In Thinking Safe, there are 4 indentified points:

Look around you with your eyes open,
Learn what is, and what is not safe,
Level of the problem, (how serious it is), and
Lower the chance & severity of any impact that might happen.

Sparring in wushu (sport) using a dao (sword) and gun (staff)

Sparring is a form of training common to many martial arts. Although
the precise form varies, it is relatively free-form fighting, with enough rules, customs, or agreements to make injuries unlikely. By extension, argumentative debate is sometimes called "verbal sparring".

The physical nature of sparring naturally varies with the nature of the
skills it is intended to develop; sparring in a striking art such as Savate
will normally begin with the players at opposite corners of a ring and will
be stopped if they clinch. Sparring in a grappling art such as judo might
begin with the partners holding one another and end if they separate.

The organization of sparring matches also varies. If the participants know each other well and are friendly, it may be sufficient for them to simply play, without rules, referee, or timer. If the sparring is between strangers, or there
is some emotional tension, or the sparring is being evaluated, it may be appropriate to introduce formal rules and have an experienced martial artist supervise the match.

Sparring is normally distinct from fights in competition. The goal of sparring
is normally the education of the participants, while a competitive fight seeks
to determine a winner.

The educational role of sparring is a matter of some debate. In any sparring match, precautions of some sort must be taken to protect the participants. These may include wearing protective gear, declaring certain techniques and targets off-limits, playing slowly or at a fixed speed, forbidding certain kinds
of trickery, or one of many other possibilities. These precautions have
the potential to change the nature of the skill that is being learned. For example, if one were to always spar with heavily padded gloves, one might come to rely on techniques that risk breaking bones in one's hand. Most schools recognize this problem but value sparring nonetheless because it forces the student to improvise, to think under pressure, and to keep their emotions under control.

Sparring has different names and different forms in various schools. Some schools prefer not to call it sparring, as they feel it differs in kind from what
is normally called sparring.

• In Chinese martial arts, sparring is usually trained at first as individual applications, eventually combined as freestyle training of long,
  medium and short range techniques.
  See chin na, pushing hands.
• In Japanese martial arts, a sparring-like activity is usually called randori. In judo, this is essentially one-on-one sparring; in most forms of aikido it is a formalized form of sparring where one aikidoka defends against many attackers.
• In Korean martial arts, (Taekwondo), sparring is called Kyorugi by the WTF or Matsoki by the ITF. In the World Taekwondo Federation, the majority of the attacks executed are kicking techniques. Whereas the ITF will encourage the use of both hands and feet and is closer to realistic combat. The ITF generally do not spar with headguards or Taekwon-Do Hogus.
• In Karate, sparring is called jiyu kumite.
• In Capoeira, the closest analogue to sparring is playing in the roda.
• In Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu sparring is commonly called rolling

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