Pretty soon you guys will be mixing it up.
You have been only at this for a month so I would not be so hard on myself if I were you. Honestly I don't let fighters spar for at least the first month if not sometimes almost two months when first starting out. Then the sparring is controlled sparring where they work on their offensive skills mainly while their more experienced sparring partner just applies slight pressure offensively really.
From your comments that does not sound like the case but it is something you might want to try doing. Suggest you trade off a little with your partners with one of you working on defensive skills and countering while the other is being offensive. In doing that its important that the offensive fighter not become a machine gun and just overwhelm his defensive partner by just shear numbers of punches and kicks thrown.
Otherwise hang in there and keep training and working on things. It takes time and a month is not very far along in your training really.
Nope. After just one month you simply are not going to be an expert especially if you are not naturally aggressive. You'll struggle a little more maybe which is actually a good thing in martial arts but you will get the hang of it. After one month training it is way too early to tell. Actually yes, you do wait for an opening, it's just that you simply don't have the experience to see all the openings quite yet. At least you are not blindly wailing away like some guys do hoping something lands and they think they are great at fighting. These guys will never improve but you have the right idea it just takes a little longer to get good at that and in the long run it will be much better for you as you will use good strategy too with good techniques. So keep at it and be patient.
Yes it does.
I'm not saying this to discourage you, quite the contrary, the whole point of being new to something is learning and getting better at it, sparring is the simulator and just like the guy who keeps crashing in his flight simulation tests only an idiot would let you try your luck with the real deal, keep practicing until you're confident in your sparring and then you'll get good enough at it to take a shot at doing it for real and surviving.
One month is barely a beginner. Take your time Rocky. Learn not to telegraph for one thing. Telegraphing is when you draw back before throwing a punch. It tells the other guy whats coming. Also try to get your hips throwing you punches, then you will fill the power. Don't stay still. If you stay in one place they know where you'll be. Also don't set up rhythmic movement, use broken rhythm. In other words be unpredictable. If you get this it will help tremendously.
Many factors are coming into play. But the biggest is that you're new and you don't have headgear. Get some headgear and talk to your coach/teacher.
Whatever you do though, don't keep doing what you're doing for much longer or you'll develop bad habits and a fear.
Maybe you're a very gentle person and so your hesitant to use physical violence cause your scared of hurting them. If you can over come that obstacle you should be fine.
I've done taekwondo for 6 years. I never once placed in a tournament unless by default. Once I bacame a black belt, I focused and was determined. Now it's either first or second. Loosen up. It sounds like your a bit stiff
Basically, yea. You're not trained enough.
Do better.
I'm not sugar coating this, it is necessary and unhelpful.
Well I been taking boxing for a month and I really enjoy it. Im just sparing with body shots because I dont have a head gear or mouth piece. Everytime I spar, its like I hesitate to punch and I end up trying to block more and backing up more. Not that Im afraid to get hit but its just the suspension of it. If I do throw a punch I feel its not hard. Does this mean I suck at fighting, or is it just me being too nervous and over whelmed? Its like Im trying to wait for an opening to counter strike, eventhough thats probably not how I should be sparring..
