The American Kickboxing Academy in San Jose, California may be a factory of world champions, but it is also known as an injury-prone stable. From 2009 up to 2016, AKA has had 26 fighters pull out due to various injuries, putting them at an 18.43% injury.
But according to AKA head coach Javier Mendez, the team has learned work a lot smarter, leading to less fighters getting hurt.
“It is the nature of the sport,” Mendez told BJPenn.com Radio. “You know, there’s a lot of injuries involved in the sport. It’s not something that we have mastered yet, but I’ll tell you what, it is something that we’ve gotten better at.