How harming will be this boxing or street boxing?

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The discussion revolves around a high school student contemplating participating in informal boxing matches after training for five months. Concerns about potential brain damage from these fights arise, especially given the lack of professional oversight and safety measures. Participants emphasize the risks associated with unsanctioned fights, including the possibility of serious injury or legal repercussions. Suggestions include wearing protective gear and considering safer alternatives like joining a boxing gym or learning martial arts such as Krav Maga, which focus on self-defense without the risks of head trauma. The conversation highlights the importance of safety, proper training, and the potential long-term consequences of engaging in such fights, especially for someone aspiring to a career in physics or engineering. Ultimately, the consensus leans toward avoiding these fights in favor of more structured and safer training environments.
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Hello =). Well I've been training for 5 months, now i wana test my abilities, in my high school, guys make fights of 3 minutes, with gloves and only boxing(boxing technique is what I've been training). I am physicaly feet, i have devastating punching power, so the question will be, how much brain damage will be to do this fights once in a month. I wana beocme a physicist or a an engineer so this year will be the last i do this kind of stuff.
 
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This sounds like an incredibly bad idea
 
AlexES16 said:
Hello =). Well I've been training for 5 months, now i wana test my abilities, in my high school, guys make fights of 3 minutes, with gloves and only boxing(boxing technique is what I've been training). I am physicaly feet, i have devastating punching power, so the question will be, how much brain damage will be to do this fights once in a month. I wana beocme a physicist or a an engineer so this year will be the last i do this kind of stuff.

No brain damage If you don't get hit.:smile:
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I just realized that the fights are organized by "guys at high school". If the fights are not organized by someone competent. Like a professional trainer in a club with clear rules you should not do it.
 
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AlexES16 said:
Hello =). Well I've been training for 5 months, now i wana test my abilities, in my high school, guys make fights of 3 minutes, with gloves and only boxing(boxing technique is what I've been training). I am physicaly feet, i have devastating punching power, so the question will be, how much brain damage will be to do this fights once in a month. I wana beocme a physicist or a an engineer so this year will be the last i do this kind of stuff.

You really should http://store.titleboxing.com/headgear.html" . Oh and a mouth guard - you'll miss your teeth when they're gone!

If you don't have that kind of equipment, then you and your partner have to pull your punches (i.e., don't hit full force). Also, don't spar like this with beginners, it's a hard thing to learn and novices aren't good at it.
 
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lisab said:
You really should http://store.titleboxing.com/headgear.html" . Oh and a mouth guard - you'll miss your teeth when they're gone!

If you don't have that kind of equipment, then you and your partner have to pull your punches (i.e., don't hit full force). Also, don't spar like this with beginners, it's a hard thing to learn and novices aren't good at it.


Actually headgear just help fro bruises but not for the brain damage. Myabe if i only do it one in a year? 2 minutes of hits to the brain, how hard can it be, and I am not planing to loose.
 
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AlexES16 said:
Actually[,] headgear just help fro[for?] bruises but not for the brain damage. Myabe[maybe] if i[ I ] only do it one[once] in a year? 2 minutes of hits to the brain, how hard can it be[?], and im[I'm] not planing[planning] to loose [lose].


Perhaps it's too late already? :bugeye:
 
Andre said:
Perhaps it's too late already? :bugeye:

Hhahahaha yeah maybe, i practiced boxing 1.5 years ago and i suffered horrible hooks.
My first fight was with a guy with 2 years of boxing experience, i haded 0, maybe that's why i lived that in 3 weeks of suffering. Or it could be that my native lengauge is spanish and not english also i live in a 3rd world country xD.
 
This is an easy question to answer: when you're fourty, to you want your brain to look like that of a 90 year old alzheimers patient? If yes, then fight, if not, then maybe a day job would be wise.
 
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AlexES16 said:
Hhahahaha yeah maybe, i practiced boxing 1.5 years ago and i suffered horrible hooks.
My first fight was with a guy with 2 years of boxing experience, i haded 0, maybe that's why i lived that in 3 weeks of suffering. Or it could be that my native lengauge is spanish and not english also i live in a 3rd world country xD.

Andre is Dutch... meaning English is not his first language either. I would consider that for a time.
 
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AlexES16 said:
I wana beocme a physicist or a an engineer so this year will be the last i do this kind of stuff.

Inducing brain damage is not something you'd to do if you want to get into a field where you need to be using said brain for your career. You have nothing to gain and much to lose.
 
