Like kickboxing is so encodee in my life that i hate it. Like everything i do will it help me in kickboxing? At home or school all i think about is training and sparring or fights i want it to be seprated. Like when i lose a fight my entire week is ruined my confidence tanks i feel like a loser

Never done any martial arts before. I’m 25, in decent shape, but my cardio isn’t amazing. The person who I spoke to yesterday knows it’s my first time.

Hello, I have been going to a kickboxing gym for a year and 3 months. At the beggining I really enjoyed it. I had trainings on tuesdays and thursdays and it was all I was thinking about. Whenever I was done with the tuesday workout I was waiting for thursday to come and so on, the cycle keep repeating. I wasnt scared of sparring or anything, matter of fact I even went to the most advanced fighters in the gym. After about a year or so it started getting on my nerves. I started comparing myself to my friends for no reason and I was really mad about my coach moving people worse than me to the advanced group. During sparring I told my coach I wanted to spar with better people but he paired me with people that I had to held back even tho im not the best myself and I wasnt learning anything. I took a 3 month break (still going) and im thinking about going back but im not sure. One day I feel like going again then the next not. I feel like I have a negative association now with the sport because of the enviroment and im scared if I ever go back I wont enjoy the sport anymore and its the only fighting gym in my town. It was pretty fun and I liked the idea of fighting. Made me feel more confident, respected, was tied to my identity, was a nice thing to do in my free times and it actually felt like I was doing something with my life instead of wasting it. Any advice on what I should do in this situation?

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I have been going to a kickboxing gym for a year and 3 months. At the beggining I really enjoyed it. I had trainings on tuesdays and thursdays and it was all I was thinking about. Whenever I was done with the tuesday workout I was waiting for thursday to come and so on, the cycle keep repeating. I wasnt scared of sparring or anything, matter of fact I even went to the most advanced fighters in the gym. After about a year or so it started getting on my nerves. I started comparing myself to my friends for no reason and I was really mad about my coach moving people worse than me to the advanced group. During sparring I told my coach I wanted to spar with better people but he paired me with people that I had to held back even tho im not the best myself and I wasnt learning anything. I took a 3 month break (still going) and im thinking about going back but im not sure. One day I feel like going again then the next not. I feel like I have a negative association now with the sport because of the enviroment and im scared if I ever go back I wont enjoy the sport anymore and its the only fighting gym in my town. It was pretty fun and I liked the idea of fighting. Made me feel more confident, respected, was tied to my identity, was a nice thing to do in my free times and it actually felt like I was doing something with my life instead of wasting it. Any advice on what I should do in this situation?

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I'm a 17-year-old kickboxer, and I've been training for the last 3 years. My dream is to become a GLORY Kickboxing champion one day. Unfortunately, I recently suffered a serious shoulder injury that could take up to a year to fully heal.

Since I won't be able to train normally during that time, I'm worried about falling behind and losing the progress I've worked so hard for. It's frustrating because I feel like I'm being forced to take a step away from my goal.

Has anyone gone through a long-term injury while chasing a competitive sports career? If so, what did you do to stay motivated, keep improving, and come back stronger? Any advice would mean a lot to me.

Hey all- I appreciate that this can be a sub where we can help each other out.... but stop with the incessant "do these shin guards fit"??? posts.

Do you guys go to footlocker, try on some shoes and post it online to ask if they fit?

Try them on. If they feel good, buy them and go train.

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Yo tengo los 3 y quisiera volver a entrenar kick (lo hacía anteriormente)estos días iré a consultar al oculista alguien tiene problemas de visión similar a los míos y entrena?

is he actually a good kickboxer?

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I've been training kickboxing for a little over a month now, usually with my main coach about 3–4 times a week. I feel pretty comfortable training with him and have gotten into a routine.

But today I trained with another coach who I don't see very often and he trains way different than my other coach and for some reason I just couldn't get my mind right. He's actually really patient and a good coach, but I felt different mentally and had a really hard time focusing on what he was telling me.

He told me that if I can't get my mind right and focus, it's going to become a problem and that I may have to go all the way back to the basics. He recommended that I work more on my drills, shadowboxing, and combinations which he's right.

I know I've only been training for over a month, so I definitely still have a LOT to learn. I'm just wondering if anyone else experienced something similar when they were new, especially when training with a different coach?

Is this just part of being a beginner and learning to stay focused, or is there something I should be doing differently during my solo practice?

I been only doing one on one sessions so far in practice and the only time I go to my other coach is when my main coach is busy/not available to train. Both coaches know each other as well.

Hola, me he mudado a otro país y por esta razón no he tenido la oportunidad de tener una rutina de entrenamiento.

Pensaba apuntarme al gym ahora que por fin tendré algo de estabilidad, el problema es que me queda un poco lejos para ir de forma constante y es bastante caro, y me he dado cuenta de que cerca de mi casa hay un centro de Kick Boxing, que me encantaría probar. El problema es que tengo escoliosis, y me preocupa llegar a hacerme daño en la espalda.

Además de que tiendo a encogerme.

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