MAILMAN said:
Here's the deal i started muay thai and i've only done it for three weeks , but all we have been doing is kicks. i want to start sparring because i feel i thats the best way to learn. Is my school to passive or am i just trigger happy.
You're trigger-happy, and also not adopting the correct attitude by thinking you know better than your instructor, who hasn't seen fit to start you sparring, what you ought to be doing (though to your credit, you at least acknowledge the possibility that you may be wrong).
I used to get highly annoyed by newbies I was given the task of working with who kept telling me, a much senior belt with more experience who was way out of their league as a fighter, what they needed to be doing and how they ought to be fighting. In such cases I would ask them why they were paying good money to be trained if they already knew everything. If that failed, I would use the King Kabuki method and demonstrate in a more incontrovertible way why they were wrong (but dumping them on their asses a few times).
I don't recall exactly at what point I started sparring, but schools vary. Generally, if the instruction is sound, you should master some basic and be able to perform drills half-ass proficiently before getting squared off with someone. Yes, sparring is where your training comes together, and you gain the experience, instinct, and toughness needed to be a good fighter. But showing someone a few basic and then having them fight makes about as much sense as teaching a drivers' ed student what the road signs mean and then giving them a license to drive.
And is about as dangerous. If you lack control over your technique, you run the increased risk of seriously hurting someone. Honestly, I used to far prefer sparring experienced guys on my level not only for the challenge, but because I hated sparring newbies-- they had middling technique and poor control. I could generally count on a senior student controlling his attacks, "pulling" a kick that went awry and went towards an unintended target (like my face or head), and not spazzing out and kicking me in the nuts every other kick.
Be patient, and let your instructor guide you. If he really is good, and you second-guess him, you're just holding yourself back.