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When I think of "Physics" and "Boxing," I think ofhttp://www.conceptualphysics.com/pghewitt.shtml" .

Make of it what you will. I don't like the sport myself, but I also don't like to judge, and Paul Hewitt may just be the most important Physics educator of the last half-century.
 
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Being around martial arts for a lot of years now, where safety has always been addressed, I have still seen injuries during sparring and matches. There are organizations that only allow light contact and there are ones that go for the knockout. In my opinion, you can learn to become a very good fighter without having to get beat up or knock out someone.

Think what your unsanctioned event would be like if you should get in a good shot that killed your opponent. Just food for thought.
 
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dlgoff said:
Being around martial arts for a lot of years now, where safety has always been addressed, I have still seen injuries during sparring and matches. There are organizations that only allow light contact and there are ones that go for the knockout. In my opinion, you can learn to become a very good fighter without having to get beat up or knock out someone.

Think what your unsanctioned event would be like if you should get in a good shot that killed your opponent. Just food for thought.

Manslaughter that, like the "case of the eggshell skull" test case for young lawyers.
 
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AlexES16 said:
Hello =). Well I've been training for 5 months, now i wana test my abilities, in my high school, guys make fights of 3 minutes, with gloves and only boxing(boxing technique is what I've been training). I am physicaly feet, i have devastating punching power, so the question will be, how much brain damage will be to do this fights once in a month. I wana beocme a physicist or a an engineer so this year will be the last i do this kind of stuff.

Don't box while worrying about your brain.
 
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Gear300 said:
Don't box while worrying about your brain.

I spit cola when I read this (from a laugh). My keyboard hates you, but I love you for it! :)
 
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Alex: I do not think that it is necessarily that bad for you unless you are boxing frequently and taking several heavy blows to the head. I may be wrong but I believe it is usually in the upper weight classes that it starts to become a serious issue. Either way there is not really any way to know what will happen. You could wind up with a head injury in your very first fight.

Be very careful and consider your decision well.

IcedEcliptic said:
Andre is Dutch... meaning English is not his first language either. I would consider that for a time.

If I am not mistaken Andre is also older and has more experience with the language. He was perhaps just playfully chiding him. We do not generally tsk tsk over the english skills of people on this forum when it is their second language.
 
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TheStatutoryApe said:
Alex: I do not think that it is necessarily that bad for you unless you are boxing frequently and taking several heavy blows to the head. I may be wrong but I believe it is usually in the upper weight classes that it starts to become a serious issue. Either way there is not really any way to know what will happen. You could wind up with a head injury in your very first fight.

Be very careful and consider your decision well.



If I am not mistaken Andre is also older and has more experience with the language. He was perhaps just playfully chiding him. We do not generally tsk tsk over the english skills of people on this forum when it is their second language.

Well apart that i want to probe my skills, i do it to becouse i want to know if i am capable of defending the ones i love, imagine one day a guy wants to abuse or make feel bad my girl, also in my school you need to be kinda strong and guys think that i am tough guy.
 
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TheStatutoryApe said:
Alex: I do not think that it is necessarily that bad for you unless you are boxing frequently and taking several heavy blows to the head. I may be wrong but I believe it is usually in the upper weight classes that it starts to become a serious issue. Either way there is not really any way to know what will happen. You could wind up with a head injury in your very first fight.

Be very careful and consider your decision well.
If I am not mistaken Andre is also older and has more experience with the language. He was perhaps just playfully chiding him. We do not generally tsk tsk over the english skills of people on this forum when it is their second language.

It is my second language as well... and I should add, my native tongue is not so related to English as romance languages such as Spanish.

AlexES16: Tough men do not fight for the love of it, and defense of others is rarely a fist-fight. A scrawny girl with great aim could put you on the ground before you could throw a punch. Violence is not the answer to make one safe, and if you want to be tough that way, there are martial arts, and practical systems such as Krav Maga. I am sorry that you find yourself in a place where pressure is placed to make a man fight for image. Violence should be a last resort, in my view, it takes a toll on the person dealing violence as well as the one receiving it.
 
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Imagine if someone want to hurt or bother your girl. I maybe be dating this girl that i know and i just want to be ready to protect her, especially here in my country that things are violent.
 
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IcedEcliptic said:
It is my second language as well...

