today I had a real mental breakthrough during sparring, quite fascinating and kinda hard to explain.
until now fighting was more like throwing around legs and hands, having the focus somewhere between you and the opponent, fighting for air, and with almost no strategy behind it. after the sparring last week I had a short talk with my trainer that I am making progress but I need to pay much more attention to my opponent, to open spots to hit on. that its basically a strategy game. can I detect his next movement and can I use it and vice versa.
and today I put much more thought into the whole thing and suddenly everything fell into place. I saw my opponent as a whole human being and suddenly I had an incredible amount of respect for the strategy and fighting style of him. sounds kinda weird but it changed the whole perception of the sport. the bowing before and after a fight suddenly made much more sense. and fighting was so much more fun. good stuff.
I give this day a happy rating of 5/5.