Do yous think it's counter-productive to spar with people much bigger?

i think it is incredibly useful.

 

It can be useful if the person knows how to restrain his power, otherwise it's completely useless IMO.

 

When I first started I didn't get why my "trainer" constantly put me in the ring with huge blokes and angry ****s off the street who would beat the **** me right in front of him.

Since taking a break from training I realized he was actually watching me handle fear and being in highly stressful situations under his controlled environment.

It's about developing fortitude, character and brain power when the odds are against you.

I think it is very good for building a fighting character, it was counter productive at the time for me because I was only new and thought he didn't like me, so therefore I didn't understand the exercise and therefore why I couldn't handle the big guys or stressful situations well.

9 time out of 10 the heavys are taking it easy on you anyway, its your mind that plays tricks on you when you're scared. Correcting that and working out how to fix the predicament is the whole point of the exercise.

 

I sparred with a 12 year old tonight.

 

I Know It Is; If U Can Handle A Bigger Guy U Can handle Almost Any Guy!

 

Did that last week, almost knocked him out by accident. It did nothing for me though.

 

I think its useful to certain extent but not if its all one way sparring.

 

'Sparred' you say?

 

Ha ha yes... but it got me crouching and moving my head which is tricky and using a tight guard to block punches. He got to throw at 100% against someone who'd give him a tap if he left his hands down.

 

It helps you work on your outside fighting and work speed and angles. If you're always the bigger person in sparring, then you're going to try to bully in your fights, and when you find someone who can bully harder than you... then .... lights out.

 

I find it useful for me in both respects. A bigger guy is useful for the above reasons. And sometimes the smaller guys who are a hell of alot faster and more skilled than me are also useful to learn how to deal with their speed. I need more sparring all round as im a raw beginner but iv never sparred yet and found it counterproductive for me its always been productive!