Dude, so yeah i have difficulties witht the lengauge
What do you want?'
To say that i am dumb or what?
Whats your problem men?¿
 
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AlexES16 said:
Dude, so yeah i have difficulties witht the lengauge
What do you want?'
To say that i am dumb or what?
Whats your problem men?¿

Eh? No I am just teasing a bit. Your post is about brain damage, it is a bit funny. I'm sorry if this offends you. I do not think a person who thinks about their brain's health can be very dumb you know. They do not become physicists as you wish to be either. You must ask yourself: can you learn to defend your girl, yourself, family, and property without testing yourself in a full fight? I say again of Krav Maga, this is practical and deadly, but you do not have to take strong blows to the head. You learn to carry yourself in a way that keeps others thinking two times before attacking you. It is good to learn how to resolve conflicts without violence, but I understand that is not always possible.
 
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Alejandro, I think you worry too much for being a kid... Have fun, you are not yet in college, much less grad school. High School years and less are about fun rather than hard work.
 
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IcedEcliptic said:
Eh? No I am just teasing a bit. Your post is about brain damage, it is a bit funny. I'm sorry if this offends you. I do not think a person who thinks about their brain's health can be very dumb you know. They do not become physicists as you wish to be either. You must ask yourself: can you learn to defend your girl, yourself, family, and property without testing yourself in a full fight? I say again of Krav Maga, this is practical and deadly, but you do not have to take strong blows to the head. You learn to carry yourself in a way that keeps others thinking two times before attacking you. It is good to learn how to resolve conflicts without violence, but I understand that is not always possible.

I agree that marital arts is the way to go if self-defense is your goal, Alex. I thought from your OP that you were just boxing for the fun and sport of it. Boxing won't teach you how to street fight.
 
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lisab said:
I agree that marital arts is the way to go if self-defense is your goal, Alex. I thought from your OP that you were just boxing for the fun and sport of it. Boxing won't teach you how to street fight.
Exactly! Same thing I thought. :mad:
 
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lisab said:
I agree that marital arts is the way to go if self-defense is your goal, Alex. I thought from your OP that you were just boxing for the fun and sport of it. Boxing won't teach you how to street fight.
Want to learn how to street fight? There are no rules, and things are often over very quickly. Also, imbalances in weight, reach, etc can be demolished by a smaller more determined opponent.
 
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lisab said:
I agree that marital arts is the way to go if self-defense is your goal, Alex. I thought from your OP that you were just boxing for the fun and sport of it. Boxing won't teach you how to street fight.


Actually I've practiced karate and it totally failed, they teach things like high kicks, katas and those things don't work in the street, so that's why i learned to box and it kinda destroys other becouse of its simplicity and brutality. Maybe Krav Maga more practical.
 
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Ok the thing is this, is just a 2 minute figth that I am going to do, is with boxing gloves, and the fights we do are very strict. Will 2 minutes ruin my life?
 
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AlexES16 said:
Hello =). Well I've been training for 5 months, now i wana test my abilities, in my high school, guys make fights of 3 minutes, with gloves and only boxing(boxing technique is what I've been training). I am physicaly feet, i have devastating punching power, so the question will be, how much brain damage will be to do this fights once in a month. I wana beocme a physicist or a an engineer so this year will be the last i do this kind of stuff.

I wouldn't suggest doing these boxing matches, there could be injuries that would put you at risk of a law suit. I would recommend you join a gym in your area if you truly want to box, the gym's insurance will cover you in the event of your opponent being seriously hurt or dying as a result of your actions. There are chances that you getting hit in the head could cause significant brain damage or memory loss, always wear head gear when you box and make sure that you wear large enough gloves to lessen the chance of brain damage.
Whatever you decide, do it safely and don't strive to hurt the opponent to the point where the boxing becomes a grudge fight. Think your actions over and make a decision you feel is right.
 
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Actually i remeber that the last night there was an event in my school, and there was this beutifull girl(for me the most beutifull in my school) and then i realized that some bad dudes were taking pictures of her back(you know what i mean, i don't if that word is forbiden in the forum) and i mean she is very, in don't know like very righteous and good girl, and i felt like wana protect her and beat up those bad dudes. And for things like that i wana start beating up guys I am my school. Also a women point of view will help.
 
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AlexES16 said:
Ok the thing is this, is just a 2 minute figth that I am going to do, is with boxing gloves, and the fights we do are very strict. Will 2 minutes ruin my life?
It could. That's plenty of time to get knocked out. What kind of rules do you have. Anything like a "standing eight count"?
 
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AlexES16 said:
Actually i remeber that the last night there was an event in my school, and there was this beutifull girl(for me the most beutifull in my school) and then i realized that some bad dudes were taking pictures of her back(you know what i mean, i don't if that word is forbiden in the forum) and i mean she is very, in don't know like very righteous and good girl, and i felt like wana protect her and beat up those bad dudes. And for things like that i wana start beating up guys I am my school. Also a women point of view will help.

