Stages of Patterns
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Stage Four: Realistic Sparring
The fourth stage is applying the elementary techniques and their variations in realistic sparring practice. Try to spar realistically, letting your instincts take control. Attack suddenly from close-range, kick toward shins, grab and hold, tackle, clinch, attack with common objects, bite, etc. Of course attacks and defenses are simulated so that no one is injured but make the sparring as realistic as safely possible.