Aight I'm back from practice, I got lit up cause I have no clue what to do when someone advances and keeps a combo up, I probably should not be sparring yet.I got a bunch of jabs and body shots in, also some counters, a couple sloppy hooks and a few kicks.I got paired with some dude who was clearly going 100% and this is probably the first time ever I got punched in the face for real but it didn't really hurt, I do have a huge head and a super thick neck so thats expected. It was fun but frustraing too.The skin ripped off my left big toe so that sucks.I got paired with a girl to spar and it sucked, she'd tee off on me but if I hit bafk 20% she'd have to take a break and she kept doing front kicks dangerously close to my cock n nuts, she'd also keep out of my range but if I advanced on her she'd panic and turn to run the tell me that was just too scary.Also the guy that kept going 100 tried to do one of those exhange punches but our arms go entagled and I followd through so I sort of threw him right on his ass so I got my revenge.
>hate grappling>wanna learn mma striking and wrestling>coach tells me do nogi first as a beginner>thinking about quitting after this monthFeel genuinely bad cuz the coaches are dead nice but I live in a crackhead infested shithole so for self defense realistically bjj is useless and always preferred striking anyway. What do?
>>76638007Just tell your coach you want to focus more on striking?It's not like you are training to be a pro fighter, just do whats more fun for you.
>>76638046Thing is they only do one striking lesson a week so I’d have to move to a different gym to focus solely on that.
>>76637984I think I'm too far gone, I see those 2 girls and I just want to smell their armpits, lick their feet and sodomize their tight assholes.Anyhow, more on-topic, I want to get into martial arts too. I took 2 test classes and they were cardio mills, I just want to learn how to defend myself
>>76638162It's usually 50% cardio and 50% sparring or drilling.
The skin is ripping off my left toe and really the entire front of myfootis rubbed raw, am I doing something wrong or is this part of the process?
>>76638162completely normal male brain anon
>>76637984Youre best off getting big and learning on the bag for a while before doing any kind of hard sparring/gym fights. >but practice early is goodYeah of course even one punch might break a tooth fuck up your nose make you a lil retarded etc do whatever you want but i dont even wanna get hit once.
>>76638715Like seriously some people are like a less conspicuous charlie zelenov and have 0 problem fucking up noobs in the gym or weaseling out then going hard. You gotta be good and strong so they dont fuck with you, this isnt a game this is you being retarded or not. You want alzeimers go waltz in there and if they land a good shot they can keep hitting you go ahead.
>>76638731>youre blowing things out of proportionMentally challenged people dont fuck with me as much now that im bigger and let on im good at martial arts. At most boxing gyms you could find one or more people who would want to piss off their opponent to hard spar and train 100% but still its pointless because theyre not about to give up their advantage and take a loss its a way of treating someone like shit. You have to be a legit threat to people like this if you wanna keep all your brain cells.
>>76637984Id just drill combos so its down to reflexes, im working on front hand from karate stance to be hard enough and use at range. Some squared stance shit for boxing maining, fast footwork, double punches and kicks, landing super difficult kicks so i can be confident with fancy shit in a fight if its open, defense is slipping minimally and being able to shell up going in even though im super tall, being able to have my hands basically anywhere and land a hard punch, jumping/sliding kicks. Youre honestly best off teaching yourself with martial arts after you know the basics which are easy to google. Its not like anyone was coaching cusdamato ya know be your own coach.
>>76637984Youre making me want to go in with you and absolutely maul that guy and his girlfriend. Shes being a nigger and hes like her bodyguard but he has to act cool because they are obviously gay cucks and if the gym found out he wouldnt be able to solo his way out of there.
>>76638788Go put her in jail go tell the gym owner what this gay couple is doing, if he did that to a young guy itd be a whole different thing.
>>76638791But seriously if i lose a bunch weight and stop lifting i wont look so impressive and ill absolutely maul them 100% how old are you op? Hs college?
>>76638085>Thing is they only do one striking lesson a week what kind of shitty ass mma gym is it? even in here (I'm a third worlder) the mma gym always have 3x striking class and 3x grappling class so people freely choose how many they attend
>>76638788I don't think they are connected like that, just two bad sparring partners I happened to have.>>76638792I'm 24
>>76638648This has literally never happened to me, maybe your shoes are too tight?
>>76640323Muay thai so no shoes
>>76640425Ah yes, it's part of the process with all the spinning kicks in muay thai.Enjoy the suck.
>>76637984I'm not sure how long you've been training but it sounds like youre relatively new, which means whoever let you spar, and with someone going 100% is a moron and you should switch gyms. But if you want to stay: You're doing okay, just learn to keep your guard up and you'll slowly start to see openings and when you can counter. You'll learn to do teeps to keep people from advancing so much, when to clinch and throw knees, etc.. you'll be fine but mostly it sounds like a dumb gym desuSparring needs to be controlled and careful and it soudns like they dont give a shit about your safety and long term health if people are going 100% casually
>>76640533It was just these two that were like that, the others go light and stop to point out things I'm messing up.I can't really switch gyms cause I'm doing this as my PE requirement for uni, next time I'll just say I don't have a mouthguard and go do drills instead.
