I enjoyed it while I was doing it but enjoyed sparring much better than actual fighting largely because of the relative lack of risk. As in, I didn’t much enjoy the thought of causing someone permanent damage (which is always a possibility).

I’ve been lucky though, and haven’t really had to fight much at all as an adult.

Oddly enough, both of my daughters recently started taking Tae Kwon Do. I’ve no idea what they’ll get out of it, but it should be interesting.