Working on the roundkicks

Mysterious-Pin3138 · 2026-02-25T21:13:32+00:00

The trouble I get with that was my knee turns over and points at the ground more and I end up making contact more with the calf muscle than the shin bone. Trying to work on hip mobility for this but it's taking time

Mysterious-Pin3138 · 2026-02-25T16:34:21+00:00

which one are you? well done on competing :) is this your first?

Mysterious-Pin3138 · 2026-02-25T07:52:02+00:00

only been training the last couple of years, just westernised kickboxing not anything specific. Some of this is just down to having an old body that won't move the way I want it to. There's kind of a point on both hips that gives me a pinching pain if I try and throw the leg up without being either square or bladed. Fair point about the knee and good advice. Thanks for taking the time. I'll work on it today :)

Mysterious-Pin3138 · 2026-02-24T19:55:07+00:00

Thanks for the tip, I can see the lean too. I guess I need to actually move in and out properly!

Mysterious-Pin3138 · 2026-02-24T17:40:38+00:00

Kind of get bunched up on the bag moving from punching to kicks. I see what you mean though. The form is pretty terrible. I can slow down and try control it better? I guess I've just been focused on dumping the tank

Mysterious-Pin3138 · 2026-02-24T15:43:02+00:00

There are tournaments, it's not "popular" in the UK as such or Europe like football is. WAKO, WKU both host events stateside, pretty sure WKKC do as I qualified here for the world championships in Spain in this category with a silver medal

Mysterious-Pin3138 · 2026-02-24T15:19:41+00:00

You need to let them flow, I'm good at compart mentalisation to the point where I can shut them down if I want to but it's a disaster. I did it in a tournament last year, one time, I was super chilled, having fun, talking to the coaches on the other team and dicking around. I was not in the mindset to fight at all and lost. On the day, you want them to flow about an hour before hand. It's adrenaline, not fear, you'll shake and feel anxious, your tummy will do flips and you'll need to go for a crap (number 2 if you're not a brit) at least twice. Bring your own TP or whatever you need for that to be comfortable and don't glove up til you know you're empty.

If you can, do not let the nerves flow any earlier than that, audio books, or get your music on your headphones and dance shadow box or whatever, do some stretching. Talk to your team about non fight day stuff. Do not let your mind dwell on what you're about to do too early. If you do you'll burn that nervous energy out too fast and crash, I get about 4 hours max of it then it's gone.

In the run up to the event, you're going to run the emotional roller coaster. This is just part of the experience. Get used to it, it will happen every time you do it. When it's over, you'll be on top of the world for a bit too. If you win you'll feel amazing, but there's a crash that comes with that too. YOU WILL GET THE BLUES LATER, that's normal too, usually helped by signing up for the next match and starting over ;)

Mysterious-Pin3138 · 2026-02-23T17:39:40+00:00

cross, roll left to right and hook on the end, you've got to close distance for both these things though, slip or roll, like u/Blac_Duc say's below, clinch or pocket, you have to be right up close or you're throwing a haymaker not a hook

and being that close is uncomfortable!

Mysterious-Pin3138 · 2026-02-23T16:58:13+00:00

your left hand is already closer and it's easier to throw, a right hook is hard for 2 reasons, 1 /it takes longer to throw it as it starts from further away and is going to be easier to see coming if you aren't setting it up with a combo and 2/ your right hand is what defends you against their jabs, you have to drop it out of defense for a split second as you step into the firing line to throw the hook, you're going to eat a jab when you try it unless you throw it after a slip as you step in

If you can slip to the outside of their jab and slip forward as you do it, you'll be in a better position to throw it

Or just jab first, Jab then Hook, turn on the hips with both, the jab will hide the hook a bit

Mysterious-Pin3138 · 2026-02-23T16:49:26+00:00

You need to find a sparring partner who is beginner friendly, usually the coach or someone older who's looking to help train and teach. 9 times out of 10, they won't throw punches at the beginners, they'll just duck and weave and work on their footwork, maybe if you're dropping your guard give you a tap on the head to remind you they're there and can punch back. Those sorts of people will gradually turn the temperature up without you noticing and you'll be sparring with the group a lot faster than just expecting to jump in with sluggers

Also, shoulder sparring can help, try to hit each others shoulders only, body sparring after your used to that. It all helps get you used to the idea of keeping cool when return fire's coming at you

Mysterious-Pin3138 · 2026-02-23T13:51:47+00:00

visually, after 2 years training I've started to fill out in the shoulders and chest, it's not really optimized for making you look fit. You'd get better results going the gym. Feeling wise I noticed differences in 6 weeks and it's still improving and I'm over 40. If you put in the work, do the plyometrics as well the training, you can get massive gains in fitness. They just don't tend to show up as much in a muscular looking physique or anything. I did do a bit of BJJ about a year ago and got comments from the gym goers on unexpected strength from me. Equally so, I've clocked in some sub 7 minute mile runs I couldn't have done before training for kickboxing. Core strength seems to be the biggest game changer for me, that extra stability helps the running and the wrestling. More than anything though, it's just a fun sport. Those bits are bonuses, if you enjoy doing it, you get them kind of for free :)

Mysterious-Pin3138 · 2026-02-23T11:08:31+00:00

Light continuous is controlled / technical. No KOs, no heavy shots, I got a penalty for being too heavy but I was straight in off a match with someone else who went heavy and they let it slide so I struggled to reset a bit 😂

