I have an upcoming fight and I’m curious about using a strong stimulant (pre workout booster) before competing. I’ve used similar products before training and felt very focused and “in the zone”, but I’m wondering whether the effect would be different during an actual fight due to the adrenaline and elevated heart rate.
For those with fight experience: Have you ever used a strong stimulant before competing? Did you feel it helped or hurt your performance, especially regarding cardio, focus, and staying calm under pressure?

Id like some advice from you guys, I’ve been kickboxing for 2 weeks and I have a little bit of boxing background nothing too much and I’m overall very athletic, I’m going to fight my first kick light fight in 2 weeks (august 9th) what should I do to prepare outside the gym?

What's the best combo to use consecutively in kickboxing against an opponent that really works? And how can I quickly anticipate the next move from the player and avoid it?

I'm 17 years old and from Ukraine. I'm 188 cm tall, and Mirko Cro Cop is also 188 cm. My reach is 185 cm, and his is also 185 cm. I'm a southpaw, just like Mirko, so we both fight from the same stance. I've been doing kickboxing for 2 years, but I only recently discovered all these similarities. Now I've decided to focus more on developing my left high kick and improving my flexibility, inspired by Cro Cop. I won't show my face, but I'm curious what you guys think about these similarities. It's a strange coincidence, and I was genuinely surprised when I found out about all of this.

Hey everyone,

I'm 29M, 169 cm (5'6"), and I started kickboxing about 3–4 months ago. My main motivation was to build confidence and get fitter. So far, I've gone from 80 kg (176 lbs) down to 74 kg (163 lbs), and I'm also noticing a lot of personal growth outside of just the weight loss.

Right now I train 3 times a week for 2 hours each session, with one of those sessions being sparring.

I've completely fallen in love with the sport, and honestly, kickboxing is on my mind all the time. Because of that, I'm thinking about spending a month in Thailand next year to really immerse myself in training.

The only thing I'm unsure about is whether that makes sense as a beginner. I'm not interested in competing or becoming a fighter—I just want to improve, learn as much as I can, and experience the training culture.

Has anyone here gone to Thailand as a beginner? Would you say a month is worth it, or should I wait until I have more experience?

I'd really appreciate hearing about your experiences and any advice you have

Someone from a powerlifting background who wants to progress fast-in strength sports we have a RPE scale so how heavy should first set first exercize be and backoff sets percentage drop...but in kickboxing that is new for me only trained for 5 months and doing eveything that coach says...i want to get better at bag training but i dont know if you feel fresh do you start with strongest combo and do few power rounds so really hard combo few times then technical work? And if its a day that you want to just train technical to recover what do you do how % out of 100 or how fast do you punch how long of intervals do you do which zone of cardio should it be...is there like website for beginner combos program? So like a gym program with main lifts and acessories for best combos to get all skills really fast?

Last night at my class I found I had almost no confidence to punch, I threw a few kicks aiming for the head but that was pretty much it, I literally let myself get hit.

I just found I had no confidence to throw so I mainly just worked on defence. My coach was expecting us all to work and before she had said that I told my sparring partner to go easy on me.

I don't know if it was just my mindset because I had been struggling with that, but we had also done a really intense warmup and I couldn't even feel my legs by the end of it.

So I'm just unsure, I find that I don't want to hurt my partner and when I jab I find I don't actually hit them I more or less hit in front of them.

Please just give me your honest opinions on what could be happening. 😔

im not sure if this is the right sub-reddit but i thought you guys would be most likely to know about this. im wanting to get into a martial art but im not sure which would be the best i don't have any experience and i just want to learn self defense i have the option between a focus on muay thai or kickboxing mixed with BJJ and im just wondering what would be best, literally any information will help :)

I ordered a boxing bag but dont know what to use to fill it i dont have a lot of old clothes to put in it what other things do you guys use?

so kickboxing has been a part of my life for a long time as a 17m. I started properly when I was about 10, and I got my black belt in 2024. The thing is, more and more now I’m starting to realise that I’ve never been truly consistent, 3x a week in the gym, whether it be because I wanted to skip or because my parent‘s couldn’t take me due to their busy schedules. So even though I’ve been training for so long, I’m actually a lot less experienced than it seems I would be. I also have only ever competed point fighting, and I had my first continuous fight last year which I was completely unprepared for, and I feel very insecure about the loss because I felt like if I trained harder I could have won. What I’m saying is I don’t think I’ve ever truly taken kickboxing seriously outside of my black belt, and I don’t think I act like a black belt or deserve one. This is staring to make me feel out of place and insecure whenever I train, as people‘s expectations of me as a black belt are higher than what I think I’m capable of. I want to gain confidence in myself as a kickboxer, so is there any advice you guys can give me?

