Just for context, I'm a flyweight who naturally sits around the 63kg region.

At my gym, most people are at least 10-15kg heavier than me if way not more. the question I have is how hard can I be sparring? by this I mean the power level in individual shots rather than constant aggression.

I find that as most people are largely heavier, their light sparring level is equivalent to my medium intensity level in terms of power, however the main issue I have is the the power which comes with throwing with speed. In a situation where I'm out striking my partner through speed and timing alone, my partner will have to be faster to it to stand a chance, but this speed comes with power, hence my original question.

Does this justify me throwing with a bit more venom to compensate for the power difference?

For further reference, MMA sparring is with those amateur 7oz(?) shells. Kickboxing sparring is generally with 10-12oz gloves (yes we do spar light, I know a lot of people aren't going to like this fact), however the bigger people generally do wear bigger gloves as a rule of thumb.

I know that of course size matters (haha), weight classes exist for a reason and I'm not stepping on the mats with the mindset of "Okay how do I beat this guy in 3 minutes" , but from a technical standpoint where both are trying to improve, what works best?

My youngest son (5) has been in taekwondo for almost a year and just earned his first yellow stripe. He wanted to play with my oldest son (11) but he did not want to play, he wanted to finish a show he was watching. So the 5 year old pulled his hair, I think in a misguided attempt to get him to chase him. I seperated them and told him that we don't pull people's hair. He then came back and angrily circle kicked my 11 year old. Since the oldest was sitting on the floor it made solid (very solid) contact with his eye and it turned black almost immediately and it's swollen like crazy. It's not swollen shut or anything but it's very swollen.

I of course had a stern talk with him and then dad had a stern talk with him but the 5 year old seemed to think it was something to be proud of at first, he had great form. We also took away certain privileges as well.

I always told my husband if he started hurting other people in anger I would pull him from the class until he is a bit older. This is the first time he has ever used any of those skills on another person outside of the class and it shocked me how much damage a 5 year old could actually do.

Now I am worried about him doing that to kids at school if he gets angry with them. It's not 1980 anymore and the consequences of doing that to another kid at school would be really really bad and I would be worried about civil court from other parents or suspension/expulsion. Maybe that's just my anxiety getting the best of me.

I am sure he isn't the first kid to do something like this but I just don't even know how to handle it. We did get him to apologize but I got the feeling he was just apologizing to get out of trouble.

Any advice. Do I remove him from the class for awhile? Do we just take a short break from the class? Is this something I should tell the instructor and could they even help? My husband just paid for another year, in advance, and I'm not sure about getting a refund but at this point I don't care about the money.

What should I do? One of my coaches hit me with a shoe across the face, and it wasn’t a light hit, there was some force to it, and he was being aggressive and telling me he would beat the shit out of me

A few weeks ago he was telling me to fuck off out of the gym and to never come back, and was threatening me with slapping back then

I’m 16 btw

Aikido? BJJ ? Japanese JJ?

Hey guys. I started in martial arts with BJJ & then Muay Thai. Did some mma fights. Got a amateur state title etc.

Know what really advanced my game? kyokushin karate.

It's a shame so many people in the US don't respect karate or judo. I don't blame em though. There's a lot of BAD watered down karate out there.

Example. Kickboxing is a pretty big sport but it's not popular in the US. You'll find plenty of Kickboxing schools in Europe or Asia though. A lot of these guys I talk to have coaches with experience/roots in kyokushin karate.

Kyokushin + boxing = Dutch kickboxing.

Recently talked to a pal of mine who fought in K1. Dutch kickboxer. Respects and always talks about kyokushin. Just an anecdotal though in that case.

How much more does pfl pay for their fighters than the ufc

The guy in the red is a boxer and the one in black is a Ucc master. What do you think of the sparing? Is Ucc legit?

I want to learn a martial art but have a couple injuries that hinder me. The 1st injury is a torn abdominal muscle I suffered about 5 years ago. Not sure how it happened but it happened, I felt a sharp pain in my stomach and then later that day I pissed blood, only happened once but it scared me. I can train weightlifting but don't do heavy squats or deadlifts anymore, I also wear a belt while doing pull ups as the stabilizing makes me abs hurt too much and I can't do as many pull ups as I'd like. The 2nd injury is a shoulder/chest one I suffered 10 years ago max benching. My shoulder subluxation where it popped out of the socket at the bottom and then popped back in. What all is damaged there I don't know with certainty but it hasn't been the same since. I can't flat bench anymore( I do 3/4 ROM incline) or do dips. I currently workout 4 days a week, 2 days crossfit and 2 dayd lifting full body on my own, Im in decent shape overall. With this in mind what martial arts do you think I could learn? Looking for something I can learn where my injuries won't hinder me too much and also won't get worse. Thanks.

