Good post! Hope Im not out of place posting here, I actually study kickboxing

In my last fight at the UK National university tournament, I’d got to the finals, and although it was my first year in the tournament, and my opponent had won it for the last 3 years, I felt very confident because I knew I had a few kg’s on him, and my roundhouse could probably kick straight through him.

So, I read your post with a great sense of familiarity, as despite feeling twice as powerful as my opponent, I just couldn’t get past his speed. And it got to the point where I was been overwhelmed by his “many but weaker” hits, and didn’t really get the chance to throw my “fewer but stronger” hits.

So lesson I learnt for next year : Speed wins.