Training for Free-Sparring

Performing kicks slow motion and fast motion kicks while standing in chest deep water helps you perfect your technique and helps build muscle due to the water resistance.

Shadow boxing and sparring in front of mirror are also excellent practice exercises. Use kicking a bag so that you get an idea what it feels like to make combination kicks against something that resists the technique and stops follow through. First time fighters find it frustrating to perform combination techniques because sometimes the first technique lands without giving them an opportunity to follow through and perform the next technique.

Never practice only kicks or only punches; any kick or punch is always used in combination with other kicks or punches. Do not get in the habit of using kicks of punches separately. Always think in hand and foot combinations.