Hi!

I am fairly new to sparring, though I have been doing bag and padwork for about 2-3 years. Of course, I’ll need to adapt to getting hit and I notice plenty of the techniques I learned go straight out of the window when I spar, but I understand that’s a process and I’m willing to go through that awkward phase. Now the thing I really struggle with is hitting the other person. I’m okay with throwing kicks, I feel like I can control these well, but I hardly land a punch for I pull back rather early afraid of going too hard. I don’t want to be that girl.

Have you experienced this and how did you go about it? Is it also a matter of practice or are there any ‘tricks’ or good advice?