Sparring conditioning
Hi there, after over a year off of striking classes that I had developed due to a reinforced avoidance habit. I finally mustered the courage to participate in a striking class again. I was nervous the entire time, expecting sparring to be at the end of the session as per usual. This time there wasn’t. However, I don’t exactly know what’s happened to me, but it’s like I’ve morphed into an actual bitch. My partner was going light in the drills, but fick me some of those leg kicks and teeps hurt. Not only that, but I could never stop instinctively backing up when he adds his own combo on the end of the drills (as instructed) so I was well annoyed that I was taking away from his training too. I’ve done a sort of exhibition fight with ultraMMA before for charity, but that was more like a glorified hard spar since my opponent pulled out upon arrival and the coach stepped in but said he’d take it at my pace. The leg kicks in that exhibition left my thigh swollen, yet felt like they hurt a fair amount less than yesterdays and that was with no damage taken. What’s happened to me in time off in over a year for a regression like that to happen? Kind of stresses me out of how well I’ll cope with sparring again without getting hurt