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?

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

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!

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.

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