female junior kumite

[kyokushingirl92]

i am compeating @ end of march any tips? xox

[seienchin]

What rules are you competing under? then we can give you some targeted advice...But no matter what rules you are under, work you cardiovascular fitness hard for the next little while.

I've never seen anyone in tournament go "Damn- I was too fit!!!"

[tmd]

Use the 1000 min of training for every min you expect to be on the mat as the rule of thumb for how much training you need to do, for a 4 round tourney at an average of 2 rounds that's 270 hours ish of training or to put it another way; if your looking to compete in 6 weeks it's 40 hours a week!! I'm sure you're already preparing for the tourney so don't get too put off by this, it may serve as a reminded though the level of dedication needed for a knockdown tourney. I would normally allow at least 16 weeks and do around 16-20 hours a week.

Work everything around fighting, if you're doing sit ups make it for at least 1.5 or 2 times the length of the rounds rather than a certain number, do the same for all you cardio.

Spar as much as possible to get your fighting rhythm and build up your conditioning.

But most important of all as Spirit would say - Ask your Sensei, only they see you enough to know your strengths and weaknesses and for the most part they know what lies ahead for you, remember the harder you train the luckier you'll be.

[tmd]

Originally Posted by seienchin

I've never seen anyone in tournament go "Damn- I was too fit!!!"

A proper program with the right timing is very critical; stop to early with the cardio and you're knacked, to late and you're over trained. I have seen people over train they come in looking listless and uncoordinated.

[aoerstroem]

We have a very successful junior at my dojo. Tough as nails, and pretty too... She attends the kumite classes we have so she trains with the older and bigger seniors.

Not too long ago, there wasn't enough girls at the tournament to warrant her class, so instead she competed in the male class - and won

Train with people bigger than you, and get used to that (without getting hurt of course). It seems like many of the female fights are very punch-heavy. This way you will have the opportunity to know how it feels to face a much bigger opponent.

[kyokushingirl92]

Thank you all very much for all your comments...i have recently just done a winter camp where in the one weekend we did equal to 2 months training so have been contunuing to train as much as possibe - well its the only thing i want and do 24/7 hehe! i have had experience in fighting in knockdown as i fought in the european championships last september and have done several local comps ! Our shihan Martin Malbourough teaches a kaikankickboxing so i am able to fight alot with the much larger men and woman there ! i feel my main problem is getting power into my kicks..especially to the head... xx

[tmd]

Originally Posted by kyokushingirl92

i feel my main problem is getting power into my kicks..especially to the head... xx

Could be a flexibility or balance thing, if you are over stretching to reach the hight your hamstring will be fighting against you and producing resistence, if your not balanced or your positioning is wrong you will loose power. The only think I can suggest is to set up a kick bag at the right working hight and just keep kicking it! My power really came along way to getting back to my best last year by doing just this.