I have been training combat sports for a while now close to a little over one year but something seems off I like kickboxing and muay thai but I have very bad mobility in general making my kicks look pathetic and hard to throw so majorly I have worked on improving my boxing skills I want to see where can I go in this sport but idk how to start I have low sparring experience no fight experience either
Any suggestions on how should I proceed
Not to mention I’m 23 already and in corporate
Any help is appreciated
I am somewhat a nerd so I like to get into technical stuff so you guys can suggest me that too like work on these footwork drills work on these boxing combos and how can I improve my general fight iq ir if you can suggest me some youtube videos

I'm progressing enough where I can usually land a jab cross when I'm looking for one, but I'm having an issue where after I land the cross I don't really know what to do as a follow up. Most of the time I just teep out of there, which feels like I'm wasting my forward momentum if I already rocked my opponent with a cross.

What do you like to follow a cross up with? Are there certain situations or positions more worth following up on?

I ordered a pair of Muay Thai shorts from "thaiboxingfightgear.com" a week ago. I tried checking back on my order status today, but the website is completely down / not loading for me.

Has anyone here ordered from them recently? Did your gear actually ship, or did you run into issues? Trying to figure out if this is just temporary website maintenance/server downtime or if it's a complete scam.

Eu comecei a lutar faz 4 meses e ontem meu professor disse para eu ir fazer o exame de faixa de final de ano, só que não sei se estou pronta para pegar uma faixa porque eu basicamente acabei de começar a lutar

im the one in the blue and i wish i followed up alot more

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lead hook kicks, lead axe kicks, sidekicks, twist kicks, roundhouses etc you have to be extremely flexible with both legs. andy hug, peter cunningham, bill wallace, steve vick, benny urquidez, billye jackson and more all had great lead legs. this is like a boxer not having a jab a lead leg is your long range weapong.

Why would you think that you're an exception? you can do something the greats havent? also no switch kicking doesnt count the switch kick is garbage and you should almost never do it.

Obviously the trolls will come in talking about low kicks. have you ever heard a quote "you take whats works and get rid of what doesnt"? its really that simple. if you're also not flexible enough to do any of this just get out of the sport you arent athletic enough to compete, and if you arent in the sport to be number 1 or dont believe you're number one then get out of the sport as well nobody cares about participation trophies. (unless you do it recreationally or as a hobbyist then you're fine but if you compete and want a participation trophy then just get out and go back to where you came from)

I’m reading a lot of threads about people getting knocked out or dinged in sparring. Tell me about sparring in your gym? How often, what’s the format? How many rounds, how hard? Do people get knocked out regularly? What do the coaches do? Talk to me :)

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?

Sometimes when kicking the heavy bag or light sparring, even with the shin guard on, my toes, esp the metatarsal joint/knuckle of big toe, would land on a hard area or opponent's elbow, and it would feel like I jammed or rolled my toe(s). I know this is more of a problem with the kick control and aim, but what can I get for more protection until I get better with the control?

What do you think about taking Ephredine to boost performance in Kickboxing? Would you think its worth it?

Peter Aerts also does a good job of moving people around and mixing up his frames and straights to land his high kicks. Who do y'all look to?

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