To start beating up guys in school because of their bad behavior isn't justified, leave it to the principal of the school and the authorities. Once you start to go around beating up these dudes you will be taking the chance that them or an acquaintance of theirs may want to retaliate. When I mention retaliate I mean that they may do something drastic, shoot you, gang up on you and beat you into a coma, or something else that may end your hopes and dreams of a long and beautiful life.
 
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AlexES16 said:
Ok the thing is this, is just a 2 minute figth that I am going to do, is with boxing gloves, and the fights we do are very strict. Will 2 minutes ruin my life?

There is a distinct possibility that 2 minutes could end your dreams. It only takes one good punch to become a vegetable or possibly be brain damaged for life, this may never happen but then again who knows.
 
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Boxerguy000 said:
There is a distinct possibility that 2 minutes could end your dreams. It only takes one good punch to become a vegetable or possibly be brain damaged for life, this may never happen but then again who knows.


For you when should you trake this risks?
 
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AlexES16 said:
Well apart that i want to probe my skills, i do it to becouse i want to know if i am capable of defending the ones i love, imagine one day a guy wants to abuse or make feel bad my girl, also in my school you need to be kinda strong and guys think that i am tough guy.
Ok, so this is in part for defense and in part to preserve your image. If you want to learn to defend yourself you would be better off joining a boxing gym and learning from a professional. Not only would you get better instruction, but you would be much safer. For one on one fights I would recommend a grappling martial art like Jiu-Jitsu. Most fights that last longer than one punch end on the ground. Don't ever expect a fair fight. Forget high-kicks until you're pro and know when to use them.

As for your image, it's very un-tough guy to try to appear to be a tough guy. If you are determined to learn how to fight then learn from people who are better than you, not other high-school students whom you are trying to prove yourself to. More importantly, learn to know when not to fight. Violence is a last resort for people with self-confidence.

This guy thought he was a tough guy too. The picture quality is poor, but you'll see that the 73kg guy could have broken the arm of the 114kg guy. That arm bar ended the fight. Be a smart guy, not just a tough guy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho2MUZBtAwM
 
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lisab said:
I agree that marital arts is the way to go if self-defense is your goal, Alex. I thought from your OP that you were just boxing for the fun and sport of it. Boxing won't teach you how to street fight.

I think that boxing is much more popular and accessible in Alex's part of the world. Not sure, just my impression.
 
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TheStatutoryApe said:
I think that boxing is much more popular and accessible in Alex's part of the world. Not sure, just my impression.
I remember seeing outdoor boxing rings along the road in Mexico City. They're like basketball courts in the US. Not sure if it's the same in other Spanish speaking countries.
 
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Andre said:
Perhaps it's too late already? :bugeye:

beat me to it! DAMNIT
 
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Huckleberry said:
This guy thought he was a tough guy too. The picture quality is poor, but you'll see that the 73kg guy could have broken the arm of the 114kg guy. That arm bar ended the fight. Be a smart guy, not just a tough guy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho2MUZBtAwM

It kinda sucks that the quality is so low, I can't really make how who's blood is all over lol.

Anyways I completely agree. Having been in a position (just messing around) where you are on top of your opponent but they know how to properly grapple is a really bad feeling. You feel sort of like your in a dominant position but you can't do anything. Once the bodybuilder decided to try to spear him to the ground I knew the fight was over. He couldn't beat him in a normal 'boxing' type fight so he tried to throw hsi weight around in a spear... bad move... stood close to no chance once the fight was brought to the ground. This guy was a 2nd degree black belt.

@OP If your REALLY interested in fighting join a gym. Those fights that are organized by schools are unsafe. Last time I saw my friends do one of these they fought until they were both puking all over the place and bleeding like crazy. I'm pretty sure both people lost quite a few braincells during the fight. I'd suggest going to a gym that offers a variety of different martial arts... look for a MMA gym. It'll teach you how to fight well in a ring and it will, in my opinion, give you the most practical self-defense.

