The Soledad Serrano Sparring Sessions

This collection brings together a series of outstanding sparring sessions delivered by World Champion Soledad Serrano during her work with students in Auckland, New Zealand.

Across one-on-one lessons and small group classes, these sessions highlight not only Soledad’s success as an elite competitor, but also her intuitive and highly adaptable approach to teaching sparring.

What you will see across these sessions

The sessions focus on developing intelligent movement, distance control, and decision-making in sparring. Rather than relying on fixed combinations, Soledad emphasises adaptability, awareness, and confidence.

Premium sessions in this collection

• The basics of how to move in sparring
  A focused small group session where Soledad works with green belt Lewis on the fundamentals of sparring movement. The session covers distance control, balance, and positioning under pressure, finishing with a memorable moment of appreciation from the student.
• Creative footwork drills for sparring
  A fast-paced session packed with creative footwork drills designed to improve timing, ring control, and adaptability. These drills are ideal for keeping sparring training engaging while developing smarter movement.
• Soledad Serrano Sessions – Niketa
  Over 45 minutes of one-on-one sparring tuition with Niketa Wells. This private session shows how Soledad adapts her coaching to the individual athlete, refining movement, tactics, and confidence.
• Soledad Serrano Sessions – Jordyn
  A private sparring lesson with 10-year-old Jordyn, demonstrating how high-level sparring concepts can be taught clearly and safely to younger students while keeping training fun and effective.
• Soledad Serrano Sessions – Melissa
  A one-hour private session filled with practical sparring drills suitable for all ages and levels. This session highlights Soledad’s ability to build skills progressively while maintaining strong engagement.
• Soledad Serrano Sessions – Jack
  A private session focused on children’s sparring, showing how structured drills and clear coaching cues can significantly lift confidence, movement, and understanding in younger students.
• Soledad Serrano Sessions – Twins
  An action-packed private session with 13-year-old twin blue belts. This lesson demonstrates how to manage energy, coordination, and learning pace when coaching more than one student at a time.

Together, these sessions form a valuable coaching resource, offering ideas that can be adapted for children, juniors, adults, and competitive athletes alike.

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