Hot answers tagged kickboxing
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I don't think the science is settled to a degree where we can give a solid answer, or make too many specific conclusions. Disclaimer: I'm not a kickboxer, and I haven't studied the subject deeply.
Dementia pugilistica
Getting hit in the head is not good for your brain. Getting hit a lot in the head is very bad for your brain. That's true regardless of ...
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Everything that's physically challenging carries the chance of injury. Deal with it.
Running risks joint degeneration. Bicycling can be bad for sexual function and mobility. Hikers get lost and freeze to death. Tennis causes elbow pain. Soccer players blow out their knees. Baseball players risk concussions from wayward pitches to the head. Lifting weights ...
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To be honest this is a tough question to answer because there is no one right answer or technique for this.
It is healthy to be scared in a match. If you are not scared then you are either highly experienced or somewhat mental.
I think the only way to overcome this (without some hypnotic reprogramming) is experience - which means getting hit. Overcoming ...
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"Wide or deep"? is a classical question in a lot of different domains, and I think the answer depends largely on what your goals are and how you define "expert." You will generally have some set of base techniques–usually but not always from a single style–that you will learn to instinctively fall back on under times of stress, but this doesn't preclude ...
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Visit a couple of dojos that interest you and ask about their injury record.
Look for older students; once you cross 50, injuries count more and heal slower. Moreover you're more likely to have other injuries that complicate your practice.
Ask about training with injuries, and "opt-out". I can no longer do kneeling work, and when I visit a new dojo I ...
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I concur with the previous answers - punching an immoveable surface is bad unless your knuckles and wrists are already conditioned. For example I frequently do single-knuckle strikes on doorway framings - while I do it considerably harder than the normal person I still don't do it with anything near the power I would use on a soft target.
I would strongly ...
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One of the eternal truths about martial arts is that you're going to get hit. And another eternal truth is that sometimes you're going to get hit hard. So it's a good thing to learn to take hits. Being struck in the belly is a good way to learn to tighten the abs and discover that they are an effective shield when they are properly developed and trained.
A ...
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The biggest risk with concussions is getting a second one shortly after the first. For competetive boxers and kickboxers, this means the 10 count and standing 8 count are sentencing them to long term brain damage. If you're training casually, wearing very good headgear (Winning FG-2900 if you can afford it, Rival d3o would seem to be a good second choice) ...
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Icing reduces swelling. That is the only reason to ice as far as I know. Swelling can inhibit the motion of joints and make the injury more painful. It may also take a long time to reduce back to normal levels. Icing is effective up to about 48 hours after the injury occurred. Basically, if it keeps swelling, then icing it will continue to help stop that ...
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Uh, Great Question: I love it.
Let's go.
The main thing to understand is that your are in charge of how you train. So if you would like to train light contact, or no contact at all, you should be able to. If your club does not respect that, they are not worthy: Martial Arts nowadays is not as it used to be in terms of need. We need it less for warfare ...
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I've been training Karate for the last 11 years.
You get hurt sometimes, accidents or clashes happen. You get over it. I've had a few injuries over the years, broken foot, hand, ribs, all from accidents. It happens. You try to learn from it (block with your hand closed!) and carry on.
Our Dojo is very strict on having control, which should be a factor in ...
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It's not good for your body. It's also not good in general for your mental development. Walls and people don't move the same way. People yield* when they get hit. Walls do not.
Attach heavy pillows to the wall with velcro or glue or nails or something. Then punch those instead. It's a start, until you find something better to punch.
YIELDING - the ...
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At a good gym, meaning experienced coaches and decent equipment, boxing/kick-boxing should not be that dangerous. First of all, you're probably not sparring right away, and once you are its in a controlled environment with mouthpieces, headgear, gloves, and shinpads(if kickboxing).
As pointed out in a previous answer, you are probably at an increased risk ...
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I'm not sure that your statement about the safety of boxing is generally accepted.
"There is absolutely no way you can make boxing safe," said Nelson Richards, MD, a delegate > from the American Academy of Neurology who proposed the original resolution to ban the sport >in 1983.
The BBC reported
According to brain surgeons, over 80 per cent of ...
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The things that help for me, or maybe I only thought they did, were:
stretching and warming up thoroughly in the morning
going for walks
drinking plenty of water
eating lots of quality food
In other words, the things we should be doing normally.
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See a doctor.
