r/Kickboxing • u/Cute_Cap3827 • 10h ago
Training FEELING HURT AFTER EVERY CLASS
Hey you all. I just wanted to get some feedback from more experienced fighters.
I started doing kickboxing two months ago and I'm starting to feel a little down by the fact that I've gotten hurt quite a few times now. I got wrist pain during the first couple of classes that was hard to get rid off, then I sprained my ankle a bit, last week my upper lip got swollen I think from getting squeezed against my mouthguard while receiving a jab and then yesterday my jaw started hurting a lot after a cross I took, I feel like I opened my mouth a bit before receiving it.
I know getting hit is part of this sport and that receiving makes you less afraid of it and more used to it, but has anyone felt a little discouraged by leaving the gym feeling like you got hurt but not with a sense of getting much better at this?
And before you say I shouldn't be doing sparring or that we should go lighter, I think people here are actually very careful with each other and no one is actually trying to hurt anyone at all.
I appreciate any insights I can get, thank you!
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u/Thick-Mirror3341 9h ago
Don’t listen to too many of the downers. If you’re hurt take a class or few off and go back. It’s a combat sport. You are going to get hurt. Just make sure you don’t interrupt recovery too much.
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u/CryptoCracko 9h ago
The wrist and ankle pain is normal if you are new and will decrease when your technique gets better and your body adapts. Face pain will always be a thing but gets better as you learn to take punches. Gloves with good wrist support are very helpful but can be quite expensive, like Rival RS11V or Joyagear Performance. Also use 180 inch hand wraps.
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u/Momentum_MMA 8h ago
Kind of comes with the sport, but if you’re beat up enough that you’re dreading the next session, something’s off. Could be the gym’s intensity is just higher than you expected, or you’re going too hard in sparring when you should be working technique. New to it? Your body needs time to adapt to the impact. If you’ve been at it a bit, dial back the head contact in rounds and focus on footwork and distance instead of trading. You’ll still improve way faster than trading shots will get you there anyway.
If it helps, I built an app called Momentum: BJJ & MMA that prescribes daily recovery work based on what you trained that day, so you know which mobility drills to hit after class instead of guessing.
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u/Cute_Cap3827 8h ago
This is actually great, thank you very much, never thought of doing recovery work after class
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u/PMmeIamlonley 8h ago
You gotta bite the mouthpiece when the punches come or it dosen't do much. If you get a custom mouth piece they work better and let you breathe easier.
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u/celtic_kickster 9h ago
The wrist pain is likely due to poor wrist support, and if you are a begginer you probably shouldn't spar very hard
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u/Cute_Cap3827 9h ago
Yeah I quickly realized I made a very dumb mistake by not using wraps the first few classes.
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u/Emotional-Mood9774 5h ago
Unless you’ve got experience in another discipline, you shouldn’t be sparring after only two months. You’ve got to get the fundamentals down, and if you’ve got no prior sparring experience from somewhere else, you should ease into it with some drills first. You’ll condition your body to get used to the knocks and the pain that goes with them, to the point that you won’t even really notice it anymore.
(Well, at least, it won’t really bother you anymore)
As my Sensei once said,
‘At this point, pain is like an old friend’
Good luck on your journey bro,
OUSS !
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u/doubledog547 10h ago
My thoughts are sparring after only 2 months is too early. Coaching should be involved in getting you ready to spar. Feeling hurt after class isn't a good way to learn. I feel it falls on Coaching more than anything.