If you've ever been to an NBA game, you realize television doesn't do justice to real live 7-footers. Up close and personal, it's hard to believe they're human beings. I always wondered if a 7-footer came at me, how would I handle it (that's how we martial artists think about stuff, right?). Tonight, at sparring class, I had a chance to find out. The student who visited our class isn't a 7-footer, but he's a lot closer to it than I am. 2nd Dan Trent Foster (our unofficial sparring coach) gave me the solution to combat tall opponents. His advice helped out a lot, but, hopefully, I won't have to put it into action again anytime soon. 6-footers are more my speed.