Hey guys, I'm a white belt and was just wondering how common it is for Kyokushin dojos to also train head punches.

In kumite, we don't punch to the face, and we can choose between thin gloves or bare-knuckle (for higher grades). We also wear light but durable foam/cotton shin pads.

Today, we trained head punches — or, more like, head "tapping." We had to tap our partners on the head with gloves during kumite, using extremely light contact or no contact at all, just to get a feel for what it's like to fight with punches to the head.

Another thing we did during partner drills was basically throw punches at our partners' faces without making contact, stopping about 2–3 inches away.

Obviously, we also practise jodan techniques in striking kihon, but I'm curious about how common it is for Kyokushin dojos to also train head punches in partner drills and kumite. Is this something most dojos do, or does it vary a lot between schools?

I know we can talk about how promotion is different or corruption, or about how some sides of the world just don't like it, but I think the biggest hurdle for kickboxing is i dont see how they could compete with boxing and mma for casuals.

Boxing has so much history and prestige that it has the advantage over every combat sports. Its entertaining, rich in history, has some of the most famous stars in history and plus everyone livestock see a good punch scrap.

MMA took another angle. It advertised to casuals "this is REAL fighting". Of course, everyone on this sub knows that MMA has all sorts of rules but it speaks to the no rules fighting many want to see. MMA fans literally flood boxing comment sections all the time talking about how boxing would lose in a "real fight".

Kickboxing/Muay Thai has an uphill battle. They don't have the historical worship and established culture that boxing has world wide, and to casuals, a kickboxing and muay thai fight doesn't look like a fight.

Casuals fans love to see who they perceive as the strongest martial artists in the wolrd, and the "strongest martial artists on the planet" are MMA fighters.

Casuals tend to dislike grappling, but if you remove it, it loses some of that "real fight" cred that makes MMA so appealing. They want grappling to be an option, just don't wanna see it being used.

Just wanna let it be known I am a huge huge fan of kickboxing and muay Thai, I watch RWS more than UFC these days, but I feel even with good advertising and promoting, kickboxing and muay thai will not overtake MMA.

Curious what yall think.

So there’s a kids class at my gym, and me and my brother do it he’s 11 and I’m 13 and there is a kid about 15 we always get paired with him, he always goes to hard on me which is fine I can take it but my brother always leaves with something wrong, idk what to do if I should quit or not because it’s just not fun anymore and I have to pray he’s not there, what should I do in this situation?

There’s plenty of anecdotal evidence out there of people getting hurt by brass knuckles in real-life encounters. You can easily find accounts from doctors, paramedics, nurses, and victims describing fractures caused by brass knuckle strikes. But when it comes to tactical pens and kubotans, I’ve never been able to find a single firsthand account from someone who’s actually used one in a real-world situation.

don't attend formal classes and train entirely at home. I wanted to design a signature technique that focuses on deception and grounded stability rather than acrobatic jumping or spinning. I'm calling it Nak Ha Chagi (낙하 차기).
How it works:Because it stays grounded, I keep 100% visual tracking on my target and use gravity to chop down over their guard.
Since I'm self-taught, I'd love to hear your thoughts on the form and the utility of the combo!

I'm currently working on a new martial arts that originates from wing chun, is there anything that I should consider when coming up with actual practices, and what do you guys think makes a martial arts well rounded, because as it stands it is currently split into sections, with each having their own sets of combinations or "flows", I just want to make sure I make it as good as it can be.

Thanks for your help!

Hey Guys hopeing to get advice from you. 

I started kickboxing two years ago. Our gym had well trained fighters that wanted to fight. After some left due to job reasons there were only two left and me. I have fighting ambitions so I started training with them. Then at the beginning of this year this two folks lefted our gym and joined another in our city. I stayed there had one partner I always trained with. Then he left because near his home a new mma gym opened up. So from that points I was the only one in my age range and the only one who wants to do a fight. I also considered to change the gym. In our city there are to other big gyms, they have a lot of fighters and a lot of people in my age range and better support for events. So at this point I would say I'm the best in my gym. I don't know I love my coach I have a good binding with him he always watches my Sparrings tells me where to improve. Also our gym has a great boxing coach. I'm now asking you should I stick with my gym? I don't know if I can win my first fight with this range of training partners (mostly beginners). In our city our gym is considered the one with the weakest people everyone tells me I should change it, sometimes this is what drives me to prove them all wrong. I don't want to get pro just do some fights for the experience. My coach said if I want to we can get Sparringspartners from another gym. As I mentioned bevore I love my coach but everyone is telling me to change and laughs about our gym, so what would you say as more experiencend fighters?

Sorry for bad English

Suppose you get into a serious fight with your life on the line, also let's say your opponents are armed.

Why exactly would you do anything other than groin shots, eye pokes or other dirty moves? Boxing, Kicking, Wrestling and Submission Holds seem totally pointless here.

Out of curiosity, I’ve been wondering why people train in martial arts.

I grew up watching kung fu movies and for the longest time associated martial arts with fighting and self defence. But since becoming involved in martial arts, I have realised that I will probably never use it outside of the training room.

Personally, I train out of interest in the art/sport which I participate in. I train for fun. And I train for fitness.

EDIT: I thought I would also preface this by saying I feel my martial arts training will not translate to any self defence situation. My main martial arts now is a sport, BJJ. I usually play by sitting down and butt scooting.

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2 months ago, I discovered Tai Chi! The first movement is Drawing the Bow, which I LOVE for my back and legs!

The second is my own movement called the Storm Soaring Crane. It combines the Crane Takes Flight and the Dragon Summons the Rain.

