Justfulwardog

Here is a site to visit, that will answer all of your questions. There are three main sets of kickboxing rules in the US. I think you will have to ask them, which rules they will use. In my area it used to be international rules, but we are mostly fighting Muay Thai rules now(without elbows). https://www.ikfkickboxing.com

Don't square up. Keep your lead shoulder pointed at your opponent. Use your elbow to misdirect it. If it does land, it will glance off, because it has minimal surface area to absorb it.

I also like the forearm block, because it leaves me in my guard. So I have more options with defensive actions, and offensive strikes. Sometimes when I parry against a highly skilled fighter, they can put me on the defensive. I am to busy parrying multiple strikes to fire back.

I like to parry sometimes. But when I block with forearms, I can lean into the strike, wind up, and fire a powerful hand strike back. Before they have a chance to compose themselves. It makes for a good counter technique. As SevenStar wrote, there are many good counters with parries as well. If your talking bare knuckle, then the fists would have more potency against the forearms. The forearms have pressure points you can hit. With gloves, I don't think either are very affective. I can take solid round kicks to the forearms without much affect. Some of them hurt, but it is not an immobilizing pain.

For future tense, visualization can be your best teacher as a martial artist. Visualize many senarios. Act them out. Think about your every move. Give yourself many realistic handycaps. This will give you more to work with the next time, and it will build confidence.

WOW! Thanks.

Now I am curious about the pesos exchange rate in other parts of the world. Does anyone know the exchange rate in Uraguay?

I'm not sure about South America, but in the Philippines you get over fifty pesos for one US dollar.

I sparr two nights a week, with a man that is 62 years old. He is the most deceptive fighter I have ever known. What he lacks in speed, he by far compensates with deception. He has sprained my jaw four times, one time on the right side, and three times on the left. He could have taken my head off a few times. Luckily for me, he held back. He also likes to teach me pressure points. The hard way. Nothing makes him laugh harder. He is ornery as hell, but I really respect him.

All of these posts are so insightful, I had to print a copy.

I can't tell you how refreshing it is, to talk to people of like mind. I am glad that I found this website. Most of the people that I associate with, look at me like I am crazy, when I ponder things like this out loud. Thank you all.

Just wondering what some of your veiwpoints were on this. I think you need to devote as much practice on this, as you do on other things. Such as breath control, balance, etc. You need to maintain a good poker face, and be able to act as though nothing is wrong. Fight on as though you are not in pain. For if your opponent even senses it, it is like a wolf tasting blood. He will try to take full advantage of your temporary weakness, and exploit it.

I think that kickboxing tournaments are only for open fighters. By open I mean 10+ fights. If you are just starting out, your trainer should find you some local fighters, and set you up at local competitions.

I compete in kickboxing. All around the Northwest. International and Muay Thai rules.

I understand where you are coming from. I don't go a hundred percent in my sparring either. That is why I love to compete. In the ring, I pretend that it is for life or death. It gives me great motivation. In my last fight, I got kneed in the groin with about 20 to 30 seconds to go. By rules, I could have had two minutes to recover. I chose to fight on, just to push it. No one knew about it until the fight was over. I pushed through the pain. It was great. I am a freak, but it gives me great confidence to do these things. In the back of my mind, I am always thinking, what if this was for real. That is how I try to fight. I can't do that in sparring. As to your problem, keep trying to convince your Dad. If you cannot, don't worry to much about it. I boxed as a teen. As a young adult, I was married with children. My woman would not let me go back to boxing. I know "PW". What can I say. I could not get it out of my blood. It finally ended with her, so I started kickboxing at the age of 26. My kids love it. I am doing well at it. And my thirst is quenched. Keep training. Mental preperation is my edge on the others. I never stopped training in my mind.

Try bending your supporting leg more. It will put more strain on that leg, but it will increase balance greatly. Also, practice your balance always. Put your socks and shoes on standing up. Little things like that, that you can do everyday, will get you there fast.

Boxing also uses the the largest muscle group in the human body, the thigh. the power starts from the ground up. In a right cross, you start to pivot on the right foot ball of the toe. It then creates a chain reaction that goes through your calve, to the thigh, to the torque of the waist, and lastly to the torque of the shoulders. The arm is thrust strait out from the body, so that it can convey all of the power that was generated. Kinda like a lightning bolt. The more you bring your elbow up to the side, the more power you lose, and the more you are relying on just your arm strength alone. There are four other basic punches, all with there own method of generating power. All bringing there power from the ground up.

I think they are one and the same. Here is a sight on there star fighter. http://www.angelfire.com/in/ezapatayawyan/

Thanks Ninja KlOwn

http://members.aol.com/yawyan/aboutus.htm Here is a link to a site, on it. Check out the way they describe a mountain storm kick. I would like to learn that one. I wonder how well it works though. Does anyone know about this technique? I would love some feedback on it.

These are all great tips. One of the things I like to look out for, is to never try to force a technique or combo. I got stopped in a fight before, doing that. What I mean is, say you've been practicing a combo that you really want to try out. You still have to wait for the right opportunity. If it never comes in a fight, so what(yes, I'm talking in the ring). You will have other opportunities. Oh and also, like Bass Ruten said, stick to the basics. You can always depend on them. Wait until you wear your opponent down, to put him away with the flashy stuff. And also, if you are good at making opportunities, that will work as well. The thing I love about fighting is what a mind game it is. I try to explain it to people that don't fight. I tell them it's just like Chess, but the stakes are higher. Every move that you make, has a consequence. And I mean everything. Shifting your weight, tilting your head, where you choose to focus on your opponent. It is truly mindblowing. I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!! Couldn't live without it. I have to hard a time, dealing with the withdrawal symtoms. And also,(no just joking, I'm done).

I used to use just my boxing stance, until I found that I could not check kicks in it. I still use it, but only when in punching range. The boxing stance I am refering to was sixty percent weight on the lead leg, and forty percent on the rear leg. With both toes pointed towards my opponent. When I am in kicking range, I use a muay tai stance. It is the opposite wieght ratio. With forty on the lead and sixty on the rear. In the muay tai stance I turn my rear foot to a fortyfive degree angle, instead of forward. In old style boxing, they used to have there rear leg facing to the side and flat footed. They woud drag there rear foot behind them. They got a lot off power in there right cross that way. I think the modern way was adopted, because It is a lot faster. I try to keep both my heels slightly off the ground in both stances. Start with just your rear heel though. It was hard for me at first to bring both heels up. I also used to square up a lot. That is until my teacher kept sticking me with front thrust kicks to the point where I could not defend myself, from fatigue. I was very reluctant to change. Although eventually I had to point my left shoulder forward. So that his front kicks, when they do get through, they slide off. Instead me having to take the force of them. Ok, I'll shut up now. I run on at the mouth sometimes.

Pay attention to your supporting legs foot placement. When you set it down in preperation for your kick, it should be pointed at about 9-10 o clock. That is how I learned to turn my hip over.

I used to be the same way when I used to box. I now kickbox, and don't have a problem with it anymore. When I step in the ring, I imagine that my opponent is attacking me on the street. He deserves no mercy, and it is the referee's job to worry about that sort of thing. After all, my opponent would break my bones if he could.

I agree, that more people can relate to it. I mean anybody can throw punches, no matter how badly. Not that many people can throw a kick, higher than there knee.