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@SAMURAI SPIRIT Sorry, I realized that i might sounded condescending. Anyway, as j123 said, make sure that if you get to fight, that the guy is around your level. Not the same at all to fight a 40y old beginner, and a 40y old veteran with 200 fights under his belt. Good luck.

@j123 As far as I know, the orgas under IFMA have their division up to 40y.

Depends on were you are, but probably you wont be able to fight as a 45y old in a sanctioned bout. In most places there are no tournaments for over 39/40/41 and no open age division... You might get smokers, inter-gym fights but that's about it. But before wanting to stand in a ring and bang...

I see a decline of explosiveness in the late rounds. I can't go full 5 rounds filling the room with kicks anymore. (but still a bit younger than you)

Stepping out in general is a tell. If you want speed, most of the times, you will have to sacrifice some power. Adding a snap like a TKD kick can add speed, but again, it will loose power. You can also try to train with some resistance bands. But without a video of your kick, gonna be hard for...

Actually that's not right. Most of them have a swing, and the lighters ones specially will swing a lot more than a hanging heavy bag. It just that the swing is at the top of the bag, but that can be a better way to work range with head strikes. Your mid and low kick distance might be different...

@zapataxiv I agree. In fact, in my opinion, partner drills and mitt work are completely different exercises. I am not against mitt work, because i believe they work good for hand-eye coordination, but i prefer partner drills (for boxing). In MT it's a bit different, because you can't go full...

I can also speak for Europe and the Balkans, they do partner drills that will usually lead to sparring. And the guys that are good at it, and can have a good "connection" with the fighter are valuable to the gym. Some times it's other pro fighter sharing the gym, but it can also be just journey...

That logic is also used a lot from the Thais when they fight kickboxers. Occupy and damage the rear hand. But another reason to prefer the open side, it's because its easier to by pass the shincheck. Usually most checks are done with the front leg since the classic MT stance makes you be light...

He was proved to be a fraud and a liar in the wrestling forum, so now he comes in the stand up to give advice...

I would add to your list the scenario of you been under your attacker. Meaning you need the ability to sweep or get up from under large strong opponents, the ability to defend some ground and pound, and maybe add a couple of easy fast submissions from bottom. I think that working to be calm...

3 main types of TKD. -TKD WTF: Olympic style of TKD. No punches to the face allowed. 99% of time spend learning kicks that will give you points during tournaments. Great flexibility and technique, speed and reaction time. Great distance management. Learn to fight with hands down, not used to be...

Who the fuck is the mod that keeps dumping on us those grappling threads? You take him back to your side, he is your problem now. Aikido is a grappling art, no excuse whatsoever to move it back to us. You already gave us systema and Dan, but for this one, there is no excuse. If you dont want to...

What the fuck? Why is this shit back to our side? This one is for the guys in the grappling part to deal with...

Any chance we could see that? Or any of that:

They could at least leave it to the grappling subfo where it started... We have enough of our own shit to deal here with.

Oh for fucks sake... Seriously mods? Really?

What the fuck? Of course no. There are a bunch of techniques that are completely useless, and there are a bunch of techniques that the risk outweighs so much the reward, there is no point of training them seriously for competition. Like jumping over a low kick for example... or punching your...

Yeah but no... First of all, even if it's doable, one miss and you will get hurt badly. You must every time perfectly target a moving foot coming at you, dead in the center... If you miss even by little, you can get your knuckles against a shin (guess the result), or you get hit right in the...

Can you break down the technique? I have a very hard time visualizing what you mean. If we take 2 fighters in the orthodox stance, the attacker throws a rear leg mid roundhouse, how will you punch the foot? You will punch with the right hand, like an hook? Or you use a left straight?