Do you like sparring?

Received my sparring kit at taekwondo last night (sparring being one of things that I get to do as a yellow). Sparring is fun although, after my initial brief lesson last night, I've discovered the following things:

a). I still can't bring myself to hit women[2];
b). the plastic sparring kit makes you sweat like a bitch; and
c). I'm rubbish at sparring.

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[2] It's something I'm reluctant to get past, but I guess I'm going to have to if I'm going to be sparring with women.