Any Martial Artist here?

[Nippy]

What discipline do you study?
And how do you train like?

I take up Pradal Serey (similar to Muay Thai). I normally condition my shin by kicking bags or Banana trees. The strengthening my shin bone is very important because thats my main weapon lol. Beside practicing kicks my trainers drops the weight balls on my stomach so i can get use to the impact.

So any martial artist here?

[Thank Me Later]

My friend at work competes in amateur MMA and he wants me to try Muay Thai at his gym. I got a lot of respect for any type of fighter because combat itself is hardcore no matter what sport or art it is. I told him when I start competing in boxing I'll think about trying his sport lol. I'm familiar with Muay Thai, got a relative that competed in it when he was young. I also watched the Contender Muay Thai series. It's bad ass. I know the old school style of training involves kicking banana trees, I'd break my damn legs ouch lol.

[Nippy]

I've been training in boxing for a year on and off. I don't have any official fights yet but I've sparred a few times. Been off for a few months now but I still run and I do military style work outs to keep my body from falling back too much. One of the pro's in our gym brought in these packets that has all these military style work outs that's good for boxers. Strength & Conditioning type of stuff. My whole body gets a great work out from it. I've just been really busy with other things in my life right now but when I get back into boxing training I'm gonna hit it hard and make it a goal to start competing, probably in the amateurs at first. Anybody who's been to an amateur boxing event, you know they don't play lol. Fast pace fighting and hard hitting, that conditioning better be 1st priority in training.

Boxing is definitely an art and a science. We have a couple of people who compete in MMA and they stop in to train at our gym sometimes. I remember one guy said MMA is hard because you got a lot of different styles to worry about but boxing is more of a science because all you can do is punch. When you're doing something and it doesn't work anymore, you better adjust and figure out how to set something else up or change your game plan.

Sparring is by far one of the best work outs you can get in my opinion. It's way harder than running. When you get tired, you better not think the other person is tired too. You keep going until the 3 minutes is up. Imagine a math problem, once you think you got it solved, it adjusts and evolves into a new math problem. That's how boxing is. At least with thinking fighters like myself. If I do something and it works well but then the person adjusts to it and it doesn't work anymore, I have to adjust and set up other stuff.

Some people may think boxing only works out your arms or upper body because it's just punching but that's not true. If you fight in decent form and technique it works your whole body, well for me it does, especially in sparring. Your arms get heavy, your legs get heavy, your endurance gets heavy, you keep going until that round is over. It's either that or get your ass beat lol. Well the more experienced guys will know when to go lite and when to go hard with someone. Obviously you don't wanna go hard on a beginner, you wanna teach them.

I love to spar! Sparring is the best exercise for me! And yeah you better not be tired or look tired or else the opponent will capitalize on you lol and you better keep your HANDS UP! Its easier said then done, by the 4th round my arms and shoulder be sore and gets really heavy! Since i do kickboxing my legs always get very tired and i can barely throw a proper kick lol sometime i cant even kick at all! LOL wow I'm in the mood to train right now haha

Oh yeah when i spar with people I make sure I go light on them unless they are more experience then I am. My rules are if u go hard I'll go even harder!

[5324TuiG]

^ you shoult try and spar with people who practise something else then you do

[Thank Me Later]

I sparred a lady in my gym that competed in Karate & Taekwondo before she stepped into boxing. We're really good friends now. I actually like seeing people from other combat sports come through the gym. I got respect for them trying a new sport. Takes an open mind and it takes gutts!!!

[Koolaid]

I sparred a lady in my gym that competed in Karate & Taekwondo before she stepped into boxing. We're really good friends now. I actually like seeing people from other combat sports come through the gym. I got respect for them trying a new sport. Takes an open mind and it takes gutts!!!

Hows karate? If my kid doesn't take to muai thai, I would still want to put her in some combat sport.

[Nippy]

^ you shoult try and spar with people who practise something else then you do

Yeah I'm going to spar with a friend of mines who does shoot boxing! Lets see how that turns out lol

Hows karate? If my kid doesn't take to muai thai, I would still want to put her in some combat sport.

Yeah I've always wondered about Karate! Just curious but What type of Karate are u taking ? Kenpo, Shotokan, kyokushin?

[5324TuiG]

^ Back home me and my budds we always went to a park once a month, ( all different styles, bar fighter, karate, penchak silat, thai boxing, me and my wushu, judo) always did a small competition. always fun, you have to keep sharp with this and change your thinking. I think the most important thing of any style is , learn to keep a clear head. If you are able to keep thinking and plotting shit in the heat of the moment, then you are getting somewhere

[Thank Me Later]

Hows karate? If my kid doesn't take to muai thai, I would still want to put her in some combat sport.

