| Although you will literally spend hundreds or | | | | These combinations also rely on your body's |
| thousands of hours practicing the different | | | | momentum as each swivel of force from your |
| sequences of combos, this will be very practical in | | | | motion. Each strike is based on your previous |
| situations where you have to protect and defend | | | | movement allowing maximum high impact force |
| yourself. With the rising crime rate in our country, | | | | to be applied, meaning, as your previous strike |
| it would be a confidence booster knowing that | | | | ends or hits, your already winding up for your |
| you can handle yourself. Unlike action heroes, | | | | next using your momentum. |
| where only one blow is needed to take an | | | | Some basic kickboxing attack combinations include |
| attacker out, real life would require you to be able | | | | an effective jab, then cross, and jab strike. Most |
| to quickly throw a series of moves to finish an | | | | kickboxing classes would start with this |
| attack. Why a series, well, the number speaks for | | | | combination. For a fourth motion, you can add a |
| itself, if your first blow is warded off, you have a | | | | strike or blow from knee as a finisher. |
| second and third, or even a fourth in rapid | | | | You can then confuse your opponent using |
| succession, ready to take the bad guy out. | | | | another variation starting with a jab, cross, then a |
| This is not easily learned though, you can't just let | | | | hook, then duck. You can alternate from three |
| out a barrage of blows without knowing when to | | | | strike sequences to four to vary your |
| do them and which combination to use. It would | | | | movements, confusing your attacker. Some more |
| be useless and just a waste of your effort and | | | | combinations include a jab, cross, hook, then |
| energy. You will be needing countless hours of | | | | uppercut, or a jab, uppercut, hook, then a cross. |
| practice to work on this and to train your | | | | You may even double up the count in the middle |
| reflexes to instantly comprehend the situation and | | | | or end of the sequence to make it faster. There |
| work out which combination should be applied. | | | | numerous combinations that can be used, but all |
| Repetitive practice of the combos will allow you | | | | of them would usually depend on the situation |
| to make it an automatic reflex shortening greatly | | | | where it should be applied. To master them |
| the response time to a given situation. Cardio | | | | though, you need to devote much of your time |
| kickboxing can help you make this an automatic | | | | and effort for practice, practice, and more |
| reflex and at the same time develop your | | | | practice. |
| stamina, energy, coordination, and discipline. | | | | |