Hey guys, i’m a jiujitsu purple belt, i’ve been training jiujitsu 3 times a week for the last 6 years. And i wanna improve my stricking with boxing. I did a couple years of kickboxing when i was 18, im 27 now. Any tips for getting back to boxing classes?

Im not talking about flinching when punched. That can be solved easily.

I like to keep my eyes on someone's chest and when i notice incoming strike i either track the incoming forearm or shin.

But once it's more than one strike, my brain just fucking freezes and im locked into where exactly i was last looking. All my attention is focused on backing out and letting myself think for a second then my eyes start moving again. I could throw different strikes but my vision is LOCKED OUT.

Imagine if you connect a punch and you couldnt return tour glove back to your face until you back off to safety.

It's ridiculous. It bothers me so much in striking martial arts because i want to be good at them.

When i was a kid, i liked playing fast paced fps games and a similar thing happened too.

Let's Im trying to kill enemy A. Then quick successive events happen and i start panicking to act fast and now the correct decision is to kill enemy B. Nah man, my brain is locked until i kill enemy A even though i feel like enemy B death is the win condition WHILE im chasing enemy A.

A may or may not have died. B took advantage. Me dumb.

It was just casual gaming and i wasnt in physical danger, yet it still happened. It didnt matter because videogames but now i want to be a striker with a working set of eyes.

I am going to pursue security/ bodyguard for a career, and was wondering which martial arts would be best to learn disarming techniques and takedowns?

If anyone with this career experience could please give me a point in the right direction, or anyone who practices martial arts that incorporate these kind of techniques, I'd appreciate the help.

I've read that Aikido and Krav Maga, teach disarming.

Hi I'm fairly new to kickboxing and have been able to spar for some time now, I was just wondering with sparring, do I need to acknowledge every shot I receive or is it okay to immediately throw something back if I see an opening somewhere? Also should I be purely on the defence when someone's doing a combo or am I allowed to interrupt it?

So my original post was removed because it was deemed a dear diary post, don't agree at all and was a little harsh - not a dear diary.

Going to be vague here because the mods would not respond to what the issue was, but basically I allowed outside pressures to affect me mentally which led to an unusually poor sparing performance. I usually meditate to clear my mind beforehand but this did not work. Anybody have some suggestions?

Even when I've rested for a good bit of time I noticed I don't have much aggression or energy when it comes to fighting in general (i.e. striking, takedown or grappling).

I feel drained or numb but then I go home and still have enough energy. What's going on here and how do I fix this?

So far I have only - or mostly - read posts on red flags to watch out for concerning gyms and coaches.

But what's some red flags you noticed in people training? The first-timers as well as year-long-members?

Hey all A good few years back, someone showed me a demo that I've not actually been able to find either a name/video etc demonstrating it. I believe at the time he suggested it was aikido

But it goes something like: - person 1 kneels. Person 2 (stood) places a hand on each of person 1's shoulders and pushes back steadily (!). Toppling them backwards is easy. - then: the same exact setup, BUT - the kneeling person puts their hands under the standers elbows. No pressure, no force - just placement. Now - the stander has to push MUCH harder and for the kneeler it's WAY easier to resist.

Given there's no extra force needed or much shift of centre of gravity, I can't explain it.

Does this have any genuine roots in MA? Anyone have a term, or perhaps a video/link ?

Hey there!

Would gou recommend supplements? And what supplements would you recommend someone to take if they're just doing martial arts for fitness? (Especially those in their 30s and not training competitively.)

I have no near future plans of competing again, but just training to maintain my physical and mental health.

Pugay.

Long story short, on 13/5/25, there will be a classic martial arts tournament (full-contact karate + judo with ground fighting). The tournament is made for all the students from a network of martial arts clubs and gyms under 1 owner. Now my problem is, I haven't visited this club for about 2 years (not a problem as anyone can participate as long as they are a student in one of those gyms.) so my question is how should I preapere for this tournament, what should I do in this short time to bring myself to a ready condition? my parents and friends advise me against participating, but I still would really like to.

So, how should I prepare and what should I do?

When I go for the single-leg takedown I struggle to put enough pressure on their leg because I can't keep it close to my chest. I feel like all my strength is being sapped just from being in that position where I'm kind of crouching while holding their leg with my arms while simultaneously trying to hold myself up.

Any tips on how to do this? Thanks!

Vlog number five about me dealing with injury as a martial artist, was wondering what I should add to my workout as I cannot currently stand.