boxing and MA?

[Matrix0978]

Well my dojo does both MA and boxing. Is it good to train both? Martial Arts and Boxing? Whats the point of doing both...

[Mu Ryuk]

Boxing is a martial art. And a damn good one at that. I highly reccommend you take it.

[AnonymousOne]

I agree, boxing is a great art. I particularly like the way the amateur and professional boxers train.... twice daily 6 days per week at least

[JusticeZero]

Boxing is a martial art. It has it's own demands insofar as stancework and such are concerned. I wince at cross-training in general, as good as the skills might be, because it slows learning down so badly.

[glockmeister]

Cross training is a good thing in my opinion and yes I think you should take both.

[Ben Martin]

i personally am not a fan of boxing but i take it to improve my hands as im more of a kicker. but i do love the way they train.

[Matrix0978]

Thanks guys, so right now.... I am taking shaolin Chuan fa'. So would it be good if i took Muay Thai as a boxing art?

[TJS]

Boxing will teach you how to get out of the way of punches as well have to deliver them..since the average person will primarily throw punches in a street fight thats a good thing.

It will also teach you how to take a hard shot and keep going..something many Martial arts wont.

[ninjanurse]

Boxing is good for hand speed, timing, and getting out of the way of fists!

[JusticeZero]

It's good stuff and excellent conditioning, but it contains in it it's own demands for stance training, footwork, and power. A lot of people cross-train it and MT; either they have to use the MT footwork (and severely compromise their boxing techniques) or the Boxing footwork (and foul their kicking skills). I don't know what stancework Chuan Fa calls for, but I suspect it differs significantly from Boxing stances and footwork, and uses different power generation principles.

A lot of people seem to think that by training in an art that has a property, that property will magically become evident in their other practice in full force. This isn't necessarily true, an art often has an ability because it's structure is specialized in a way that you cannot replicate in the structure of the other art.