Non-Existent Full Throttle

[the tick]

Excellent points, tick.

I go pure defense when sparring against most women - reason being is that alot of women aren't used to hitting a solid target. If she has experience and is athletic, I may bring it up to 60% or so.

Yeah. When they are new to the sport they tend to aim for the gloves while sparring. And then I have to remind them they can hit anywhere above the waist. But so do alot of the guys when they are new. So I often go without cover with the newlings. Since I usually see their attack coming a mile away. I found it's an efficient way to letting them get used to the sometimes foreign idea of hitting someone else in the face.

With most dudes, I start out at about 60%. And I'm thankful when its my turn to spar a round or two with an experienced pro that they gauge my level and not knock me flat out.

Unfortunatly for me we are pretty low on students with more then a few months of training experience. So I have to hold back most of the time.