r/Kickboxing

Taking an amateur kickboxing fight on 11 days notice at 145 next Saturday night. It’ll be my first time fighting in front of a crowd/in a ring. I’ve been training since I was 16 and I’m almost 19 now. Any advice or just first fight tips in general?

Also anything you wish you knew before your first amateur fight?

The fight isn’t going on our records and I’m 148 lbs as of last night.

I’ve been following the sport lately and it feels like kickboxing is slowly getting more global again, not just staying in its traditional strongholds. With promotions like ONE Championship giving more visibility to striking arts, it seems like fighters from different regions are starting to develop their own styles instead of just copying Dutch kickboxing or Muay Thai.

Some countries are really starting to stand out with how they’re building their scenes, better gyms, younger talent, and more structured competition pathways.

Which country do you think is developing the most interesting kickboxing scene right now, and what makes it stand out compared to the traditional powerhouses?

So I was scheduled to have my debut kickboxing fight in two weeks. Two days ago during sparring I caught a knee to the face and broke my nose. The doctor said I should go no contact for two weeks but he did say I could run or drill if it involves no contact. I’m not sure if I should pull out or see it through since I worked really hard and made a bunch of sacrifices to get to this point.

For context, my nasal bone is broken right on the bridge and it’s swollen and maybe a slight crook but I can’t tell yet.

Hi, ive been training for a lil bit now at this kickboxing gym. There are some specifics that I want to work on to get better, but i cant at the kickboxing gym because I dont think they have open gym days and even if they did I don't wanna go in there and embarass tf out myself. Could anybody help me w finding kickboxing related drills or workouts that i can do at the y instead?

These are what I want to work on and a short idea of what i have on the topic, but please offer ur insight too etc and lmk if im wrong on any of my takes too

1. flow + rhythm - i wanna be able to shadow box or spar without having to think about the next move lol

2. form - ion even think my form bad fr, but room for improvement is always there . for this im thinking sum along the lines of just repetitive drills (?)

3. range + footwork - practice on maintaining a good range (further away for kicks closer for punches etc) and quick + smart footwork

4. accuracy - im thinking prolly repetitive drills again , kicking in the same spot etc

5. reaction time + timing in general - my rxn time mad slow and my timing off hella lol

6. balance - cant balance for shit

Thats probably it!! im open minded to any sort of advice or insight. like if u wanted to add a 7th point i should work on do that too, i just want to get better because i really enjoy kick boxing. Thank u : )

Thank you in advance. I have been doing kickboxing for a month now, and the class doesn't have a real workout just a 15 minute warmup, because the class is only one hour.

Can someone please provide a weekly workout routine for kickboxing, that focuses on cardio, and explosiveness.

This quite a crucial yet confusing question. I recently had my first sparing with my coach, altho I got destroyed brutally but the thing which I noticed was that I didnt know if the place where I was watching my opponent was correct or not

So like in boxing, kick boxing or so, where do u guys usually look at,

AT THE BOXING GLOVES OF THE OPPONENT OR THE EYES OF THE OPPONENT

After almost 6 months of training thrice every week I did my first sparring session with hits on the head and everything but not full strength. Compared to everything I’ve done these 6 months, nothing comes close to what I felt today. I showed everything I’ve learned today and saw what I should improve but also saw how much of a disadvantage my bad eyesight unfortunately is. I wanted to try and compete on a friendly cup that’s happening in a month but after today I’ll postpone that and keep working to get better and also spar more so I get used to it. I just wanted to say this, whoever read it thank you.

Hello, just asking if buying a standing heavy bag is a good/bad idea, I don't have anywhere to hang a regular heavy bag so I was thinking about this. I'm 90kg so I hit pretty hard my main concern is if it will fall over or swing and hit the base or something like that.

Does anyone here have any experience with them? Is it worth spending my money on?

Just curious to what people think!!