I havent told my kickboxing instructor i was a blackbelt at karate and i have been entered in a open competition as a beginner kickboxer,i may have to fight karate beginners, i havent done karate in 17 years, what should i do
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I would suggest telling your instructor, but you'll probably still be in the competition. Just go easy on them and take it as practice or ask to switch to a more advanced kickboxer.
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Keep quiet & beat the crapp out of everybody.
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Tell your teacher, never downgrade your belt, the years you have been away may affect your skill level but your experiance remains, always challang up in about six monthe you should be back to form and it would not be fair to go into a comp. fighting someone with only a few months experiance.
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Think back to when you were a white belt or a yellow belt. How would you have liked the idea of paying your entry fee and practicing your butt off, only to be matched up against a black belt? It is not fair for the other participants for you to fight with the beginners. I, too, have been out of the martial arts for well over a decade, but I know a white belt wouldn't stand a chance in the ring with me. (I have a 2nd degree black belt in Taekwondo.) Do the honorable thing and be honest with your instructor.
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Just go with it. If your skills come back to you while you are fighting, take it easy but still take the win.
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Well it totally depends, you say you got a black belt in karate but up to what dan did you get and how much skill did you lose if you have stopped for almost two decades? And how good are you when sparring with the other students? Take all these questions into consideration, maybe beginner kickboxing might be a good warm-up and conditioning after all.
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