I just woke up, and my words were jumbled. Meant "Doesn't Kyokushin still allow kicks to the head?" Thought those were fully allowed, not that people had to pull them. And definitely some TBI potential from videos I've seen of kyokushin fighters kicking the head.
Ah I see.
But no such expectation in tournaments?
Nope. In tournaments, you have to, as my sensei says, "go crazy."
Jesus.
Says the Canadian loser trash. You guys are just as weak as Americans.
In competition rules, knock down, you get knocked out no more than every 3 months at least
A better way to learn how to defend head kicks is reduce the action. Stand still and have your partner kick towards you head but don't make contact. Just Stand there and take note of how his body moves when he kicks. Pay attention to that movement. He may have small tells of when he's going to kick. When you think you understand his kicking motion then try to actually defend against the kicks. The reason you are getting kicked in the head now is because you don't know the movemen that comes before the kick.I'm a beginner and had some weak head kicks in sparring, basically a foot slap or a big toe on my head; but no power at all, and I encourage partner to kick me in the head because i need to learn! There is a mile of difference between getting a controlled kick and a follow through heel or shin to the head.
To be honest, I am more worried about getting a toe in my eye in the dojo. This is why short nails are mandatory in the dojo.
In competition rules, knock down, you get knocked out no more than every 3 months at least
European knockdown rules..
"1.5 If a fighter loses by K.O. to the head and is declared unconscious by the tournament Doctor it must be recorded in
their European passport and they can’t compete again for at least 3 months or decision by the tournament doctor.
The competitors will be judge according to the EKO Medical Tournament Rules."
I presume some similar rules are in boxing or mma?
We do similar excercises as standalone at times, but my own thinking is that because most partners think they are nice when not kicking the head, and it's 99% body kicks and strikes, so my guard tend to drop.... until that partner comes with a head kicks and surprise me. My lesson is, keep the guard prepare for the fatal strikes at all times, even if 99% are benign. But it's easier if I ger more than 1%.
A tap is fine that works like a reminder of what could have been. I was sparring with my sister-in-law, and she wanted me to kick her hard so she would learn I told her that she didn't want me to do that. My brother looked at me with a seriousness in his eyes that I had never seen before lol that screamed, don't kick her hard. lol.
Charming.
I took a liver shot that made me think I was dying.
As energy conservation is one of personal principles my logic, and that combat or fighting will be painful, my priority is that if very active blocking or evaded minor blows drains me more than tensing up and learning how to evage damage with minimal movement I will do the latter.
Wait what? Why the sudden aggression? Too many TBI can cause sudden bursts of aggression. Ask me how I know.
lol everyone looks that way with a nice liver shot. The funny thing about it, is that it doesn't have to be full force so long it it's just right. Then it's like.
yep this is where I like to train. These are taps for me. Where it's uncomfortable but not painful. But even a light tap that is comfortable is "not comfortable for me." It means a strike got through and I didn't stop it or evade it. The uncomfortable part for me is where the strike lands. So a tap to my face gives me that feeling that I screwed up. If I can't deal with the tap then there's no way I can deal with it coming in at full speed.
