Sparring in a sentence

Evaluation for kata and kobudō is performed by a panel of judges, whereas sparring is judged by a head referee, usually with assistant referees at the side of the sparring area.

For this reason, ITF sparring often employs only light-contact sparring.

Light- and medium-contact These types of sparring restrict the amount of force that may be used to hit an opponent, in the case of light sparring this is usual to 'touch' contact, e.g. a punch should be 'pulled' as soon as or before contact is made.

An icy but thawing shows up in one section for the kind of chessboard sparring that “Zodiac” was built on.

At Mount Justice, Kaldur is sparring with Robin pretty evenly.

Biden pulls out of Quad summit: What is the US debt ceiling deal, over which lawmakers are sparring?

Broad raced off once Anderson’s review had been unsuccessful and took the new ball against old sparring partner David Warner, but there would be no 18th dismissal on this occasion.

But Neto doesn’t raise his voice to deliver tutelage during sparring and won’t curse out his boys after a bout, even if they’ve lost.

Chris Sutton was embarrassed by slump at Kilmarnock - but his sparring partner Kris Boyd turned his rage in to delight at full time.

Conflict between the two media giants, which have spent the better part of this year sparring, has been overplayed, Michael Miller says.

Even when sparring with Whis after the Tournament of Power, Goku was still easily beaten, despite now being able to tap in to the godly ki necessary to manifest this mental state.

Generally, fighters take a bit more time between fights, though if this is an amateur sparring match, he might not need nearly as much prep time.

He said: “I’ve been training hard and had lots of sparring, against new opponents, such as Cori and Tion Gibbs (fellow pros), who are talented lads that I’ve never sparred with before.

I’m not set on sparring some of the lethal people that populate this gym.

Much of the hearing was given over to heated sparring between Judge Chutkan and John F. Lauro, a lawyer for Mr. Trump.

Prior to the sparring session beginning, he mocked Paul for being “fresh off a loss” – before being struck to the ground multiple times and put through the ropes.

The final moments of feature Rocky and Apollo engaging in a friendly sparring match, with the scene then freeze-framing at the exact moment the two characters try to hit each other, leaving the outcome of the fight a mystery.

The only trouble was, the jack had to lift the vehicle so high that the chassis buckled and I ended up with an underside of the van that looked like a boxer’s face after sparring with Tyson Fury.

The opening period was something of a sparring match before Mellon fired the Shrimps ahead in the 22nd minute with a superb free-kick.

There was a thought that it was Erdenebat Tsendbaatar, a Mongolian Olympian and a 5-0 prospect who mentioned he damage Garcia throughout sparring periods.