Neogeek23 Posted September 20, 2004 Share Posted September 20, 2004 I'd like to start sparing boxing and have some home training background. This is my senior year and I'm 17. Two years ago I got a heavy bag and a pair of light bag gloves. For a good 6 months I worked that heavy bag and got some good punches and combinations down. Then I got side tracked by this girl and was on and off in train for a year. For the last 6 months I've gotten back into training much more. I got a speed bag and a double end (headache) bag, and have gotten good with the double end bag. I was doing 20 minutes of jump rope over the summer, but now since school started up I've been too busy to jump rope everyday, I have just enough time to research more boxing and do about an hour of training. I want to start sparing, but I'm not sure if I'm ready. I've been looking for a boxing gym here and there are like none - though I did here of one place and I called left a message and they have yet to call back. I'd like to know what u guys think - should I start sparing or should I continue training more. Also is there any suggestions for over protective parents that think combative sports make u stupid? All help appreciated "It isn't the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog." - Mark Twain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beiner Posted September 20, 2004 Share Posted September 20, 2004 Well assuming its possible, find a gym that'll teach you the moves, condition you further and let you spar with other people. Your trainers won't let wade in over your head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neogeek23 Posted September 20, 2004 Author Share Posted September 20, 2004 yea - I'm joining a karate club at school and I'll be learning the basics of judo there - at the very least I'll get some sparing in there. I'll also get some good cross training, b/c if I am right judo is a grappling school and that is good to know as a boxer b/c is boxing's biggest short coming in my opinion. I think I could convince my parents that boxing.... sparing isn't bad for you if I had some kind of statistics - anyone have any or know of any? "It isn't the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog." - Mark Twain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanDragon Posted September 20, 2004 Share Posted September 20, 2004 Boxing will only make you stupid if you get hit in the head enough lol. Why don't you have your parents come to your sparring and maybe they'll see it isn't too bad anyway. Or they'll dislike it even more. Sorry, never sparred before in my life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neogeek23 Posted September 20, 2004 Author Share Posted September 20, 2004 maybe a viewing of a sparring session wouldn't be so bad. I finally did get a call back from that place and they are a boxing gym and are an associate of usa boxing. Then again if they played dirty.. that'd be a bad idea If anyone knows much about USA boxing and their rules regulations ect. please let me know - thx - guys! "It isn't the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog." - Mark Twain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vito Posted September 21, 2004 Share Posted September 21, 2004 boxing might effect the the minds of professionals (like muhammad ali), but even most of them turn out okay. (just for the record, tyson has always been that messed up.) tell them, or better yet do a little research yourself to prove that boxing as a hobby is safe enough.. and has less injuries than many other sports, including basketball. "If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared." -Machiavelli Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane Posted September 22, 2004 Share Posted September 22, 2004 Training on your own is great, but before you jump in and start going at it sparring, you should get some actual training to help develop good technique and train on defensive tactics so you can defend yourself during your sparring sessions. Also its best to have someone in charge of sparring matches for safety issues. Thats another big one with the parents. Ofcourse they dont want their kids beating each other up, but a controled sparring match is much more safe than just puting on the gloves and going at it. Trust me I know Good Luck and have fun with it!!!!! A True Martial Arts Instructor is more of a guide than anything, on your way to developing the warrior within yourself!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neogeek23 Posted September 22, 2004 Author Share Posted September 22, 2004 Yea - this gym I found is registered affiliate associate or whatever of USA Boxing, which if I'm not misinformed is the boxing organization that does the olymics. So I'd get a well set sparing rules there, but yea - I may not be up to code and ready to spar. I think I am, but maybe not, and if not I will definately get myself their asap. Thanks guys for the feedback. However is there any suggestions for convinecing my parents that boxing isn't nearly so dangerous, and I check online for stats., but everything goes both ways. "It isn't the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog." - Mark Twain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane Posted September 22, 2004 Share Posted September 22, 2004 I got this information off of the usa boxing web site. http://www.usaboxing.org/ visit this site and click on safety on the left side of the screen. In there they show questions about safety within the sport of boxing. Safety is #1 when training, so find a school that believes in that also. We use to just go at it and I mean we spent more time waiting for bloody noises and water eyes to clear up than we did sparring so make sure you also find a gym with the proper equipment and one that starts you off with light sparring, until you are ready to move up the pace. Getting hurt because of something that could have been easliy prevented is just going to keep you from training that much longer. GOOD LUCK How does boxing compare to other sports in amount of fatality rates? Fatality rates per 100,000 participants Horse-racing...........128 Sky-diving...............123 Hang gliding.............55 Mountaineering........51 Scuba diving............11 Motorcycle racing......7 College football..........3 Boxing...................1.5 Cited in Cantu, Boxing and Medicine, Human Kinetics Illinois, 1995 A True Martial Arts Instructor is more of a guide than anything, on your way to developing the warrior within yourself!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neogeek23 Posted September 22, 2004 Author Share Posted September 22, 2004 Yea - I found that too and showed it to them but their only response was that "of course that says it is safe it is the boxing's site." Though I don't think at the time that time they realized that this was supported by studies. So I will show it to them again. I did also find other statistics that I typed up and gave to them last night - no word yet, but I think a compromise may be at hand (I hope). I have to say I agree completely with you Shane. It may be that the coaches there don't think I should be sparing yet, but I won't know till 10-5-04, when they start coming in. Also if I do spar - I'm not planning on getting over my head you know - what fun would that be? Since they are a USA Boxing Gym associate affiliate or whatever - wouldn't that make there gym have to be up to code so to say? "It isn't the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog." - Mark Twain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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