No one cares about your le ebin Reddit sparring talesGo and comete interclub or amateur that's the only thing that matters if you can actually KO someone or win in full contact no coping
How do i find a good boxing gym? I want to get into sparring and on tournaments, I already do some basic sparrings with friends and have a sandbag at home that I use for basic training
>>76640856bros?
>>76641143If the coach is reputable/has a good background and they have fighters actively competing, chances are its a good gym. Usually gyms have splits between classes for noobs and competitive programs for actual fighters. If their sparring is unsupervised/dangerous and reckless, avoid.
>>76637984Don't be a fucking retard OP. Sparring especially as a beginner shouldn't ever be at anything above 60%, and you should realistically be aiming for 30-40%. Your defense is far from perfect, you're going to get tagged with multiple shots. Taking them at 100% only serves to give you brain damage. Go listen to guys like GSP talk about sparring. It should be playful. Hard sparring is reserved specifically for fight camps.If some fucking retard is going all out, you call that shit out immediately. Ask them to match your pace. If they don't listen, don't spar with them. Let them get checked by someone and find out the hard way.
>>76637984Dont go just back and forward, and dont just shell up as your defence, be conscious of your distance and move also to the sides and step in diagonally with jabs, practice throwing quick jabs and crosses right after a block as a defensive thing, it interrupts people and allows you to maintain control during movement (going inside moving outside), dont stand still when someone is throwing a lot, if they give you high dosages you need to interrupt their flow and return with similar dosages.
>>76638648Tape your toe.
>>76637984If you think you look cool during beginner sparring you're probably a spazz. Focus on barebones fundamentals, drill a lot, do situational sparring, and watch a lot of fighting (real fights and tutorials) in your free time. Sparring should be saved until you're competent enough to get something out of it other than chin checked.Also for the toe thing, wrap it with medical tape before training.
>>76640487Yeah ouch, my foot is literally burned and I got a boil on my toe that exploded.>>76640659Bro this is literally the second time I did muay thai, if you don't care hide the post or just scroll past.>>76641244Yeah I'll definitely just tell them to take it down a notch next time.>>76641255It's pretty hard to remember all this while you're sparring though and I just can't seem to see the opportunities to hit back I guess?>>76641297Yeah I'll need to buy some of that athletic gauze or whatever its called.>>76641307I don't think I look cool I'm just some fat fuck bumbling around.
>>76641236Thank you anon, I'll look out for those signs
>>76638007They say "don't use BJJ in a fight because what if their friends jump in", but what if YOUR friends jump in
>>76641617I'm not your bro you dumb soulless broccoli head No one cares about your blog. Go have a fight and post it so we can laugh at you. Who gives a shit some Instagram woman kicked your shin or whatever Reddit story you have to share This website has seriously gone to shit
>>76641814Cowardly shit
>>76641932You're such a seething little faggot
>>76640573Fair enough, desu you shouldn;t really be sparring anyways if you're new. I suggest watching thai fights/kickboxing theres usually live streams on youtube to put on and casually watch. Protop: Go to your dentist ask him to make a mouthguard. Some do it free some charge like 50 but its a custom mould of your mouth and works much nicer and better than the cheap shit you buy and put in hot water.
Where the fuck can I find an mma gym in nyc that isn't $200/month
>>76638747Unironically good advice. First time I sparred striking some teenager who had done TKD for a decade decided to spinning back kick me in the chest full force multiple times until I dropped. It was my first day. Needless to say I didnt bother going back. Hell I was trying to be a good sparring partner too with what little I knew.
>>76637984Sounds like the gym is full of retards with zero sparring etiquette. Im a newbie myself but the best thing I could tell you is to find at least one person who knows how to spar and to go from there
>>76642109Yeah I've been looking at that and the prices are suprisingly not that bad.>>76642547Well there are guys there who are cool about it, there was a guy who saw I didn't know what to do with leg kicks and he stopped to explain how to lean forward and sort of press down to check a kick to your lead leg instead of trying to raise it.
>>76642540Maybe you shouldn't have been jewish
>>76638905Tbf it’s mostly a bjj school that does freestyle wrestling as well and they only have a few striking classes
>>76641814I don’t have friends :’(
>>76642031Says the one who went to school with a facemask
>>76641814If you're strategizing for something, you should be preparing for worst case scenarios and dilemmas. If your friends jump in you win. There's not much you need to do about that.
>>76638162>smell their armpitssure>lick their feetnormal>sodomize their tight assholesyou have worms
>>76643949What are you even talking about?
>>76637984I only like to watch pretty girls fight or grapple with little or no clothes on and hopefully the cuter one wins (she deserves my goon)
im learning taebo
