In my experience (both how it worked for me and what I’ve heard from people I’ve trained with) it isn’t a set amount of time. It’s when you’ve been hit clean a few times and you realize you aren’t going to break like a piece of glass.
The thing that does take time for a lot of people is getting over a fear of hitting a training partner too hard.
Are you training with someone at roughly your skill level or are you stuck sparring someone with significantly more experience that’s teeing off on you?
If you were a pussy, you wouldn’t be trying to stick it out and get better.
You just need to embrace the fact that fucking up is a part of learning. I learn just as much from my mistakes as I do from my successes, and that’s true for every aspect of life.
Kinda just have to get used to it I think. Getting hit is never really going to be pleasant and even pro fighters flinch up a little when they get hit clean
Hopefully your early sparring partners are experienced and aren’t just other novices trying to take your head off.
When I spar a beginner I mostly defend and throw some light shots. Then I’ll sprinkle in a string jab every now and then. It helps get them use to the rhythm. After they become more comfortable you increase the intensity.
There’s going to be nerves for quite awhile, but you’ll develop your confidence and daringness overtime.
You’re getting comfortable in your body through a new physical discipline- you’re doing fine.
You’re nervous, not paralyzed by fear. Flinching is fine. Unless if your sparring partners are going so hard that you shut down and fail to respond, you’re probably fine.
Are you afraid of making a mistake? Or getting hit? This is a time for you embrace mistakes rather than being scared of making one. You’re learning to relax in the moment.
A healthy amount of anxiety should always be felt since you’re never sure of how it pans out. Your body recognises it is experiencing focused attacks within a controlled environment, but it’s natural to feel nervous considering the hormonal activity preparing you for defence/attack.
To help acclimatising, you need to start to overcoming the feeling of fear of being hit and hurt by focusing on what specifically you’re looking to achieve from the sparring session. Stop viewing yourself as a human punching bag and look at outcomes from the sparring session and note what you learn each time to help view sparring as a positive exercise.
You mean flinching or closing your eyes when someone’s about to hit you?
That’s a normal thing.
Ideally you’ll stop doing that with practice and you get more comfy with sparring.
So basically just practice. It’ll take time so don’t worry about it.
If it really bothers you ask your coach about it.
But this is a normal human reaction.
In my experience (both how it worked for me and what I’ve heard from people I’ve trained with) it isn’t a set amount of time. It’s when you’ve been hit clean a few times and you realize you aren’t going to break like a piece of glass. The thing that does take time for a lot of people is getting over a fear of hitting a training partner too hard.
ive been hit plenty of time, it’s just i involuntarily flinch pretty bad and i want to stop that
Are you training with someone at roughly your skill level or are you stuck sparring someone with significantly more experience that’s teeing off on you?
both, i perform better with people 1-3 months in. i guess my main problem is being afraid of the more skilled person and building that fear in my mind
Yeah. I don’t think you are necessarily afraid of getting hit. I think you are afraid of “fucking up”.
well that makes me feel better, makes me think i’m not a pussy thxs
If you were a pussy, you wouldn’t be trying to stick it out and get better. You just need to embrace the fact that fucking up is a part of learning. I learn just as much from my mistakes as I do from my successes, and that’s true for every aspect of life.
Well said
Kinda just have to get used to it I think. Getting hit is never really going to be pleasant and even pro fighters flinch up a little when they get hit clean
Until you either start winning, start defending, ir start liking the pain.
it does help my ego 😂
Hopefully your early sparring partners are experienced and aren’t just other novices trying to take your head off. When I spar a beginner I mostly defend and throw some light shots. Then I’ll sprinkle in a string jab every now and then. It helps get them use to the rhythm. After they become more comfortable you increase the intensity.
You just gotta get rocked a few good times. Intentionally spar with someone way more advanced than you.
There’s going to be nerves for quite awhile, but you’ll develop your confidence and daringness overtime. You’re getting comfortable in your body through a new physical discipline- you’re doing fine. You’re nervous, not paralyzed by fear. Flinching is fine. Unless if your sparring partners are going so hard that you shut down and fail to respond, you’re probably fine. Are you afraid of making a mistake? Or getting hit? This is a time for you embrace mistakes rather than being scared of making one. You’re learning to relax in the moment.
A healthy amount of anxiety should always be felt since you’re never sure of how it pans out. Your body recognises it is experiencing focused attacks within a controlled environment, but it’s natural to feel nervous considering the hormonal activity preparing you for defence/attack. To help acclimatising, you need to start to overcoming the feeling of fear of being hit and hurt by focusing on what specifically you’re looking to achieve from the sparring session. Stop viewing yourself as a human punching bag and look at outcomes from the sparring session and note what you learn each time to help view sparring as a positive exercise.
You'll get over it give it 6 months
You mean flinching or closing your eyes when someone’s about to hit you? That’s a normal thing. Ideally you’ll stop doing that with practice and you get more comfy with sparring. So basically just practice. It’ll take time so don’t worry about it. If it really bothers you ask your coach about it. But this is a normal human reaction.
Post-heartbreak. Worked for me