They may give you stronger pain killer and/or muscle relaxants than you can get OTC, both of which will help you to stop stressing the leg and heal faster.
Aside from that stay off it as much as possible (you can walk down the aisle), go easy, keep up the ice until the swelling recedes then switch to mild heat.
I didn't at first but ...
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We got this exact question over at fitness.SE. Essentially you just get back into it a little slower, with a little less intensity (less weight on the bar, running shorter distances, sprinting a little slower). Not much special to it, except crossing your Ts and dotting your Is. Make sure the sickness is really gone and start training carefully.
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When I just started learning martial arts (Seido) I was in the same position that you refer to. The solution for me was sparring with black belts or a kyu at least two ranks above mine. They will have the experience to be able to control their strikes so you don't get hurt too much. An added bonus is if you make a mistake while sparring you will know ...
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My master told its not good for bones.
and he is right. Practicing "non-sport" karate (bushido dzen) I am following a simple rule: hit soft with hard (like a punch to stomach or strike to throat) and hard with soft (palm-strike to the head can cause lots of damage if done right). Of course, if/when you wear gloves, everything will be different.
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You need ask yourself a question: What do I want to achieve in martial arts?
If you want a sport first place - injury guaranteed
If you want the cultural experience - no injury
If you want self-defense - depends on the system, injury might occur
Usually martial arts are without contact or more usually instructors are keeping everyone safe so nothing ...
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Sparring is not intended to be full-on, kill-or-be-killed, or even MMA style attacking. It's intended to be paced to your level, where you can practice closer to a real world situation. It lets you work on timing, evaluating the techniques you have learned & seeing how they fit with your personality, as well as integrating everything into a whole. It ...
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Well, life is not safe at all. I believe that getting injured in a card accident is much higher than getting seriously injured during a training practice or even a competition. You can always ask your partner to be "less harsh" with you if you feel uncomfortable. And keep in mind that no martial art is safe enough. E.g. there are no sparrings in aikido, but ...
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It is not good to practice on walls especially if you are just starting out, this could hurt your wrist. Knuckle push ups are not bad since there is no kinetic energy transfer between you and the floor. There are pads that you can purchase which can be attached to the wall, and provide some level of cushioning for your punches outside of the cloth or bandage ...
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The Samurai were advised to master seven different martial arts. I don't expect to master even one in my lifetime. I've been studying Aikdio for 20 years or so now and Tai Chi for one. I've also studied Shindo muso ryo jodo and mugairyu (both for far too short a time). I'd like to study Bagua.
I'm not sure that I'm comfortable with the assumptions ...
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try some like-sparring drills (like sticky hands from Wing Chun) - those drills will give you lots of confidence without much of a danger.
update:
1) The sticky hands drill presumes a very short distance of "fighting" (the distance is one thing lots of people and uncomfortable about)
2) the drill can be done as hard (aggressive) or soft as needed
3) ...
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Good old body conditioning / body beating worked for me. First I got a guy with the same height as me to punch me around. I did not defend.
It mostly consisted of
Punches to the abdomen (with gloves on)
Punches to the chest.
Jabs to the face
Hooks to the face
Slap kicks to the thigh
Slaps on my stomach
Front kick to the chest
Slap kicks on my ...
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Yod Ruerngsa has a section on 'being hit' in Muay Thai - The Art of Fighting.
Here an excerpt:
If you want to evolve and grow as a human being, don't worry about
what you'll get from others...learn to give, to try, to extend
yourself, and to concentrate on what you're doing to and for others,
not on what's being done to or for you.
If you ...
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I can offer some advice from my experience working with Tony Blauer. In Tony's system we do some drills called Emotional Climate Training (ECT) where the purpose is to think about how an attack or situation makes you "feel" on an emotional level.
How it works, starting with an attack such as haymaker is you stand there while an opponent tosses the haymaker ...
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While black eyes and minor bruises or the occasional broke nose are quite common in boxing, i think the devastating injuries like cruciate-ruptures are rare.
From my non-representative experience i'd say that runners, soccer-players and the like usually spend more time with doctors because of knee-injuries or broken ankles than (thai) boxers.
Boxing ...
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I also think it's worth mentioning that if you are a beginner then you should either, not be sparring until you learn proper technique, tactics, and defense, or spar with someone of your same level. Frankly, as a kickboxer, if you are sparring with someone who rings your bell two or three times each session, then you are sparring with someone who is too ...
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