U also have an Angel Manfredy thing going on.i was a big fan of that guy back in the day.
Calm, Clear voice excellent narrating great video. 👍🏻
I've been boxing for a bit over two years sparred pretty much everyone in the three gyms in my town got to participate in the open class at the new mexico golden gloves I'm a real fan of the sport I started watching your videos about a year ago and they have helped me in every aspect of training. I've even helped younger beginner level guys using techniques I've picked up from your videos just wanna let you know I admire you for taking the time to post these great videos
Antonio Segovia That's awesome Antonio, sounds like you are on the right track in every respect. I appreciate you taking the time to comment! All the best going forward.
Good video with great instructions. Very helpful
Very good advice. Thanks. You worked that guy well
As always, excellent video!
Really like your videos mate. I have my first ever fight on 1st December after starting boxing only 3 weeks ago! It's a charity match for Cancer Research UK. These videos are really helping me.
Your videos help out a lot thank you for posting
That was great to watch. If there we're more coaches like you, we'd see more respect for the art and more people at the gym. One thing I hate to see is someone getting destroyed in their first spar, never to return again; some beginners need time to bring the fight out of them.
Another great vid. Thank you
Wow amazing guidance ty coach!
Aye
Great coach. Thanks for the video
good video, at the gym I train at it's 80/20 with sparring. mostly light, tech development.
Thank you for this. I’m about to start sparring. Thanks for the heads up👍
Wow! Excellent video. Thanks.
Nice really you have the right approach on building your students confidence best to you for helping people understand the beauty full art of boxing excellent coach
Another great vlog - thanks man
This is good man. Good stuff.
very beautiful mate and exact to the point, thank u
Thanks, im having my first sparring session in 2 days and im kinda anxoious, im 100% hyped too doe.
So much respect for this
Great sparring video. Good tips.
Awesome video we need more coaches like him 👍🏼👍🏼🥊🥊
Thanks for your videos. I am about to start boxing in part because of your videos.
This is great stuff. My coach had my first sparring session at half speed just to get my feet wet. Not as intimidating but still got to learn a lot.
JT, nice one as usual!
I like how he was going easy on him but making it a challenge for the beginner and how he wasn't just taking off on his client🗣️💯
good video
good commenting
good comments !
its 639 am its Saturday morning
class starts at 11 but sparring goes down at 12. still new but I was looking for something informative and cool to watch and found it ! good work.
Thanks a lot bro for your videos, I am your biggest fan..learnt a lot from you...Greetings/ Namaste from India.
If that is only the fifth time the guy is sparring he shows remarkable control. Kudos to you for your teaching style, in my experience beginners almost always use way too much power, overreact to attacks and generally tend to cause injuries to themselves and their partners. Great demo!
Great video, great coach!!!!
Great video, hopefully this advice will help me out in my next sparring session
This is how sparring is done at high levels in boxing. I remember sparring when I used to compete and it was always a slugfest haha. Then the pros would get in and go way lighter, don't get me wrong I've seen them go hard too but most of the time it was controlled, technical highspeed chess. I wish I learned this sooner, so young and stubborn not even knowing that I was slowing my progression!
really great video. was pretty useful.
such good videos. Respect coach.
Sparring was a good wake up call for me. I went 3 rounds. 1 and 2 were fine but 3 really showed me how bad my cardio was. Ever since that sparring session I always train in every situation as if I was sparring. I would still be mediocre without sparring. It is essential to dialing everything in.
Great tips my friend!
Really good work good advice thanks man
Top notch as always ...
I recognize al these beginner mistakes you bring up! You really make amazing videos keep it up
You are a great teacher. Wish you lived nearby.
you are a great coach!
You sir are an amazing coach with your “developmental” style, if only we could come and visit you and train for a week or so up that part of the world.
great vids man!
Great channel , saludos desde México. Keep fighting
You're a great teacher
Great to see this video. I had the unpleasant experience of being thrown in with some low-level pros and some very experienced amateurs for my first sparring sessions. Unfortunately, they were much more focused on hitting me than working with me. Took me a while to gain/regain my confidence. Wish I had a trainer like you!
MMAnalysis i know what you are saying bro, I hope you are back at it.
Great video as usual. Unfortunaly there will always be those guys who just goes all out on you and i really have no respect for that, specially if its on a new guy. We have this kid in my gym 185 pounds and 5'10 so you can say hes a tank. He literally goes for the kill on everyone in sparring, no matter your age or weight. He has no skill what so ever, just running at you throwing wild swings. Its really sad.
I have the same kind of dude in my gym, he actually is the regional champion now. I used to be mad about him and his aggressive style, but if you accept it you can really increase your skill and mental toughness while sparring these guys.
Anton Hansen yeah i had a guy like by my gym to, one time i got serious and punch him the whole time giving combinations until he touches the rope. when he touched the rope i stopped because i knew i could destroy him there.
yeah I had that type of sparring partner and I was like was wtf is wrong with these dude where is the training
Have you talked to this kid,You know pull him to the side and explain how sparring should be.
Thank you this will help me with my up coming sparring
You have damn good boxing JT. I train Muay thai kickboxing. I spar with my coach often. Its my favorite thing about the sport. Ive done it for 2+ years and ongoing, and I still love it. I improve constantly.I develop attack sequences that work. My coach says I have good solid defense and good technique, but my endurance needs work. We spar every single class, twice a week; and I shadow box and hit the bag(at home) outside of class too, every day. The holidays messed with my cardio/too many cookies lol. As you probably know, boxing is extremely useful in Muay thai, even with kicks involved(and the clinch, and knees. We dont spar with elbows,and they are banned in the competitions in my area). These videos are helpful for me. Even if the only new information I get is a small detail, often that small detail is the key to the whole technique and accelerates my training. Imo.
Way to go coach j excellent teacher
Great info, Thanks!!
Amazing Video!
Great vid.... Great Trainer