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Originally Posted by Khun Kao
So what you're saying is that when you fight, you never get turned around? That's pretty good. In all my fights in the ring, I've gotten myself turned around multiple times per fight, such as after missing a kick.
See what I'm saying?
The drill isn't useless. It might not be the best drill. There may be a better way. It would also be helpful if your coach would explain the reason for doing the drill. But the drill is not useless.
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I might get turn around from time to time when I miss a kick, but the drill doesn't mimic that very well.
To mimic that it would be way better to do high roundhouse kicks against pads, and sometimes the padholder will take away the pads before you hit, making you miss. And you have to kick full power.
In fact, that type of drills has worked wonders for my push kicks, now I don't get off balance if I miss a push kick as I used to before when I over commited.
To get back on topic, the purpose of that drill is supposedly to make me react faster. I just don't believe it trains me to react faster. The stimuli I am trained to react to are the way two thai pads are held. That has nothing to do with reacting to a REAL opening a guy might give you in a match. That's the thing that bugs me about that drill.
Sure, you might get SOMETHING out of it, but it doesn't train my reaction time. At least you do some pad training, but it's half as effective because we have to turn around all the time and wait for the clap.
Perhaps if the drill was more like eXcessiveForce described it would be more useful. But it's not.
Awaiting your response.
