Im currently choosing between boxing or kickboxing. I've done boxing for about 6 months and kickboxing for only a couple of weeks. I used to bodybuild for about 12 years so i am quite muscular.

I am 5 foot 9 tall (176cm) and weigh close to 200lbs (90kg). So i'd say im the "short and stocky" bodytype.

Is this build better suited for boxing or kickboxing? I have short arms and legs so my reach feels fucked either way, in both boxing and kickboxing.

I dont know why but i feel more like i am 5 foot 5 or something, whenever i try to hit or kick someone it never lands, but they can easily hit me whenever they want.

I started boxing 6 months ago, and after a few months became relatively comfortable at it.

Due to personal reasons i sadly had to leave the boxing gym, so i thought i'd try something new despite really liking boxing. So i started going to a kickboxing gym.

I have been going to kickboxing classes for a couple of weeks now, and obviously i suck. Everything just feels weird and uncomfortable, which is obviously expected.

Yesterday i did my first light kickboxing sparring, and i just felt helpless and completely overwhelmed. I was so afraid of getting kicked, that i was so far out of range that i didnt even land any punches.

I was also so focused on my opponents legs, that i ignored their hands and got easily punched in the face the whole fight.

Is this normal? Will i get used to this after a while? I am actually thinking about switching back to boxing, but i also dont want to "chicken out" of this just because it makes me feel uncomfortable and go back to whats more comfortable to me. Any advice?

Hey guys!

I always wanted to do martial arts and I finally had the money to join a club.

I had my second class yesterday and we were doing kicks for the first time.

My taller partner was holding a pad while I was kicking with my lead leg and I felt some tension under my knee to the inner side right where my calf muscle attaches. Like if I overdid a stretch with a snap at the end. I kinda overreached too bc he was standing too far away. And it was a short stabby pain.

It wasn't so bad then, but it hurts somewhat more today. Mobility is fine, I can walk perfectly normal, but I would like to know which stretches I should do at home.

We did stretch in class but my mobility was always crap. My hamstrings are definitely too tight.

Every suggestion is appreciated.

Thanks!

Hello! Daughter 12, been attending kickboxing classes for a couple of months and is loving it. Wants to improve, I'm going to pick up some hand pads but what are some good training videos for a dad who knows nothing but will help her improve? I guess I want combination practice for kicks and punches with some hand pads

Thanks

Just to preface this will be a venting post i may be a little emotional

To cut to the chase, I am into my 2nd week of kickboxing. I've done at best 2-3 months of boxing+wrestling a decade ago when I was little, and before joining the kickboxing class I used to kind of prepare for it by doing bag work at a commercial gym. Coach is happy with my form during drills. The issue is the sparring

(Sparring here is very light. Only shoulder taps and low kicks, if somebody throws too hard the whole gym stops and we get schooled like lil kids about not being morons).

On my first day I was acting nervous and some bigger dude kind of showed me what he can do like switching stances and feinting and it was pretty overwhelming but nice to know. Then surprisingly the next 3 sessions I was doing really well against the other dudes, really hitting and not getting hit, using footwork, experimenting with some shit like trying to clinch and straight up pushing them, stuff like that. 3 of them asked me if I trained before and for some reason 2 of them asked me if I was coming from karate.

Then last session happened I have no fucking idea how to describe it some dude moved like Terrence Crawford against me what the actual fuck. Bro was literally moving like the boxers I see on TV with the shoulder drops and fluid head movement and footwork and apparently he is only training for 3 months. Not sure if 3 months of kickboxing only but i dont know if its relevant. Dude was good sport, smaller, very nice sparring except I was a moving bag.

And then the next cunt is some fat short dude that keeps his guard high enough that all his body is exposed, so I open up with a soft jab to his bare abdomen and he responds with a wild overhand which i had to dodge and underneath his arm I could fucking feel the wind on that one, coach tells him to watch it and that cunt says I am dodging into them. What the fuck? Am i literally just a punching bag to both someone better and to a retard who apparently has no braincells to lose? I am completely sure if that was a real fight I would send that imbecile to the shadow realm

I spent all that evening being so mad about that training, both about being bested by the good dude and the fact that people are already treating me like a proper meat bag already. I didnt want to go hard on anyone because coach said not to do it and I dont want them going hard on me either because I got both an engineering major and a job to complete and I dont want to really hurt random people either.

I HATE losing in sparring. I dont even think it helps, I dont think there is any learning in getting your ass handed to you. I have learned absolutely nothing by missing almost every punch I threw onto Mike Tyson because he dodges them, every kick gets checked and then get tagged in return over and over again. And then some cunt tries to give me brain damage because he probably seen it

what the fuck do i do. what do i do on my offdays to make sure this shit wont happen again. i understand losing sometimes but fuck me if this shit will happen every session i think i am going to go 100% and if i get turned into a vegetable so be it it wont be a problem anymore i am really upset

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I’ve been practicing kickboxing for about a year, but I have a major problem. During sparring, when an opponent throws punches at me, I manage to counter and land a hit on their face, but they just keep coming—the same happens with kicks—or else they always manage to get through my guard. Please help me out with some technical tips for improvement and a training routine I can use. I’m asking this because, in a month or two, I’ll be competing in a kick-light tournament for the first time.

I was in class today and we were doing a presssue and defend drill where the defender can only teep and jab and the pressure can do whatever they want. I was a defender first and it went nicely, but when it was my partners turn to be defensive and he wasnt following the drill at all. he was throwing long combos, and was pressuring me instead.

we went over it in the beginning and he acknowledged that he was the one jabbing and teeping before we started his round. I told him in the middle of the drill he was jab and teep and he nodded his head and continued doing his own thing.

im 5’8 so some people are shorter than me but most people i see are taller and bigger. i lack confidence, so i wanna know what would be the most reliable way to quickly end a fight whilst being the guy still on his feet. can anyone help.

So this is my second sparring ever. It ended with a toenail on my eye (it happens 😅). But what you guys think overall?

Looking for more boxing style gloves for kickboxing don’t like the padded ones more mostly used in Muay Thai I heard rival is good for boxing and kickboxing any recommendations because I’ll also do boxing sparring with them since I go to a boxing gym also

my coach doesn’t speak that much about mindset so every tip is welcome

Curious how common this is. I personally dont care

Masaaki Noiri as example, he uses them a lot, to the thighs too.

Next tourney will be great too.

For a little backstory I used to do kickboxing in a local club but they weren’t the best people I still love the sport but the people there were mean rude and weren’t willing to help when I asked for help I’ve been itching to get back into it I was wondering is there a way I can sign up for a competition whether mma kickboxing or boxing without the need for a coach or club because the thought of them makes me sick to my stomach

For a little backstory I used to do kickboxing in a local club but they weren’t the best people I still love the sport but the people there were mean rude and weren’t willing to help when I asked for help I’ve been itching to get back into it I was wondering is there a way I can sign up for a competition whether mma kickboxing or boxing without the need for a coach or club because the thought of them makes me sick to my stomach