EDIT: AHhh I see you already mentioned Krav Maga as well. If you can handle it then I don't see why not... I don't know if you can learn KM from a gym though... not sure I've never seen it personally. I would still stick to my suggestion of MMA over KM because in Krav you are training pretty much to kill your opponent... it makes you a very dangerous person in a fight whereas in my opinion most of the other martial arts allow you to train to restrain yourself. (which is a good thing... you want to defend yourself in order to defuse the situation ... not kill the man right away lol)
 
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AlexES16 said:
Hello =). Well I've been training for 5 months, now i wana test my abilities, in my high school, guys make fights of 3 minutes, with gloves and only boxing(boxing technique is what I've been training). I am physicaly feet, i have devastating punching power, so the question will be, how much brain damage will be to do this fights once in a month. I wana beocme a physicist or a an engineer so this year will be the last i do this kind of stuff.

Alex, don't do it dude. I'm sure there are other places where you can test yourself. The risks involved here are simply too great. You'll be fighting in an uncontrolled environment against people who probably have less control than you have over their punches.

I also live in the "developing world" and if things where you are are in any way similar to things over here then you have to also consider the following: Say you have a successful "friendly" fight against someone where you beat him hands down. Say this someone doesn't feel so friendly after you beat him and feels extremely humiliated because of it and decides to come after you with a knife, his friends or a gun...what then?

There is no martial art that can guarantee success against multiple or armed attackers...

Join a gym dude, do it for the fun and for the sport of it and hope you never get into a situation where you have to test your skills for real.
 
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Given what you say, you need to learn when to fight, and how. Krav Maga most assuredly, from a teacher with good reputation.
 
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phyzmatix said:
Alex, don't do it dude. I'm sure there are other places where you can test yourself. The risks involved here are simply too great. You'll be fighting in an uncontrolled environment against people who probably have less control than you have over their punches.

I also live in the "developing world" and if things where you are are in any way similar to things over here then you have to also consider the following: Say you have a successful "friendly" fight against someone where you beat him hands down. Say this someone doesn't feel so friendly after you beat him and feels extremely humiliated because of it and decides to come after you with a knife, his friends or a gun...what then?

There is no martial art that can guarantee success against multiple or armed attackers...

Join a gym dude, do it for the fun and for the sport of it and hope you never get into a situation where you have to test your skills for real.

Good point men. Thanks.
 
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zomgwtf said:
It kinda sucks that the quality is so low, I can't really make how who's blood is all over lol.

Anyways I completely agree. Having been in a position (just messing around) where you are on top of your opponent but they know how to properly grapple is a really bad feeling. You feel sort of like your in a dominant position but you can't do anything. Once the bodybuilder decided to try to spear him to the ground I knew the fight was over. He couldn't beat him in a normal 'boxing' type fight so he tried to throw hsi weight around in a spear... bad move... stood close to no chance once the fight was brought to the ground. This guy was a 2nd degree black belt.

@OP If your REALLY interested in fighting join a gym. Those fights that are organized by schools are unsafe. Last time I saw my friends do one of these they fought until they were both puking all over the place and bleeding like crazy. I'm pretty sure both people lost quite a few braincells during the fight. I'd suggest going to a gym that offers a variety of different martial arts... look for a MMA gym. It'll teach you how to fight well in a ring and it will, in my opinion, give you the most practical self-defense.

EDIT: AHhh I see you already mentioned Krav Maga as well. If you can handle it then I don't see why not... I don't know if you can learn KM from a gym though... not sure I've never seen it personally. I would still stick to my suggestion of MMA over KM because in Krav you are training pretty much to kill your opponent... it makes you a very dangerous person in a fight whereas in my opinion most of the other martial arts allow you to train to restrain yourself. (which is a good thing... you want to defend yourself in order to defuse the situation ... not kill the man right away lol)

I sparred in boxing and the blows in sparring are very hard, and i think i recive more damage in a gym than a 2 minute fight in a year.
 
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AlexES16 said:
I sparred in boxing and the blows in sparring are very hard, and i think i recive more damage in a gym than a 2 minute fight in a year.

If you really want a system for use in self-defense only, then I agree with some of the previous posts. Try Krav Maga or any other reality-based martial art (there's also Systema and Modern Military Combatives amongst others). They aren't sport-oriented though and do exactly what the name implies: reality-based scenario's. The techniques and skills focus mostly on defending against the most common street attacks.

If you'd like to try something that is very well-regulated as a sport (i.e. very safe to practise), but that also makes for plenty of opportunity to test your skills in competition as well as offer you a certain measure of defense on the street, then perhaps you should try Judo.

Just a thought :wink:
 
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phyzmatix said:
If you really want a system for use in self-defense only, then I agree with some of the previous posts. Try Krav Maga or any other reality-based martial art (there's also Systema and Modern Military Combatives amongst others). They aren't sport-oriented though and do exactly what the name implies: reality-based scenario's. The techniques and skills focus mostly on defending against the most common street attacks.

