I did kickboxing for 1 year and regularly documented my sparring. In this video you'll see how I improved over the year and also how I developed some bad habits which led me to the loss of my second MMA fight.

00:00 What got me into kickboxing and muay thai
01:10 DAY 1 - Sparring a world champion kickboxer
02:03 6 months - Sparring a beginner
03:14 6 months - Sparring advanced kickboxer
04:07 6 months - Sparring a champion again
04:52 9 months - Sparring pro MMA fighter
06:17 1 YEAR - Sparring Muay Thai fighters
07:23 Bad habits I developed that made me lose my fight
08:39 The biggest lesson I learned

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Welcome to the Martial Arts Journey YouTube channel!

My name is Rokas. I'm a Lithuanian guy who trained Aikido for 14 years, 7 of them running a professional Aikido Dojo until eventually I realized that Aikido does not live up to what it promises.

Lead by this realization I decided to make a daring step to close my Aikido Dojo and move to Portland, Oregon for six months to start training MMA at the famous Straight Blast Gym Headquarters under head coach Matt Thornton.

After six months intensive training I had my first amateur MMA fight after which I moved back to Lithuania. During all of this time I am documenting my experience through my YouTube channel called "Martial Arts Journey".

Now I am slowly setting up plans to continue training MMA under quality guidance and getting ready for my next MMA fight as I further document and share my journey and discoveries.

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