I always look at these of these Japanese fighters dominating other European or American fighters and wondered what is it that actually makes them special

I am 18-3 age
I got my first High kick from a pro and it was the first kick ever
It ripped my lip cause of the tooth because I didn’t had mouth guard ( I am 2 weeks in )
Now my lip is pumped ripped
My upper middle 2 tooth hurt soo much and when I press my nose lower than the bone it just the area behind it and the tooth in the middle
Any idea what to do or worry about

I’m 30 years old and just about to start kickboxing with the goal to eventually have at least 1 fight, just for the experience of it. I’m not delusional enough to think I’m going to be a professional fighter or have any sort of success with honours, or really even be that good. I just want that one experience and continue to train to learn how to defend myself too.

Has anyone else found themselves in a similar position? How many times a week were you training and how long did it take until you had your first fight?

Yesterday at the end of training, coach had an idea, asked everyone to only wear the right shin guard and get in a cercle.

We proceeded to give each other low kicks, I was one of the second last standing, I quit because coach did the kicking on me, first one I leaned in and took it without any high pain, the second one I fucked up and got hit real bad, I felt my knee joint swivel and a sudden rush of pain in my quad.

He felt bad and apologised even though it was my fault.

I know this is muscle pain, I have some heating cream for muscle soreness, I already used yesterday after training. This morning was a nightmare to get up and drive to work, I won’t be talking about work because that’s just suffering.

Today it’s my favourite, bag training and conditioning, i would love to go and maybe the muscle soreness and pain would go away and get better by getting it in action again. Tho doing anything at the moment is just pain at every movement.

I've been training kickboxing for about a year and half now, and have been contemplating getting my ears pierced and maybe an eyebrow piercing, and I was wondering if there have been issues with them pushed in further or injury even after time took off for healing?

Yo Toguchi vs. Issei Yonaha / Knock Out 66 (23.10.2026)