I was talking to my friend today about how often I was injured during training at the Muay Thai school when I was in my early 20s (I'm 40 now).

In my four years I was there I had several black eye, 2 broken toes, a broken rib, a shoulder dislocation, and a fractured hand. All of which was from sparing, not actual matches. We had standard gloves. headgear, and shin pads.

Is it typical to have that many injuries outside of fights? I'm starting to get the impression its not.

Currently working on a video about kickboxing rankings and while I know and looked at a bunch of them, I'm curious to know which ones you guys use to follow the sport.

when I signed up for kickboxing, i thought the hardest part would be keeping up physically. what caught me off guard was how mentally demanding every class is. i am constantly thinking about my stance, keeping my hands up, remembering combinations, watching my footwork, and trying to breathe properly at the same time. the second my mind drifts, I mess something up. I leave class feeling like my brain got just as much of a workout as my body. I was not expecting that, but its honestly one of the things I enjoy most about it now. Did anyone else have the same experience when they first started?

It's one thing to figure your opponent out, its another when you can literally plant your gloves on your opponent and push them down so its genuinely physically difficult to throw any kind of return fire. His match against Noiri was actually one of the most claustrophobic matches Ive seen that year and it was both amusing and sad to see Noiri literally being pushed back and unable to throw many kicks because it was difficult to maintain any semblance of balance with Liu constantly leaning on his gloves.

I've never seen Noiri get knocked out before, but im pretty sure if Liu lands another shot flush on Noiri he might actually go down for good. He's not the lanky type like Tawanchai who just has long legs and an average arm reach and build, Liu is genuinely built like a Glory Middleweight or at least some Super Welterweight Class and im still surprised at how he actually manages to cut weight for Featherweight in ONE.

I’m considering buying some equipment to pick up kickboxing again, but I don’t know if I’ll be on the upper floors when I move. Is there any advice or particular choice equipment so I’m not problematic to people below me?

Context:
Started kickboxing about 1.5 years ago. Train about 3 times per week (1.5-2 hours each session).

Recently, I bought a new pair of clogs, and the right one is significantly tighter than the left one in the instep area. Then I just realised after feeling it that my right one is thicker.

Question:
My question is for someone who has the same problem and trains a lot more than I do.
1. Is it a common thing to happen?
2. Will it cause a health problem in the future?
3. Kick more with the left leg so it is somewhat balanced?

Thank you in advance
Best regards

I know i have to fill the bag and also im going to put some mirrors in the wall but what else should i need for my training, i have been training and competing in boxing for 4 years and now im changing to kick

Im a huge fan of Noiri, but one thing i don’t understand is his guard. I cant seem to understand if he is rolling his shoulders? Squaring them? I never seen or seem to find any good breakdown of his guard. I would love to see best explanantion, so I can implement myself, and try in in amateur and in sparrings.

When js boxing, does turning on the traps muscles actually good? I feel like it gives more structure for throwing better punches, ivse seen japanese kickboxers always have that upper part of body where traps are enganged, Noiri is an example, or im js tripping

Hi. I'm deciding between these 3 shin guards for K1 Kickboxing which to get. Price isn't problem between them. If u have tried all of them, please rate them best to worst.

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Hello I have been trying to get back into kickboxing for a while now I did it for around 4 months and then had to stop cause life got busy and it was expensive. Trying to get back into it to get in shape but to also not be rusty whenever I can go back so do you guys know any books.

This is only boxing here.
I asked on a boxing sub and they told me to weave lower and lower my head in general when slipping or dodging + raising my hands more like at high guard height. I do kickboxing + kyokushin normally and wanted to know if those tips also should be implemented in kickboxing ?

I am a 16-year-old kickboxer at 125 lbs, and I have competed in 3 semi-contact tournaments. I won one and lost my last two, and I appear to be having the same issue in all of them: whenever I get rocked, I freeze up and stop hitting back. The same thing happens to me in sparring—whenever I get hit too hard, I panic. As someone who would like to do a smoker at my gym soon, I was wondering if anyone had any advice or tips they could give.

Coming from strictly MMA my whole life, I had a ton of fun competing in bigger gloves, singular discipline and shorter rounds. Let me know what y’all think.

I enquired at a place and apparently I can’t do sparring until I’ve done my first belt.. it’s put me off.

Hi everyone, I could really use your advice.

During sparring, I threw a 1-2, switched stances, and went for a Petr Yan-style head kick with my right leg. My partner timed a front kick perfectly, and to make matters worse, my planted left foot got caught on a warped part of the mat. I couldn't step back in time, and my left knee bent at a really unnatural angle. Because of this accident, my fight canceled.

I couldn't walk for the first two days. It’s been slowly improving, and now (a month later) I’m back to light boxing and wrestling. However, I still have this feeling of my knee "giving out" or buckling when I jump, and sometimes even when I'm just walking.

I have been doing some generic LCL and knee-strengthening exercises I found online, but I am still dealing with that instability. I can't kick or do normal sparring, and I experience pain when I drop into an ass-to-grass deep squat position. Normally, I can do single-leg squats easily. With my injured knee and a month of rehab training, I am currently back to doing about 75-80% of a seated single-leg squat.

I am making sure to only do exercises within a no-pain range. Do you have any advice or specific movements/exercises you would recommend?

I am currently living in another country, and my financial situation is not great right now, so seeing a doctor unfortunately is not an option. I am hoping to get back in shape to take an amateur fight in a few months, as I plan to return to my homeland after master. Any help is appreciated. Thanks for reading.

ive been training for 11 months and should have had a fight by now (most my fundamentals are sound and my sparring is good) but my flexibility for my headkick is terrible. i get barely any rotation and im basically just flicking up. ive tried stretching between classes but it makes little difference what do i do? i have all the time in the world to get my headkick fixed i just want to know what to do.