My school puts a lot of emphasis on punching and kicking drills. We break in to pairs and take turns hitting and pad-holding. Over the past couple of months, I've been having a rough time with this. I took a scary hit a couple months back. More recently, I went through a couple of drills with people that really made me feel like I was out of my league. I was continutally being knocked way off balance, and finished the drill a lot sorer than I had been. During these drills, my partners were teenage boys, black belts.
What I find curious is that...in prior months, I seemed to be tolerating the hits a whole lot better than I am now. Even as a newbie white belt, I did OK with withstanding the hits that I got when I was paired with a BB.
Perhaps the adult bb's that I largely partnered with earlier were folks that hit me hard, but still showed a little restraint, and the teen bb's aren't showing any restraint. Perhaps my partners are hitting me harder now that I am not a white belt any more.
The other factor is, I've lost weight...most of it was lost within the last 3.5 months (I was not on a crash diet, but I did stop taking a weight-gaining Rx med). I can't help but thinking it was easier for me to take a hit when I weighed 165, than it is for me now at 135.
I'm not sure what to think of this. I'm starting to really dread these drills, where I used to love them.
Am I being a wimp? Do I need to just hange in thre and toughen up more? Am I just with the wrong partners? Do I have to make some adjustment because of my weight change?
Any input would be appreciated.
What I find curious is that...in prior months, I seemed to be tolerating the hits a whole lot better than I am now. Even as a newbie white belt, I did OK with withstanding the hits that I got when I was paired with a BB.
Perhaps the adult bb's that I largely partnered with earlier were folks that hit me hard, but still showed a little restraint, and the teen bb's aren't showing any restraint. Perhaps my partners are hitting me harder now that I am not a white belt any more.
The other factor is, I've lost weight...most of it was lost within the last 3.5 months (I was not on a crash diet, but I did stop taking a weight-gaining Rx med). I can't help but thinking it was easier for me to take a hit when I weighed 165, than it is for me now at 135.
I'm not sure what to think of this. I'm starting to really dread these drills, where I used to love them.
Am I being a wimp? Do I need to just hange in thre and toughen up more? Am I just with the wrong partners? Do I have to make some adjustment because of my weight change?
Any input would be appreciated.