{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "I always find it odd to hear people talk about weird social stuff some around finding sparring partners since I'm used to the...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/660109371015151616/", "html": "<div class=\"question\"><strong>Anonymous</strong> asked: <p>I always find it odd to hear people talk about weird social stuff some around finding sparring partners since I'm used to the default being either full class rotations (everyone spars everyone or everyone but one if there is an odd number) or coach assigned matchups depending on the style and the skill variation within the class.</p></div>\n<p>Yeah honestly I appreciated that as much as picking up martial arts from his trainers my sensei had picked up <i>training</i> \u2013 his dad was a Marine Corps boxing instructor then he studied with Royce Gracie and the American Kenpo guy the Cobra Kai sensei was probably based on \u2013 and he <i>arranged</i> and <i>inspired</i> the class in a way such that our natural inclination was to organize ourselves usefully</p>"}