Is there blood in your dojo?
If not – why not?
Okay this may sound odd to some and to others it will make absolute sense.
I believe that you should be able to train with injury as much as possible barring accidents.
I also believe you cannot train properly without getting hurt on a fairly regular basis.
A split lip, or
A black eye, or
Multiple “sore” spots – often discovered only the next day, or
A mix of all of the above.
If you train hard you will get knocked around and as tough or as conditioned we get you will get “hurt.”
I distinguish hurt from injury in that hurt means you are sore but not impeded in any way and injury is where there is actual structural damage to you that impedes your work the next day, your life and possible your training.
And I am not saying we train super hard or we are super tough.
As a comparison, one of my training partners just spent a week in France and was training with some Foreign Legionnaires – okay – they train hard. What I do doesn’t compare.
What I am saying is that in training you have Softwork which works on efficiency (not often any hurt and unless there is an accident - no injuries) and as you add in partner resistance you move into Hardwork which works on effectiveness and as you move into hardwork the bumps and knocks start and there will be “hurt.”
If there is no hurt then the level of resistance is just not high enough.
As Van posted training does not reach reality because then you are into injury.
Anyway just wondering what people thought about this concept of a little hurt to learn?