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o ok. I wasnt saying that big gloves give you bad habits but that most mma gyms do some light sparring with mma gloves to get used to the differences, which are significant. Most kickboxers i see block with their gloves and cover up which is why ive seen top ones have trouble defending punches in mma. Spong,verhooven, overeem for a while.
Yeah, I hate to have to say it, but defense in kickboxing is and has been shown to be.... "not ideal" in terms of overall standup. The middle to later years of the last decade have shown us plenty.
Kickboxing as it stands now is more of a theoretically offensive discipline, especially the way it is taught and emphasized. This is not to say you can't include optimal defense into your kickboxing, but if you do, most coaches will not be having it because they are used to a different way.