BEST WAY TO SNAP OUT OF THAT PLAYFULL FIGHTING HABIT?
when ever i fight unless im pissed off, im very playfull, i cant do the techniques that i normally do when im angry, like i end up just either defending or just throwing light punches, how do i learn to let go and use all the force, im very experinced with fighting angry, and i do lots of martial arts, but when ever i put gloves in it just becomes fun, so i cant really fight propperly
wank
Get in a car, have a friend drive you to the roughest part of the neighborhood and drop you off. You’ll soon learn what the meaning of the word serious is in no time flat.
Maybe it’s good that you can differ between real life and training situations.
Sign up for matches and see how you do. I’m sure you’ll get into your competing mode once you get inside the ring and face your opponent who wants nothing but knock you out.
What really matters is that you do well outside of the club/school when it’s serious, unless you hold back in matches.
Obviously you have learned the techniques properly, so focus on using that power in matches and street fights and not training.
I think that’s one reason you did well. You take it easy in training and have fun learning. That way you take in the real technique, rather than roughhousing.
Signs of a person who teaches himself – has no real training.
Are you sparring much in training? Remember that going unnecessarily softly in sparring is not helping either you or your training partners. It’s one thing to be nice to a newbie and go easy on them, but against people of reasonable experience you should be fighting hard. That’s the point of the exercise. Are you just taking the piss in training (in which case you should find a new hobby) or do you just find it hard to hit people – in which case remember hitting hard is training well. Also maybe consider sparring with tougher opponents; that might bring your aggression out.
The cure for that is to let your sparring partner ring your bell…I bet you get over it then.