Hands up! [gif]

[Stickgrappler]

Not my gif, found it surfing around.



Dangers of training in a style that don't let you hit the head - develop bad habits, namely hands up!

[sanjuro_ronin]

Not my gif, found it surfing around.



Dangers of training in a style that don't let you hit the head - develop bad habits, namely hands up!

Yep, one of the reasons you see lots of kicking Ko's in kyokushin is because they tend to drop their hands WAY TOO MUCH.

[lkfmdc]

When we first started promoting sanshou in NYC, we had a lot of Kyokushin fighters, they were tough, but low hands and obviously zero boxing skill made things hard on them

[sanjuro_ronin]

When we first started promoting sanshou in NYC, we had a lot of Kyokushin fighters, they were tough, but low hands and obviously zero boxing skill made things hard on them

Yep, I never had that problem because of my boxing background, the whole notion of dropping my hands was too unnatural to me.
At my old school we tend to spar with gloves and head shots and only when training for a comp sis we do more "traditional" sparring.

[Stickgrappler]

lol at "traditonal sparring"

[Stickgrappler]

what's up with kicking in while in clinch range?