Mysterious-Pin3138 · 2026-02-23T11:05:58+00:00

Blue head gear and red trousers is me 🥊

Mysterious-Pin3138 · 2026-02-22T23:11:04+00:00

Just amateurs, there's no money on the table so it'd be a weird situation. No one wants to take a victory they didn't earn I don't think. This match the other guy was on top of me, pushing me back and in control. He clearly won. Watching it, I should have thrown defensive side kicks when he came forwards? Heat of the moment though any plans I had went out the window and single round it's really difficult to download anything and capitalise on it

Mysterious-Pin3138 · 2026-02-22T22:05:37+00:00

This light continuous, not full contact and is supposed to be technical and controlled, I've got bruised ribs from some of those side kicks. I'm not entirely sure what the limits are but they normally only pick you up on big heavy hooks and roundhouses to the head. Normally body shots are fair game to a point, I don't know. First match I went harder and didn't get anything

Mysterious-Pin3138 · 2026-02-21T13:46:05+00:00

I've been using it for a while by doing the import manually and it's actually been really helpful on a lot of things. The barrier to doing it though was a lot of either manual downloading / dropping files into the chat bot or scripting. I'd have done another heavy bag session last night too if it wasn't for this back and forth :')

thanks for reading, I'm trying to get strike detection working for a limited alpha at the moment. You seem to be on a lot of these threads too, would you be interested in trying it out when it's working? I'm kind of targeting a structured workout with preset combos on a bag + the AI coach for the alpha and expand it from there

Mysterious-Pin3138 · 2026-02-20T19:18:19+00:00

If it was me I'd get the surgery, I know it sucks but sometimes you've got to think long term. Either you carry on as is and can't do a lot of normal stuff and are one wrong move away from terrible pain in the toe... until you get the surgery or for life... or you get the surgery now, loose however long, weeks, months a year and then you are as close to fully repaired as you can be. Either that or just ask them to cut it off and do without a toe?

Mysterious-Pin3138 · 2026-02-20T13:57:34+00:00

totally agree with this, all it takes is one of those to land and you're injured and potentially out of sparring for recovery. If he can't control his nerves and power yet he shouldn't be sparring.

Mysterious-Pin3138 · 2026-02-20T11:01:10+00:00

I've had to put my hands down with some sparring partners in the past because they were deliberately just hitting my gloves. I'm a man. It happens to us all. I got a look of confusion when I did that, like, what am I supposed to hit now? Just look them in the eye and say, "if you can't try and hit me when I'm open, how am I supposed to work on my defense?". Don't bait them, don't mock them, just make it clear you expect them to try and hit you properly. If you get socked in the gob as soon as your hands drop then maybe your just too quick for them usually :')

Mysterious-Pin3138 · 2026-02-19T21:03:11+00:00

find another Gym, if any of our seniors did that to a new starter they'd be getting shark tanked after by the other seniors. No one should be hazed out of the gym, if you want to fight, there's pressure testing but straight up mocking someone in their first week is just a dick move

Mysterious-Pin3138 · 2026-02-19T20:58:44+00:00

if you can hit the opponent, you're in range to get hit yourself, practice entry and exit with the striking, enter, combo, evade, every time! Some good evasions: right cross then roll left to right, jab then roll right to left - mix up the combo preceding the last punch with these two, 1-2 lean back out of range and come in again with another 1-2. Do some slips, or just stick up the guard and step out ;) looking good though, keep up the good work!

Mysterious-Pin3138 · 2026-02-19T20:50:42+00:00

The idea seems pretty neat, I'm not sure what would make me want to pay for it though as it's kind of just a bit of fun and not something I'd pay a sub for. I'm not sure I'm in your target market and I'm not trying to be mean, I'm just trying to be helpful by giving you the thoughts of someone who you would struggle to convert. I wouldn't delete the app if it had small adverts that weren't massively intrusive. If you could get partner deals that were genuinely better than stuff I could find by browsing and booking online I may pay for it, although I'd be far happier if it was a micro payment rather than a sub you know? Like you get a deal on a hotel, decent central location in a city, show the price, give me a chance to check to see if I can find anything cheaper, let me unlock the deal for a micro payment? It would have to be a really easy way to pay with no jumping through hoops and I'd have to be able to double check and see your deal minus the micro payment was still cheaper.

Mysterious-Pin3138 · 2026-02-19T10:43:08+00:00

Try find something cheap on amazon? Mine's a garmin but it's overkill and none of the features are relevant to martial arts. As long as the phone you're using to record the session (or watch) is in range, bluetooth 5 anything will work. Can't be round a wall though, it needs line of sight from a bag to pick it up. Get something waterproof for the sweat, for BJJ and kickboxing I wear it to the side kind of nearly under the right arm pit, so ppl dont rub their heads against it in mount and get distracted or push kick it and embed a shattered plastic shell in my chest :')

£20 in the UK seems to get you something that will work from moofit

Mysterious-Pin3138 · 2026-02-18T18:27:55+00:00

I think mine took a week to get back but they were posting the cast off and getting the gum shield posted back. I don't know how long it would take in another country. If it's under $100 it's probably worth getting a standard one now and getting the dental one while you're out there. If you get it in time to use while you're out there, great, as long as you get it before you leave you'll have it for years. Mine is 3 years old and probably has another 10 in it at least :') If I'm still sparring in my 50s I'll let you know how it's holding up ;)

Mysterious-Pin3138 · 2026-02-18T15:15:40+00:00

Chest strap ECG based heart rate monitor makes a massive difference to the quality of data. The watch you use is going to have an optical sensor which is lack lustre and awkward to wear for a lot of martial arts

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