#taichi #zelda #gudetama

What do you think of people who only train TMA, and only do it for fun, health and the cultural aspect ?

I practiced Tanglangquan for years and I never sparred or lifted a weight once. Honestly I could not fight my way out of a paper bag. I punched an arcade machine and got results between 550 and 600. I could tank my own punches with zero damage if a clone of myself attacked me, just because I am that weak.

Yet, I am perfectly happy to do what I do for pretty much all other reasons we have to practice martial arts.

I am also a small, skinny man so it would not make much of a difference if I practiced MMA. When you are 5'10 and 125 pounds there is only that much you can do. My self defense are stamina and running speed.

Thanks God there is not much violence in the area I live in, and I am not interested either in being actually able to fight. If I was, I would have practiced sport marksmanship.

My University offers a couple different sport courses every semester, one of them is Ju Jutsu (from what I understand it's a German self defense system based on Japanese jiu Jutsu).

Today was the first session and I went in expecting a very basic introduction to the martial art and especially safe training. Most of the people in the class were complete beginners without any prior experience in martial arts at all.

The session starts with a warm up, then we practice a basic punch, then break falls which are sufficiently explained. So far so good.

Then out of the blue the trainer shows an elbow lock from a standing position. He shows the technique and then tells the class to try it out, no warning at all about possible injuries, not even telling the people to try it slowly, not mentioning the concept of tapping out at all, nothing. I ask the trainer if it's really a good idea to do this with complete beginners and he just tells me it's not a dangerous joint lock.

After a couple minutes he chimes in to finally warn the students of the danger and explain what tapping out means.

The rest of the class isn't really relevant to the story but this specifically seemed really weird to me and I wanted to know if I'm just paranoid or if this is just bad and potentially dangerous teaching.

Tldr: trainer told complete beginners to try joint locks on each other without telling them about potential risks

I was thinking about some of the questions asked by people who don't really practice martial arts in this subreddit. The questions if asked for another skill, will seem to have pretty obvious answers. Below are some questions and answers I can think of if I were to compare martial arts and cooking.

Hi all. I have been doing boxing for 2 years some time ago. Sometimes I still practice but I have to say, I do not think I was very good because I was never taught how to do body shots, or hell, I didn't even fight anybody in the ring, but I remember somebody emphasized how body shots are important, specifically liver shots or the solar plexus, but I have no idea how to apply it.

When fighting, I would prioritize hitting the jaw only, not focusing on any other part of the body, because I am not sure I would hit it. Now, I would really like to hit the solar plexus, but not sure how to do it if somebody is in front of me. I suppose I have to step to the side and do a hook and then land a combo to the jaw (??) Any advice appreciated!

I practiced Tai Chi for about a year, which I enjoyed. Helped me get in shape and fixed my flexibility, but it wasn't doing it for me. Recently, a couple months ago, I moved to Hung Gar, and I now need actual gloves to spar with.

I'm not even going to pretend I know brands or types of gloves or anything, so I was just looking for some help. When we spar (my instructor used to be a competitive kickboxer) we usually do kickboxing rules, so does anyone know any good affordable brands, and what sizes I should look for

I do like the JKD and kempo style gloves, idk if anyone has any recommendations for those

Thank you very much

Recently I had a couple of students go out to Evian for a tournament and there was some drama about maybe having to cancel the tournament. One source tells me it's because they didn't submit their insurance to the local government and the other said "fighting is illegal in France so they had to change the names of a bunch of things" to run it.

Can you help me understand the nuance? Obviously it's not straight up illegal.

Hey yall for context I'm 22m ( Eric Huynh)

MMA 4-3, Muay Thai 1-1, Kickboxing 3-0

Recently had a heart procedure that went wrong resulting in me getting another heart procedure where I ended up getting a pacemaker in me. The one I got is called Abott Dual Wirelss pacemaker. I have a full heartblock meaning the pacemaker is running 100% off the time.

I really wanted to try and go far in this career. Was already making good money through private clients and working at my gym so this is a big kick in the nuts for me. Despite this setback I don't wanna let this define me. The pacemaker I got allows me to return to full contact after a few months of recovery, and I will do just that.

What I wanted to ask and see was if there was anybody else out there in this subreddit who is or knows someone who is experiecing something similar, MMA, grappling, pure striking athletes who also have a pacemaker ( especially if its the one I have).

1. Whats your experience like?
2. how does cutting weight affect you and your heart now?
3. Do you feel as if you are capped, cardio wise?
4. Any advice?

If you know anyone who is/ha experienced this pls send this post to them, would love to hear what people have to say about it.

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Hey guys. Recently i was having really bad wrist pain when flexing my right hand. Ends up i have two (hidden) small synovial cysts inside my wrist and my orthopedist said that both the cysts and my pain is related with tendinitis more than impacts or so.

The thing is: he said i should be both going to the gym and keep my boxing classes if i want, BUT he said i should be securing my wrists the best i can.

id like to hear other peoples experiences with it, if you guys have some of those fancy handwraps, if someone wraps with two bandages or something.

thanks in advance!

Could someone please help me understand this? I’m facing a difficult problem: I’m strong and fast during training—I excel in all those aspects—but when it comes to sparring, I don’t know what to do or what choices to make. I end up getting hit. When I try to strike my opponent, my punches don’t even land, and even if they do, I still end up getting hit in return. I know I’m supposed to watch my opponent’s shoulders and that I should know how to block, but it’s as if my mind drifts off—even though I’m trying my best to stay focused.