40%
Tuesday’s class had us sparring (which I always love), but at an agreed percentage of our full power. For the most part we agreed on 40% power. I was surprised at how difficult that was for me to do. I’ve trained with these people for a long time, I consider them my second family, and it’s hard to switch from something I find as “play” activity to more aggressive. I definitely ramped up my intensity and definitely got in people’s faces more. I struck slightly harder than I normally would; but 40%? Not even close. Part of this is the fact that I recognize that my 40% could do a lot of damage, because I’m a bigger guy. I’m not the biggest guy, but big enough to know that even 40% of my full power can be harmful. I also recognize that there could be a perception associated with my size, and that I need to be more cautious when I’m sparring. All it would take is one incident for people ...