first off, spar, then do some more
do your leg and belly toughening drills...I found the pain tended to build up
finally, if you have access, work the heavy bag for extended rounds: i.e. if the rounds of the 20 man kumite are limited to 3 minutes, work the bag in rounds of 5 minutes (picked that up while training muay thai)
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