However I do plan to be as consistent as possible once I get my driving license, as I wont have to rely on my parent’s for rides, so hopefully I can become much better and actually lock in

I have been training krav maga for 5 years and i am now willing to start training muay thai or kick boxing. This is my form without any coach, obly using YouTube tutorials to learn and pitting in the striking i learnt in krav maga classes. Any tip would be great. Thank you all in advance

Ps, im using shin guards because of a bad cut i have on my right shin

I started boxing by the age of 12, did some kickboxing and Muay Thai for several years but everytime on/off, like 6 months combat sports, 1 year off. It’s been like this until now I’m 27 years. I trained combat sports in summary for around 5 years. I had my first k1 fight with 17 after training for 4 months again in kickboxing. I’ve cut 22lbs in around a month, starved my self until the fight and had sex 3-4 hours with my ex gf the night before and just slept 2-3 hours. I could’ve beat this guy easily under normal circumstances but lost because I didn’t even had the power to kick anymore.
The next fight was like 2-3 months after the loss. This time I was prepared and ready to fight at 165lbs, my opponent didn’t come and I had to fight another guy who was 5-0 and 10lbs heavier.
I traded some shots with him until I dropped my guard expecting a low kick and got knocked out by a high kick. I was conscious but he kicked me right on my ear so I had no balance when I stood up and the ref called the fight.
After this is I stopped with combat sports for a few years and started training in the gym for a few years, smoking weed, partying around until I was 23. I stopped the crap, started combat sports again but also on/off because of work.

I started with kyokushin last year in April and had my first tournament in November.
In the dojo I beat everyone up, no matter if black belts, fighters or national champions from previous tournaments. I’ve made a 10lbs water cut to make weight, but ended up having 2 lbs too much at the weigh in the evening before the tournament. I had to cut 2 lbs fast because I wanted to eat something. Tournament day I felt weak again, dehydrated and depleted.
I motivated my self by telling me that I will f my opponent up and break his bones, way too aggressive the first fight began and I punched him a few times until I was overreaching to much and he hit me with a high kick which knocked me unconscious for around a minute.

I took off training for 2-3 months so my brain can regenerate from the concussion and added some k1 in my schedule.
Now I have the next national tournament in 2-3 months but there are times were the question above swirls through my head.
My karate coach is a vice world champion and tells me I have the potential to become world champion also. I know I’m good because in kickboxing I’m also sparring with people who are fighting actively and can keep up with them also in hard sparring.
Am I just unlucky, unprepared or should I give up ? I still have the flame burning inside of me and don’t want to regret it if I get old.

Hey guys this is my third fight in low kick rules(no knees) and my debut was only a month ago,im going to make the transition to k1 rules later this year,and as yall can see there is alot of work to be done,I ended up winning(im blue) but Im not satisfied cause I gassed out in the final round and that could of had cost me the match and I cant deal with the snappy front kicks for some reason,even in training i really cant seem to react or have a way to counter them,if you guys could take the time of the day to watch the fight and point out some bad things and habits I need to work on it would be of tremendous help.

and I been training for about 8 or so months twice a week for 1.5 hours and at home too.my technique is fine (according to my coaches,and I just need better endurance/stamina)

so i haven’t fought since i got kneed in the temple in my last fight, which was 2024. i went back to the gym a few times after that but i haven’t been back to the gym in a minute man. i think back to the time when i was training literally all day everyday.. the gym was literally my second home, kickboxing was literally the only thing on my mind but now i dont go on any runs, i do some calisthenics and lift here and there but not like i used to. i wonder what i would be like today if i kept training and didnt let that loss get to head as much as it did. i had a 3-1 record

i guess what im trying to ask is can i get back locked in and jump back in the ring? i turned 17 3 months ago

any motivation is appreciated