I don't know much about Karate. I have 2 friends who did it for years and my younger cousin was in it as a kid. They all liked it. I would put your kid into boxing or some type of MMA. Muay Thai is good too. I think any type of combat sport for a kid can be good. It'll make them disciplined if trained right. Something about knowing that you can fight makes you not want to fight in the streets unless you absolutely need to. At least that's what it does for me. Helps to control that anger when you get mad. It's those a$$holes who want to prove something in front of people who are always trying to start fights.

[Dean Ambrose]

im a 27 time brazilian jiu jitsu mundial world champion caralho

[The Guy]

Seems legit.

[Dean Ambrose]

Seems legit.

There was nobody to say nothing because I beat all the critics. I would choke anybody who was to say something. Like I said, I don’t back away from nothing. Anybody who was have a big mouth and was say, “you don’t deserve a black belt”, I’m gonna show that guy.

[5324TuiG]

This tread is still alive! little update, ive been doing a lot of sanda lately. Because I have holiday from the university so I practise every morning now with my teacher and his other students ( normally it is a private lesson in the evenings).

It is fun because he let me fight with 2 of them at the same time, they have been practising sanda for a few years now, and first he let me fight them ( nobody have any protective gears btw, this is just in a park) with different styles, first he wants me to fight them using praying mantis style, after 5 minutes he let me fight them with bagua for 5 minutes, after that it is sanda against sanda, i love this switching of styles way of practising

[Koolaid]

im a 27 time brazilian jiu jitsu mundial world champion caralho

I'm going to show the to Renato tomorrow when I go to roll, and on the off chance you are Renato, you still owe me my shirt and I want that shit.

[Mr. X]

Western boxing 5 years now.

3 days a week, 2 hours.

Used to be 6 days a week 2 hours and thats not counting the stuff I would practice at home and study.

Typical routine is;

Jump Rope 2-3 rounds (1 round = 3 minutes. After each round one minute second break)

Steps 2-3 rounds

Side steps 2-3 rounds with bob in between

Step and jab 2-3 rounds

Run a mile

Shadow box 1 round

Heavy bag 3-4 rounds

Speed bags 2 rounds

Slip bag 2-3 rounds

We'd do neck exercises, sit ups, pull ups, calve ups, or push ups in between during the 30 second breaks. Theres a bunch more variations and exercises, but I dont feel like typing it. Bottom line; heart rate up 2 hours straight.

Western boxing is the most superior form of fighting in my opinion.

[Mr. X]

Usually a person whos good at one thing will beat a person who mediocre at 10.

People say if a boxer falls down theres nothign they could do, which is hilarious. You just throw punches like you would normally do, or just kick them off you or whatever.

Plus more often then not thatll never happen if the person knows he hes doing, because the if someone comes charging its instant knock out. Plus a boxers foot movement along with the punches are the best of all fighting forms. So you dont need to kick when you can move faster than anyone and on top of that your leg muscles are used to make you punch harder.

[War23]

I want to get into different forms of martial arts

especially different styles of Kung Fu

[Dean Ambrose]

I'm going to show the to Renato tomorrow when I go to roll, and on the off chance you are Renato, you still owe me my shirt and I want that shit.

renato dont own you no shirt that fake jiu jitsu guy eddie bravo stole it

[Mr. X]

I think you're underestimating other martial arts. Randy couture fought James Toney & destroyed him. It's rediculous to think if someone has you in a dominant position all you have to do is what you normally do which is just throw punches or just kick them off or whatever, that's their specialty is to make sure that doesn't happen just like yours is to not be there in the 1st place but it happens.. Also top notch martial artist aren't mediocre and 10 things they may be mediocre in some areas but they are Highly dangerous in a few, some are world class. So yes a world class boxer may knock someone out instantly or a world class wrestler may by chance slip the punch & keep him on the ground the entire fight

Thats different though, you cant use one match to imply the technique of all Boxers or MMA fighters. You cant be like "Well Johnny beat Frank, so all MMA fighters are better than Boxers"

A person who boxes has atleast 5x better hand skills than a MMA fighter. I've seen many MMA fighters, even a mediocre boxer has better hand technique. I'm not saying mixed martial art take no skill or all mediocre, but more often then not a good deal of those MMA dudes do have mediocre hand ability. The martial artists who are really skilled at all they do tend to be the really dedicated ones. But ultimately it does come down to skill no matter which style.

[Mr. X]

Very true.

[Nippy]

Wow i haven't been in this section for a while!
How is everyone's training so far?
I'm still doing Pradal Serey and hoping that next year I'll go to Cambodia and train in the motherland!
But for now i been thinking about doing some BJJ ! Looks pretty interesting!