i'm 26 with a full contact TKD bckgrnd. can i still make it as a pro kickboxer if i start now?

Answer 1

Transitioning to Muay Thai from TKD is really awkward in the first couple of months... I suggest when sparring, do not use any of your "bread and butter" techniques from TKD, and only try to use the new stances, blocks and strikes you are being taught..... It will hurt more to learn this way as you will eat more leather... but pain is a very good teacher and you will pick it up much faster, and as a few months pass you will better feel the right times to take advantage of the wonderful kicks of TKD.... If you go in kick away, you will take round kicks to your grounded leg... and even though all it does is hurt your pride... you will get the false illusion the kicks don't work... but they have their time and place.... Most ppl in the section call TKD junk... but from my experience, if you have 5+ years of good instruction in TKD (and a decent understanding of boxing), you will walk into a MT gym and hold your own with guys with less than 3 years of MT... but the 5+ year MT guys beat the crap outta me.... I am 28 ten years outta practice of TKD, and 4 months into Muay Thai, and I love it

Answer 2

How is your punching background? If its solid and your leg kicks are solid as well, it shouldn't be a difficult transition. I did TKD for about 6 1/2 years and I'm doing MMA now, and the transition was very smooth. So you could, if you immersed yourself in it.

Good luck.

Answer 3

at 26 with tkd background?it's still not late for you to learn,add some boxing and muay thai and you will be great.add bjj and judo then you will ot only become a kickboxer but also an mma fighter.

Answer 4

Yes-if a promoter thinks you can put bums in seats then you can be a pro fighter, but isn't all the money in MMA nowadays? Kickboxing seems kind of moribund these days to me.

Answer 5

You should definetly go for it. If you work hard I think you can do it. Afterall in mma after about 2 or 3 years they go pro.