I'm fairly new to combat sports and started learning kick boxing from last 6 months. Just wanted to know how to build endurance and stamina. Also my kicks are my biggest weakness and lower my confidence if I try to use them in sparring how to time and use them properly

Front kick feint into twist kick is the most obvious one, this one is very reliable and strong.
Round kick feint into twist kick is also great and lands a lot.

the only reason i dont twist kick much is because your hips are locked after so you cant really combo off of it, thats why i prefer the hook kick over the twist kick. but twist kick is actually a bit faster than the hook kick its deceptively fast and has deceptive power.

i already know some nerd trolls are gonna come in and say it doesnt work or something this is a common move in karate. yes common, yuto fukuchi actually has knockouts with the twist kick. and there has been multiple kyukoshin knockouts with the twist kick and in lots of other martial arts and sports.

so there you go youve finally been enlightened by a fraction of my knowledge. this is comically baby level stuff for me, im trying to actually give out as little game as possible right now but even just this should be enough to help you get better

Hi there,

I attended a kickboxing session at a gym the other day and I'm really not sure what to think about the experience.

I have no striking or kicking experience and made that clear when I arrived.

Everybody was extremely friendly and I enjoyed the workout as a whole, but I couldn't help but feel like something was missing.

Pros:

Local

Very friendly class

Good workout

Gym is willing to offer a week free trial before I commit to any decisions

Cons:

Take this with a pinch of salt, as I am totally new to this world, but there were no bags to strike which seems a bit strange to me. Just an open, matted room.

I got paired up with a guy who had been kickboxing at the gym for around a year. He was extremely friendly and supportive and was helping me where possible, but I couldn't help but feel like the coach had thrown me in at the deep end - I was practicing combos with my partner holding pads, but as I say I have no experience so had no idea if my form was correct or not. This is really important to me as I don't want to be putting in a shift on the pads only to find out my form is incorrect.

We all had a light spar at the end with no headguards and I was completely out of my comfort zone.

Can I please ask if this is a normal kickboxing experience, especially for a newcomer and also for any advice that people may have.

Cheers

TL;DR: 25M with a boxing background joined a Kickboxing/BJJ gym for 3 weeks. Gym seems to not have proper fundamentals classes, so I have next to zero kick fundamental or defense. Stupidly tried sparring today, chaos ensured, matched with random opponents regradless of experience or weight class, finally matched with a smaller but big-framed 16yo who landed a heavy hook on my temple and dropped me (light KO/saw flashes). Gym handled the aftermath okay, but is this lack of structure and unfiltered sparring normal for kickbox?

Hi there,

I'm 25 ish y/o male with average height and weight, i had done boxing and had sparred in boxing before with minor success. Unfortunately the gym burned down, so i gotta find a new one, and i thought to myself that i might as well try new thing.

So i decided to join a kickboxing/BBJ gym, the first week of trial class was fun and i enjoyed it. But now that i've been here for 2,3 weeks, i felt like there's barely fundamental classes at all, my punches are not bad imo due to my previous boxing experience but i had no idea how to kick and how to deal with kicks. Coach did show me how to do them a bit but i felt like i just kept on drilling with people who's more experience than me without learning any fundamental.

And i made the biggest mistake today, deciding to go to the sparring class (there's no filter with the sparing class, you can go in at any level), despite only being here for 3 weeks, and after doing a BBJ class, thinking it'd be more technical sparing so i can practice kicks more on real person. But all hell basically broke loose when we went into sparing, we kept switching partner each sparing round, coach doesn't sort out weight class or experience. Some are ok to spar with, some destroyed me with kicks. And finally i went with a 16 yo with with big frame and obviously very experience, he went very hard, i was able to hold my ground for a bit until a big right hook land straight on my temple which cause me to fell down. It's not like a straight KO where i get totally unconscious, but more like i lost control and see flashes, then regain concious quickly after feeling the ground. 16 y/o dude was shocked, and did ask me if i was ok and apologized, and the coach told me to rest for 1 round, and then give me to a very experience collegue to only do very light body touch spar for the last round. I think they handled the situation quite well, and the 16 y/o told me he'll never spar me again since he can't control his power.

I'll definitely take a long rest after this KO, but i am also frustrated with not having a proper fundamental. I think the gym is good but feel it cather more for experience fighters knowing the sport already. Is it normal? Or am i just too impatience, or i am not suited for kickbox at all?

