I currently spar a lot with a friend. He’s probably 6,1ish maybe a little taller and I’m 5,7. Obviously he has an advantage but how does someone close the gap and what are some drills to practice.

We do a lot of light sparring so it’s more a fun thing I don’t want to hurt him.

Any advice? I’m more concerned about the what ifs Like how im going to react having never done this before. What if I gas out, what if I freeze, lose composure, technique goes out the window etc any advice?

so basically this is for the state champ and i dont want to get tired or any bad side effects

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Not sure if this is the right place for this. To my knowledge, there's no martial arts gear subreddit to ask this so I'm just gonna ask here and hope someone has some experience.

I moved in the beginning of January and lost my spot for my 6ft banana bag. The new garage just isn't the same size as our old one and we're looking into saving space out there. We already have an exercise room and I'm looking into maybe hanging the heavy bag there? Issue is, I have no clue on how to go by it. It's not a drop ceiling so I'm thinking there's a beam. I figure cutting the ceiling enough to mount one of those hooks onto the beam would work.

I feel like that's a dumbass idea though. Anyone have experience hanging a heavy bag in doors and a better idea than I have?

I'm sorry if this is not the right sub for these kindof questions... But I wanted to get in touch with people with real experience of a fight.

I don't know how to start it... But growing up I was always weak. I was picked on growing up. I am so afraid of confrontation. Like even verbal. If someone raised their voice at me I freeze like a dear on headlights. I wanted to learn boxing and bjj(but couldnt for lot of reasons) to get confident in myself. But it's expensive and I'm getting old every day I'm 24 now. I'll be 25 in July. And in my mind unless I became a pro boxer or something(I know that is stupid... 😅) I won't be safe. Forget physical... Even verbal confrontation makes me freeze... I am such a pussy. Now walking way is good and all... But it feels shitty and not to forget it's embarrassing. I don't want to get into relationship because I think... how will I protect her if I can't even protect myself. And even what will she think... That her man was "afraid in this situation". Forget physical confrontation.. How do I deal with this fear in general. Like I'm always afraid. I always make decisions based on "what will keep me safe" even when I am talking to someone. How do I get rid of fear? I really need help this is eating me.

I used to train barefoot at my old gym but my new gym requires me to wear shoes in the area where the bag is. I’m wondering if there are any shoes that are good for kickboxing or feel similar to being barefoot because the adidas I wear feel really strange while training.

Very good day/afternoon/night, well, I've been training for some time and lately my sparring has been a little more "intense", I took a blow to the nose the other day and it was swollen and with accumulated blood preventing me from breathing cleanly, I went to the The otorrino had a drain but I had another one and it happened again, I'm too lazy to go and have it drained at the doctor, has anyone ever done this procedure at home?

After phase 1 we (probably) have the best heavyweights qualifying for spots 1 to 4. The "losers" along with possible newcomers will be able to qualify for spots 5 to 7 (exc. wildcard).

If I look at the finals, it seems like spots 1 to 4 will face each other in the first half of the brackets, while 5 to 8 face eachother in the other half. That means the best fighters wont be spread evenly around the brackets (except for the wildcard).

If so, thar would mean that we'll see the best of the winners vs the best of the "losers" in the final (unless a newcomer or the wildcard reaches the final).

I hope it’s not set yet.

I'd prefer if they spread the 4 winners of phase 1 evenly around the brackets, with the winners of phase 2 being their opponents in the quarterfinals.

GLORY is known to change things up midway so I’m kind of hopeful haha

What do you think?

I just drilled a combination today that included a switch Jab. But the footwork for switching and throwing the jab is so weird and its so awkward. I look so peculiar throwing it. How can I improve this are there any cues??

Hi i was curious about something. Im sparring almost frequently (1-2 rounds after training, 2-3 times per week) I have a partner with the same stats as me (height weight style etc) we always tend to go hard. After training my head doesnt feel bad nor i feel any pain at all. I just feel tired from training. Will that cause me an issue like brain damage or something?

Hey I want to invest in some boxing gloves but I want to make sure I am buying gloves that I can use in all situations, Including sparring...

My gym asks you to have 14oz gloves, But I don't want to have to buy another pair If I change gyms...

Trouble is the shops I went to don't have 16oz in stock so I would have to wait like 3 weeks for the gloves to arrive... This is mainly why I am asking really, do I just get the 14oz that they have available???

I also am a beginner so I recon the more padding the better right?

Thanks all!

There's some stuff on YouTube if you search in chinese but the quality isn't great at not always reliable. Just wanted to know if there was a better place to watch it.

Thanks

I’m about to purchase a pair of gloves for kickboxing. I’m a beginner and would be training with an instructor once a week and ideally practicing for about 2-3 times a week with a bag.

Which gloves should I purchase? I’m looking at Everlast Powerlock 2, Elite 2, and Pro Style.

Been training about a year and a half now, started hard sparring regularly just a couple months ago. Question in title, mainly my footwork just looks atrocious. I never feel like I’m stumbling and crossing my feet when I’m sparring but when I watch back a video 😬

Hello i want starting doing kickboxing . What should i get for training and sparring gloves 14 or 16 oz.And are the rdx shin guards from amazon good for beginners