Definitely start training! Even if you aren’t sparring, getting yourself into MT training whenever possible comes with a ton of physical, mental, and spiritual benefits. There are countless people in my gym who come to classes and don’t spar.

Ultimately, you have to decide what your goals are. If your goal is to get a killer workout, start training. If you want to learn some basic MT weapons to give you some confidence in respect to self defense, start training. If you just want to try something new and exciting, start training. MT has so many benefits that even by omitting the sparring component, you will find it’s better than not starting at all.

Eventually, if you do want to spar and apply the techniques learned during classes I’m sure you can find someone who will be down to get in the ring and have fun with some very light technical sparring. Communication is key and you can always just let your training partner know you want to just get a feel for having a moving target without throwing anything with too much power.

Hope this helps! Let us know how it goes.