I was only 13 and I will never forget how sore my body was....It was in Australia and the heat was incredible - I sweated so much that I had cramps in my bed at night. As I was a tall kid my instructor placed me to spar with the adults. I got absolutely hammered and there was tears streaming down my face, after the 2nd kumite against a bully of a green belt.
I toughed it out and by the time I was 17 I was kicking around all of the adults.
In hindsight the instructor was not very knowledgeable, and should never have placed me in with the adults..but it sure did toughen me up.
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