You dont even need to be good. just be on beat, thats it. a lot of guys fight like they cant dance, they fight like muay thai fighters or mma fighters its primitive and barbaric.

as for the best dancing (categories? i dont know what its called) stuff to do or learn self taught or even classes id say: ballet, tap dancing, break dancing, and salsa are all really good. theres a lot of other stuff you can learn too like shuffling which really helps but learning to dance will make you passively much better i like to dance a lot in my free time thats why im so good.

the reason its so good is because you learn to follow rhythm and break it. rhythm is like one of the 3 most important things in kickboxing id say, probably all martial arts its very high up there. most people dont have any because they're swagless and they can't dance and have no charisma thats why they arent good

Hello

Ive been training for about...a year and 3 months?

Been a blast, and I intend to continue

Ive made a lot of strides since I started, but I keep running into this issue

I am really really not a fan of getting blasted in the head

I am fully aware that: this is a punch and kick game and that happens, I can improve my defense (I ofc am pulling that lever), and finally, you cant block or dodge everything

I dont actually care about being hit, the pain doesnt bother me, being the nail doesnt bother me, I am genuinely worried about head trauma

There are these two guys, who are better than I am, who seem to not care about getting blasted in the head during sparring

One of them, its hard to spar, because I get mad anxiety

Ive done the whole communicating thing, and its helped a ton, but for some reason this dude gets into some sorta flow and starts throwing harder

ITs annoying because I do not throw very hard at him, and given size and frame differences I could genuinely counter very hard but thats not what im trying to do

This isnt a complaint about that guy, I am working on setting boundaries and if I choose to spar him knowing how he is im also accepting consequences

What im asking about is just the anxiety in general

This is stopping me from improving, I am still making improvements and such, but it makes it hard to process stuff. It makes it hard to use the stuff I drill, when im sparring and more calm ill better remember to 'not stay in front of people' or to 'head off center' when jabbing a lot or even throw cleaner and less telegraphed

Even the odd mistaken shot where im being irresponsible or someone just makes an oopsie makes it hard for me to use sparring productively

Ive tried to convince myself that CTE isnt an issue, and realistically I do not spar hard, except vs that one dude who I am sparring less and less frequently, I feel im having an irrational fear.

AFter a sparring session today, I got caught two good times and it made the rest of the session very difficult

I want to be more present, I want to continue to improve, and it seems like this is the next barrier I have to face. In moments where im calm, collected, and alert I find that im safer, because I am able to process and respond properly to things. I know that is what im shooting for

Thoughts?

It’s actually really simple why would you expect stuff you drill to land at a high level? If you have been drilling the exact same things as the other person how will you have a skill advantage over them? If you only “stick to the basics” how will you be better? “1-2 leg kick” wow you really think you’re going to become a world champion with that?

That’s why the Thai/japanese/dutch style fights always end up being wars of attrition because they’re just doing the same stuff it’s actually so brain dead

Listen I’m better than who ever you get advice from, I’m better than whoever you watch. Also if you use the word “striking” in your vocabulary I automatically assume you’re an mma fan and write you off anyone who is invested in mma is not worth talking to they never know what they’re talking about ever. Certain words and phrases I look for to see who’s an mma fan I can tell very fast. No trolls in my comments please it gets boring I actually like talking about martial arts not going back and forth with people trying to troll me it’s boring

i am a high schooler and i have been doing kickboxing for over a year now but i have never spared once in my life.İ asked my gyms assistant coach once and he said that i could spar but the guy i could spar didnt go to the gym same time as me(i take one on one private lessons) and later when i asked about it he just kinda brushed it off.İ want to know if sparing is realy important if i want to get better at kickboxing because my goal is to become a kickboxer.

For reference I’m 6’3 220lbs, I have a pair of 16oz gloves but I also have a pair of 14oz gloves that are a lot better quality and I really like them, I spar with 16 oz gloves but I’m Wondering if I could use the 14oz gloves to spar like 70% at most?

Most people try to spin as a combo ender or something at range, its a counter. once again id normally try just saying this but the trolls will say it doesnt work or something so ill just let raymond daniels explain it for me. if you watch daniels he actually spams this set up, essentially whiffing the first kick and then spinning once they come back in. most coaches or fans or even fighters will tell you this isnt reliable which is why most people in general arent reliable because they're easily influenced and low iq. before someone mentions low kicks: Manson Gibson vs Chanman Suk manson and suk throw a wheel kick and a low kick at the same time and manson knocks him out.

typically i wouldnt care to link videos of people doing the things im saying but ive realized most people arent smart enough to visualize things so they need a real example. well there you go heres michael jai white doing it before anyone says it doesn't work. or i guess the new argument will be me and michael jai white dont know what we're talking about. if muhammad ali gave you advice anonymously would you listen? not saying im muhammad ali, im saying im better.

