I wanted to spar day one of boxing. There was a guy who acted like it was so brave and impressive of me to do it. I guess he’d been there for two years. Maybe just for fitness and fun, they don’t actually want to fight or be hurt.
I had a guy at my gym that would say the sand bags were too soft and knee the brick walls as light as he could while yelling "tu-tu-tu" after every hit
Wont lie i spar on kickboxing but in a boxing i dont i want to but i am scared funny since i get hit with leg kicks on my head or knee on the stomach but i dont feel confortable sparring in boxing
@@rockhoward5259 I went from muay Thai to boxing and I felt exactly the same. The boxing stance is so different and I'd go back to my march in the ring. Completely killed with body shots
Some people are simply afraid to get hit or sometimes training with toxic people who always go 100% in sparring. I met my fair share of meatheads in sparring but usually they weren't that good since I started at a young age I always managed to teach them a lesson. But a beginner would've got seriously injured by these idiots who believed sparring is just a fight with shinpads on...
@@51dodoc true dat, I like sparring but met a lot of guys, who went too hard even on beginners. I feel this is sadly still a norm in eastern europe. Imagine training in the morning and having to cancel work because of some asshole sparring partner.
@@51dodoc First week of training I had someone pull my head down (Still learning to clench) and perform a mock dental surgery on me with full powered knees. Keep in mind this wasnt even full sparring, we weren't even supposed to punch (The dentist was new, his knees hurt like hell on my teeth though), much less go full strength.
You could tell this guy is mad fun running the Thai class or being paired with in Thai class. Probably gonna have to hold the pads with a lot of strength too lol. The oil part was hilarious 😂
@The Jack It helps with conditioning. It warms up muscles and helps stimulate blood circulation, it can reduce the chance of injuries if used at the start of training and helps reduce swelling when used at the end Other styles of martial arts use similar liniments for conditioning too
As someone who got less active after 2 injuries and lost flexibility...my partners are appreciative when I warn them and take the teep slow. (How do I get the flexibility back? Is it just a question of regular stretching? )
Our equivalent is the battlefield- serious looking young guys who yell " BSSS" with every fairy tap on the bag " bSss bSss BSS!!" Look deadly. HAAAAHHGAA!
No it's not bad, if you don't trust them then don't spar with them. I remember when I was new to a gym and told this guy I was new and to go easy and not go for headkicks. Mf actually tried to go hard and went for headkicks even though we agreed not to do that. Eventually just spar with people whom I only trust
When the guy at your bjj gym deliberately misses every warmup, takes every other round off, and asks to flow roll all the time because he doesn’t want to get hurt lol. Oh wait that’s me.
For the first 15 years I sparred 2-3x a week. The school offered 1x sparring classes for Thai, the rest was independently set up with training partners, I was an amateur Mma athlete so it was important for me to get all the work I could in. I probably only get too move at any speed about once a month now, but I don’t honestly miss it all that much. Good position fighting and a hard roll once and a while seem to scratch the itch.
String em up. Its a common practice, especially if u don't use wraps under gloves on bag , the old skin n sweat builds up for years and is an infection risk , i went to hospital from it. Better to use bateknuckle on heavy bag and get used to honest technique , no haymakers
Haha there's this new guy at my gym right now who just makes the loudest sounds on the bag... Then quits half way through the drills... Says he is tired and that he doesn't need shin pads... Lol... And then proceeds to try and teach everyone techniques 😂 while making the ouwee sound like wtf... This guy 😂
when i was really new to Muay Thai (maybe like 2 or 3 classes) i got a chance to spar with one of the best in the gym. i got my ass kicked but it was really fun
I'm one of the guys who doesn't really spar. I have a handful of times just to get the basic idea, but I'm mostly there to get in good shape and be able to defend myself from an average person. I also don't like the idea of some asshole head hunting me and killing the brain cells I'm already killing as a welder.
Istg. Sparring is scary to do. But when you're caught up in the moment, it's so fun and you learn so many things. Especially the different of a 'real fight' and training. "Everyone has a plan till they got hit in the face"