If you'd like to try something that is very well-regulated as a sport (i.e. very safe to practise), but that also makes for plenty of opportunity to test your skills in competition as well as offer you a certain measure of defense on the street, then perhaps you should try Judo.

Just a thought :wink:

There is also the Modern Method of pistol shooting, which is very effective, but what is the verse, "They sow the wind and they reap the whirlwind," so it is with violence. You may win a fight, but lose a war.
 
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IcedEcliptic said:
There is also the Modern Method of pistol shooting, which is very effective, but what is the verse, "They sow the wind and they reap the whirlwind," so it is with violence. You may win a fight, but lose a war.

Is this the same thing as combat shooting? I'm personally a bit weary of your average person carrying a firearm in public, sidearms tend to make their bearers arrogant and cocksure...Also, that quote of yours is very relevant.
 
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phyzmatix said:
Is this the same thing as combat shooting? I'm personally a bit weary of your average person carrying a firearm in public, sidearms tend to make their bearers arrogant and cocksure...Also, that quote of yours is very relevant.

Yes, Weaver Stance instead of Point Shooting and more. I agree that carrying a firearm is a mixed bag, with people who believe it is a weapon that can be used as a threat, often being harmed. The old saying, "you do not point a gun at anything you are not willing to kill/destroy," is also relevant. Pulling a gun should be the action which immediately precedes an attempt to kill the target, anything short of lethal action must not involve a gun.

For the proverb, I find it is very useful as well. Sometimes it is hard to remember that violence is only one solution, which often leads to more violence. Shoot a man for taking these pictures of a girl, or beat him, and maybe you win the day? What is to happen when this man and his friends recover? Will they try to kill you, or perhaps they come after the girl. "The easiest fight to win is the fight you do not have."
 
  • #48
I think things would most likely be fine, but if you really want to test yourself, you should go to a gym.

How tough do you have to be to wing some wild shots with you eyes closed? That is what most of these "backyard boxing" matches devolve into.

Go to the gym and learn how to fight like a man, then you can be proud.

As for brain dammage, I wouldn't worry about that too much. Most fighters who suffer brain dammage have been fighting for 10+ years, and have taken hundreds of punches to the head in single fights, on multiple occasions. A couple school age scraps -- in the ring -- should be fine.

If you do feel the need for the "backyard boxing", make sure you fight on a grassy area that is clear of all rocks. NEVER fight on concrete -- if someone is knocked out they can easily fall and crack their head open.

Don't learn how to box so that you can street fight. A street fight is not a boxing match, it's a brutish sort of violence unrestrained by sportsmanship and fairness. Boxing may prepare you tactically for a street fight (you'll know how to throw a punch), but will leave you unprepared for the strategic elements of a street fight (you're actually going to be fighting 10 of these guys).

main point: Join a boxing gym.
 
  • #49
General_Sax said:
I think things would most likely be fine, but if you really want to test yourself, you should go to a gym.

How tough do you have to be to wing some wild shots with you eyes closed? That is what most of these "backyard boxing" matches devolve into.

Go to the gym and learn how to fight like a man, then you can be proud.

As for brain dammage, I wouldn't worry about that too much. Most fighters who suffer brain dammage have been fighting for 10+ years, and have taken hundreds of punches to the head in single fights, on multiple occasions. A couple school age scraps -- in the ring -- should be fine.

If you do feel the need for the "backyard boxing", make sure you fight on a grassy area that is clear of all rocks. NEVER fight on concrete -- if someone is knocked out they can easily fall and crack their head open.

Don't learn how to box so that you can street fight. A street fight is not a boxing match, it's a brutish sort of violence unrestrained by sportsmanship and fairness. Boxing may prepare you tactically for a street fight (you'll know how to throw a punch), but will leave you unprepared for the strategic elements of a street fight (you're actually going to be fighting 10 of these guys).

main point: Join a boxing gym.

Yeah i mean how much really brain damage you get of one sparring session, i don't think is to much, even if its full force.
 
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Chi Meson said:
When I think of "Physics" and "Boxing," I think ofhttp://www.conceptualphysics.com/pghewitt.shtml" .

Make of it what you will. I don't like the sport myself, but I also don't like to judge, and Paul Hewitt may just be the most important Physics educator of the last half-century.

Former boxer, men that's nice, so he must have recived some blows to the head and he is not dumb, and not even going to be a boxer, just round and that's all. Thank you men.
 
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