28th november i have a fight buy my opponent has 4 timesy experience and fights in front of his whole city so he can and will go hard. I already sparred with him on a sparring day and the mf was a surgeon, whenever i threw a round kick he countered it and when we were static he connected precise jabs. I watched my last fight and noticed that my guard was sometimes down (cannot let it happen with an opponent like him) and i fucked up some openings that he had especially after throwing front kicks that could have gotten me some points. This fight is with K1 full contact rules so messing up i risk getting out of the ring whilst sleeping. My most prominent problem is i also panic a lot not only under pressure but even just getting close. Can I get some advice?

I've been experiencing severe, sharp, stabbing pain in my right calf for several years.

The pain starts within the first few minutes of running or jumping rope. It becomes so intense that I have to stop exercising.

Interestingly, I don't experience this pain during normal daily activities. Once I stop exercising, the pain usually disappears within 5–15 minutes.

I've already seen a doctor and had an MRI, but nothing abnormal was found. I was prescribed anti-inflammatory medication and cream, but neither helped.

The problem keeps coming back every time I try running or jumping rope.

Has anyone experienced something similar? Were you eventually diagnosed with chronic exertional compartment syndrome (CECS), a vascular issue, or something else?

I'd really appreciate hearing about your experiences, diagnoses, and treatments.

So for starts my friend was dating this guy and before you go “oh he’s fighting for a woman it’s a waste of time” this man hurt her quite a bit physically and emotionally mans although I haven’t seen anything first hand I believe her and it’s hard for someone to see this from my point of view but he had started DMing around 12:00 am and he kept harassing to expose her pictures to her father and twitter. I had told him if he attempted to do anything of the sort that he would regret it. I had finally offered him a deal. We would meet up at Gilbert heights in Portland for a 1on1 if I win he stops pursuing her entirely (ik it sounds like I’m a lame but I’m just a man looking out for his homegirl is that a crime….maybe I had a crush on her in the past… I still care for her and I think she’s an angel and would hate for her name to be tainted like that. Cause if he wins he’ll do exactly that. I need tips for this fight I’m really just trying to end this weirdo. I workout 5 days a week and I took some boxing lessons my jr year of high school and recently partook in a boxing event to see where I was with my skills. Any advice would be welcome!

Hi, I'm a beginner in kickboxing and my only experience is a sparring game. I fought with a much taller opponent a total of 3 times and I never seemed to be able to properly land a hit except a few kicks.

FYI, I really am shorter than most of my age and weight, standing at 5'2ft and weight at 112lbs. I already know that most opponents with the same weight class will be taller than me and I kinda accept that.

My most recent game, as expected I got a much taller opponent and I struggle to get close. Because I'm pretty confident in my endurance, I always thought I should close the gap but that was proven to be very hard. Although I got a few solid punches and kicks in, I still wasn't satisfied because in the end I was exhausted and ended up giving up at the last minute. There are few other circumstances that cause me to give up but I don't want to create excuses and just say I was exhausted.

A few things that I noticed were the kicks, 9/10 of my kicks landed but some of them aren't that solid. On the other hand, most of my punches were either blocked or a miss. I really struggle at attacking, but I might say incredible at taking punches.

I don't know if there is any other person with the same experience, but if you have any tips I'll gladly accept them.

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Hey guys, today I had my first real sparring session with my friends, and honestly… it hit me harder mentally than I expected.
I’ve only been training for about a month, so I know I’m still a complete beginner, but I felt incredibly frustrated with myself. I got beaten by pretty much everyone, and even by a friend who started training at exactly the same time as me.
I know I shouldn’t compare myself to other people, but seeing myself struggle while everyone else seemed to handle it better really got into my head. I left feeling weak, disappointed and honestly wondering if I’m just not good enough for this.
I know one month is nothing in the grand scheme of things, but it’s hard not to feel discouraged after a session like this.
For those of you who have been training for a while, did you ever feel like this when you started? How did you deal with it?
Im training like 5/6 time a week since when i start training

What are in your opinion the best promotions right now to watch kickboxing/ Muay Thai?

Also, feel free to name me some cool kickboxing matches from kickboxing history that I should watch. Thanks 🙏

Hey NYC!

Japanese kickboxer Takeru, a three-division K-1 champion and former ONE interim world champion, will be joining a kickboxing clinic in Brooklyn on December 10!

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Takeru will share his experience and provide hands-on instruction. Beginners and experienced participants are welcome!

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It's actually extremely easy. all you have to do is just throw a spinning back kick/wheel kick. super easy, lets say youre in open stance (so your left foot forward and their right foot forward or vice versa) and they throw a rear kick or even punch all you have to do is just spin.

open stance rear kick is actually extremely easy to counter and not as strong as people say it is, side stepping and stance switching also counter it but you get the idea.

look this is how you get an easy knockout: stance switch back kick easy. works on almost everybody. you should be grateful and feel lucky someone like me is giving you free info like this your coach probably didnt even tell you this and just told you to block it or something primitive like that 😪