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kickboxer195
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are you 'gun shy', meaning afraid to throw for fear of being hit????
CrazyK
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Try doing one sided drills where you are specifically on defense, and where you are specifically on offense. If you are on defense you can not throw a punch, just work on your slips and blocks(whatever style you may be), and on offense throw punches and combinations with out having to worry about defending yourself yet.
Kane Fan said:
looking down is a natural response to having punches thown at your face, you can get yourself used to this by holding the focas pads closer to your face when doing drills with a partner. this way you can practice keeping your head up with the punches comeing towards to your face with out geting hit.
Saintinistic
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You are showing low self-efficacy in your ability to take hits, or effectively prevent them connecting. This is a personal belief and not neccesarily fact. we all believe in our strengths and weaknesses, yet they may or may not be what we see them as. Maybe you do not trust your sparring partners.
The best thing to do is know that you have the training, the ability and the means to effectively stop an attacker.
perhaps too much time on tit for tat fight techniques and not enough of putting a stop to the advancing opponent. change your tactics a bit, maybe pussy footing around isnt your thing and your current fear is from fear over an extended time of your ability.
I too do not like my odds over time, my endurance sux, and I too dislike the gloves, so I looked for methods to quicken the end of the fight in my favour.
You are psyching yourself out. If you know the stuff, have demonstrated talent, then the barrier is internal belief. If practice isnt fixing it, maybe its time to find another style that better suits your mindset.
I am no expert, but play around with whats on offer.
The best thing to do is know that you have the training, the ability and the means to effectively stop an attacker.
perhaps too much time on tit for tat fight techniques and not enough of putting a stop to the advancing opponent. change your tactics a bit, maybe pussy footing around isnt your thing and your current fear is from fear over an extended time of your ability.
I too do not like my odds over time, my endurance sux, and I too dislike the gloves, so I looked for methods to quicken the end of the fight in my favour.
You are psyching yourself out. If you know the stuff, have demonstrated talent, then the barrier is internal belief. If practice isnt fixing it, maybe its time to find another style that better suits your mindset.
I am no expert, but play around with whats on offer.
Djimbe
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Umm , Im mean , but I got my little sister over this by having my Brother hold her in a Full nelson while I slapped her in the face 100 times .
after about 75 she stopped being gunshy , and the next lesson she was like a different Fighter .
She didnt really TALK to me for a couple of months , but now she can fight men .
after about 75 she stopped being gunshy , and the next lesson she was like a different Fighter .
She didnt really TALK to me for a couple of months , but now she can fight men .
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novamanms
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The best way to get accustomed to being hit is to be hit, simply put.
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novamanms
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No, getting the living tar beaten out of you will.rob1980 said:
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novamanms
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Yes, it could do that...which is why light sparring or heavily padded medium/full contact sparring is better than getting owned at the hands of a pro. Honestly, it could go either way...but in my experience, knowing I can take a punch has led me to not fearing it.rob1980 said:
to clear something up, I'm not AFRAID of getting hit
it's always my idea to spar
but I can't stop ACTING like I'm afraid of getting hit
in that sparring match I had recently, I was constantly moving forward and was definatly the aggressor
it's just keeping my eyes on the other guy that is giving me trouble
it's always my idea to spar
but I can't stop ACTING like I'm afraid of getting hit
in that sparring match I had recently, I was constantly moving forward and was definatly the aggressor
it's just keeping my eyes on the other guy that is giving me trouble
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novamanms
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Pardon the misunderstanding. I should have been more clear...however, I am surprised that getting hit hasn't led you to not flinching.Kane Fan said:
Make sure your chin is tucked in and turn the flinch into a slip, bob, or weave if you can't rid yourself of it.
Djimbe
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You just have to come to a Point where you not only acce[pt it MENTALLY , but that Acceptance is INGRAINED . Youre GOING to get hit , and you have to do something useful to stop it happening too many times .
In short , you have to "Short Circuit" your "Fight Or Flight" trigger and trip it to "Fight" .
In short , you have to "Short Circuit" your "Fight Or Flight" trigger and trip it to "Fight" .
I've got it on Fight, I just don't have it on watch the other guy
it's like my body is perfectly fine with fighting, my face just dosn't wanna see the results or something
it' snot that I've sparred a huge amount, I had been overcimnig the problem slowly a year ago then I didn't get to spar for like six months and now it's back
I've sparred rarely since then so it's not exactly odd that it hasn't gone away yet
one thing I dunno, I keep my hands on my chin like Tyson had, which wouldn't be bad if I could keep my eyes onthe other guy, but it might be a phsycological thing doyou think a more traditional stance would work better for me or is that too minor to even impact me
it's like my body is perfectly fine with fighting, my face just dosn't wanna see the results or something
it' snot that I've sparred a huge amount, I had been overcimnig the problem slowly a year ago then I didn't get to spar for like six months and now it's back
I've sparred rarely since then so it's not exactly odd that it hasn't gone away yet
one thing I dunno, I keep my hands on my chin like Tyson had, which wouldn't be bad if I could keep my eyes onthe other guy, but it might be a phsycological thing doyou think a more traditional stance would work better for me or is that too minor to even impact me
Djimbe
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Like I said , youre at the stage where your MIND accepts it , but your REFLEXES dont have it Ingrained yet . And unless youre WAY shorter than most of your Opposition I wouldnt go with that Chin thing . "Answer The Phone" is always the Best Idea when you have Gloves on , cover that Temple up , ESPECIALLY if you tend to Eye-Blink . You wont see that Concussion COMING !
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