boxeador

I know this sounds weird, but you should be happy that you got beat. I use to spar against a now marine core boxer who now is going for his golden gloves. He was about 6 years older then me at the time (I was 15), he was also stronger, faster, bigger, and more experinced then me. The way I always looked at it was, I'm probably not going to have to fight anyone better then him for awhile. So I just focused on seeing what worked and what he did, and guess what, it made me a much better fighter. Don't think about what techniques you are going to use. This is a sparring match use everything and see what works. Try if it is at all possible to relax, you are much more effective when you are relaxed, you expend far less energy, and you can actually have more power. Finally I think we've all been discouraged at one point or another. I remeber getting hit pretty hard in my temple while sparring and everything blacked out and I couldn't fight for the rest of the day. I remeber crying and the guy who did it to me came up to me and telling me not to feel bad because he remebers that happening to me before and That I'd get better. A year or two later he came back from the marines on visiting and we sparred and I did a whole lot better. Just remeber you are still improving and everyone has gone through what you have just gone through at one time or another.

Training 7 days a week is usally a bad idea because you want a day for your body to recover. For the average guy just set aside a little bit of time for your workouts. I'm sure most people on this board are average joes. I think the best thing to do is to have a set schedule for your workouts if at all possible. Or at least a workout plan you set aside for the day. This will allow you to maxamize your workout potential. I think some things a lot of people overlook while training it proper sleep and eating habits. Make sure your getting a good eight hours of sleep every night. Eat balanced meal 5 times a day. I think proper sleep and eating habits are just as important if not more important for keeping your energy and sharpness up at their top levels. Also not everyone has a perfect diet so I suggest getting a good cheap multi-vitamin and supplement that into your diet.

Tuna fish and chicken breast are cheap and contain lots of protein with few carbs and little fat.

The studies could have also had people switching from whole milk to skim. Thats quite a bit of fat reduction per serving. Always make sure you read studies on health very carefully.

One of the best ways out there to improve stamina and get tougher. Forceing yourself through long rounds of bagwork and rough sparring sessions. You'll get more stamina and get a good second wind. Half of it though is just getting use to the motions after endless practice your body just gets really efficent at it and any martial art will give you that, but a lot of what I've seen is that kickboxing gyms train alot more towards stamina then other types of martial arts.

Take both at the same time if at all possible. That way you can compare both at the same time rather then having to reflect back on your wing chun training. Don't just quit and jump head long into something, try it out first.

Can it be done. Yes Is it the most effective way. No You can try it and see how it goes, but there are a lot of little things that can be missed. Just learning from a video you could be doing something slightly off, and after years of doing it wrong it will be hard to change. The best way to learn is to have someone there to teach you. Maybe you could look into a diffrent martial art in your area?

Depends on how you consider good. Then it depends on how athletic and quickly you learn. After a year of training I was able to beat guys who were bigger and stronger then me, however, they were never trained to fight. Beating your average joe and being good are two diffrent things, well depending on your definition of good. Just stick with it.

Almost any age is a good age to start. I thought I was to old (14) when I started kickboxing.

As long as you don't except to be beating up people with your eyes closed it'll be cool.

Won't make you any slower. Might make you a little more off balanced then the average person but training will make up for it. Long legs are a great advantage be glad you have them.

I think the best advice would be to learn how to do each exercise with the proper technique. If your going to be doing squats you should wear a back brace and get some knee wraps. Otherwise you'll end up with a bad back, and there are a lot of people who have bad backs because of doing squats wrong. https://www.bodybuilding.com has example and descriptions of how to do lift properly.

Don't forget sleep. The more you sleep the better your gains. Remeber exercise doesn't build muscle, the resting period is what gains you muscle. A nice firm bed is good, you can put a board under your matress to firm it up( the size of your bed otherwise you'd be sleeping on a lump). The next thing is to eat more. a 40/40/20 balance of protein, carbs, and fat is good. Healthy fats are best, a good source is nuts. Since you don't have any weights do bodyweight exercises. Something that will help to is to do wind sprints. These will build fast twitch muscle which is bigger then slow twitch. Plus you will be able to recover faster. I'd go to https://www.bodybuilding.com or google HIIT.

When I first started I blinked every time an attack was thrown. You just get use to it though.

It depends on how they train. Some places traing with more resistance training then other. Some people are naturally strong, and usally short wide people tend to be stronger. Remeber that bigger people have to carry more weight around all day longer, which will develope. Most big guys you see will have big strong legs. I wouldn't say a martial art will make you big, it will make you stronger but not drastically. What it will give you power since you'll be able to move faster and have less resistance because of your increased flexability. Plus once you've done a movement so many times your body is use to doing it so it can put a high percent of muscle fibers to work at one time. Don't worry your 13, guys can keep growing all the way until the age of 22. With that age you'll naturally gain strength, stamina, and speed