This drill is a fun game to work on sparring and help students focus on either only punching or only kicking.
Sparring | Games | Strategy

White belts around the fighters' waists allow for some resistance that will keep the students controlled while they drill different sparring techniques.
Sparring | Resistance Training | Partner Drill

This sparring drill takes the big world of sparring and breaks it down into smaller parts. The goal is to monitor the amount of action between two new students.
Sparring | Beginner | Basic | Control | Teaching

This line drill is great for all ages and is a very effective way to get reps of sparring combinations.
Speed | Sparring | Agility | Balance | Adults | Kids

This light-contact sparring drill teaches control in a fun setting that allows the students to work as part of a group.
Sparring | Self Control

This drill builds movement and evasiveness by trying to land and dodge light taps to the shoulder.
Speed | Reaction Time | Partner Drill | Sparring

Combine a tuck jump over a shield and a strong defensive side kick to drill one of sparring's most popular and effective techniques. This can also be done with an offensive step-behind side kick.
Sparring | Footwork | Agility | Movement | Partner Drill

This drill is a great warm up for sparring classes , helping your students develop lateral motion in multiple directions with each leg leading.
Agility | Footwork | Sparring | Warm Up

This sparring drill will allow students to control another classmate as if they are playing a video game. This helps develop their fighting intuition through very basic "coaching".

Use PVC Pipe structures to help students work on their "V-step" for better movement and evasiveness in sparring. This drill works for offense and defense.
Sparring | Movement | Footwork

This drill uses bungee cords to work on explosive power, launching off the knee to execute a blitz.
Sparring | Resistance Training | Pad Drill | Partner Drill

One student is the attacker while the other must evade the attacker's techniques to develop better movement for sparring.
Movement | Blocking | Reaction | Kids | Sparring

This drill works the "V-step", using hula hoops to make the foot placement easier to understand. This is often known as a side step used to dodge attacks or deceive opponents.
Teens | Footwork | Sparring | Mobility | Movement

This game will help your students develop movement and reaction time to navigate through the Lion's Den and make it to the other side.
Games | Sparring | Kids | Teens | Movement | Reaction Time

An extension of the mirror mirror drill, this will help your students make predictions and develop proactive counter-striking.
Sparring | Partner Drill | Reaction Time | Rhythm | Counter Striking

This drill incorporates rhythm into sparring, one of the most important concepts regardless of style. Variations of this drill can include various kicks.
Sparring | Partner Drill | Strategy | Reaction Time | Rhythm

Use this drill to teach your students how to read and react to fakes and feints in sparring.
Sparring | Partner Drill | Counter Striking | Teens

This drill is a great way to train sparring without gear. Use minimal contact to work on reaction time and strategy.
Kicking | Sparring | Reaction | Speed | Foot Work | Teens

Laszlo Gombos and Tamas Imre are widely regarded as two of the fastest point fighters on the planet. Chris Rappold joins them in this drill to explain how they use this incredible speed on a back fist or blitz.

Point Fighting | Sparring | Sport Karate | Team Paul Mitchell | Punching | Offense

The reverse punch is one of the most important techniques in all of point fighting. Tamas Imre is joined by Laszlo Gombos and Chris Rappold to explain how Tamas executes this technique without stopping or slowing down.

Point Fighting | Sparring | Sport Karate | Team Paul Mitchell | Punching | O...

Movement is essential in point fighting to control the ring and put yourself in position to score. In this drill, Laszlo Gombos is joined by Tamas Imre and Chris Rappold to show off an impressive speed drill to help develop better movement.

Point Fighting | Sparring | Sport Karate | Team Paul Mi...

Tamas Imre is known for his defensive prowess, allowing him to score with his fast hands. Laszlo Gombos and Chris Rappold join him in this drill to show you how to shut down a kicker in point sparring.

Point Fighting | Sparring | Sport Karate | Team Paul Mitchell | Defense

Laszlo Gombos is known for his lightning-fast kicks. Tamas Imre and Chris Rappold join him to demonstrate an essential point sparring technique, the offensive side kick.

Point Fighting | Sparring | Sport Karate | Team Paul Mitchell | Kicking | Kicks

WAKO world champions Tamas Imre and Laszlo Gombos are joined by Chris Rappold to demonstrate a footwork, spacing, and timing drill that will get your students sweating. It is important to learn to bounce at the same pace as your partner or opponent.

Point Fighting | Sparring | Sport Karate | Tea...