An ABSOLUTE LEGEND! 🙏🏻🥋🥷

also why did a poormans sport equipment started becoming expensive

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

I was going against this guy in my gym and he dropped me. The shot didn’t even hurt but he got me backing up in a straight line and I lost my balance. It was technically a drop but it was less that I got rattled and more I just lost my balance but still. I was able to get right back up and finish the round but I’ve never had that happen. Me and the guy had just went a round before and had a good pace, but I made a mistake in the next round. Ik it comes with the game so I’m just gonna brush it off but I’m annoyed I made that mistake. Has anyone been lightly dropped in sparring and if so how do u deal with it. This is the only guy who catches me like that cause he’s southpaw.

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 :)

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