So the other day there was this new guy in the gym, an really small fiesty looking older guy, this little fucker kept sidekicking me over and over during "attack and defense drills", they hurt too. You could tell he might've had some TKD or Karate background.
I told him, you realize this is attack and defense right? Then he was like "are you sure?, i'm pretty certain the instructor told us to spar." This guy was the stubborn type, I didn't wanna argue with him, so i asked him to ease up a bit regardless.
I kept my cool though, if he kept kicking me hard i would've sidestepped, caught that fucking leg of his and decked him hard with a knee or a sweeping kick, but that would just make me look bad for beating up on an older guy lol. Stupid spazzy new guys always trying to prove something.
I got a little angry and started preemptively stuffing the sidekicks with hard push kicks to the rib/hip area to match how hard he was hitting me. Fucking guy.
Ok i'm just venting, it's annoying when you know full well that it isn't sparring and the other guy is throwing like it's a padded sparring session. I guess patience with the new guys comes with the territory when you're an established student.
might be an ego thing too.
Maybe i was just mad/frustrated that he kept tagging me with it, if i had known we were doing sparring, i would've been more prepared.
Goes to show the sidekick is useful, if you're willing to compromise your stance, well, unless you already stand sideways...
Personally i wouldn't use it, but that's just me of course, i'd rather keep my stance strong, i might do an "almost sidekick" here and there though.