endurance advice

[cheeks]

thanx for the advice fangshi and as for cheeks it's not that I want to get hit,it just happens,it's unavoidable.

you will just have to train harder. talk to your teacher and ask for any advice on useing the correct technique to avoid punches.

i am not saying you will be invincible, and never be hit again, just less often.

[Goju_boi]

thanx everybody

[Aodhan]

^^^i think you would just get alot of brain damage. getting punched in the jaw is how ppl get knocked out 90% of the time. it cuts off your oxygen or something like that to your brain and your out. so if you clinch your jaw you will not be K.O'd most likely. This is at least what i was told by a fairly good boxer friend of mine.

Close.

A KO is generally caused either by progressive damage to the brain (such as many punches to the face), or one blow that causes concussion/trauma to the brain or stem.

I'd be very wary of having anyone bounce their head off the floor for any reason. Brain injuries are progressive. It's not like the knuckles that build up calluses and tissue from makiwara boards. Take a look at all the professional athletes that can't compete anymore because of repetitive concussions.

Your brain floats in a fluid filled sac in your brain. Anything that causes the head to move forcefully enough makes the brain impact the bones of the skull. This can have effects from nothing all the way up to coma or death. These effects ARE cumulative. Boxers call it being "punchy", or "punch drunk".

The brain is the one thing you don't want to mess with.

Aodhan

P.S. Just as an aside, this is what causes a hangover. Alchohol depresses the level of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), which causes the brain to ride lower in the head. This places stress on the brainstem and makes it easier for the brain to hit the skull, which ends up causing the nausea, headaches and dizziness associated with alchohol.

[Goju_boi]

some one had mentioned earlier to go with a wrestlers bridge,what is this "wrestlers bridge?"

[Bruce WillPete7]

Basically a wrestler's bridge is used to get one off his back, to avoid being pinned and giving the opponent points.

Wrestler's bridge:

1.Lie on your back with your knees bent and feet flat on the floor.

2.Place your palms on the floor next to your head and raise your body up onto your hands and feet.

some pictures off the net.

http://images.google.com/images?q=wrestlers%20bridge&hl=en&lr=&sa=N&tab=wi

[Aodhan]

Basically a wrestler's bridge is used to get one off his back, to avoid being pinned and giving the opponent points.

Wrestler's bridge:

1.Lie on your back with your knees bent and feet flat on the floor.

2.Place your palms on the floor next to your head and raise your body up onto your hands and feet.

some pictures off the net.

http://images.google.com/images?q=wrestlers%20bridge&hl=en&lr=&sa=N&tab=wi

You are describing a regular bridge, the one that really builds up the neck muscles is a neck bridge, done without the hands on the mat. This is also used by wrestlers, since you often will have your hands occupied when needing to bridge to avoid a pin.

Aodhan

[Goju_boi]

ohh ok now i know,i used 2 do that all the time just for fun.But how do u do the one with no hands?

[fangshi]

For stationary bridge (neck) perfom as regular bridge but fold arms over your chest . Use head instead of arms . Start with resting the weight on the back of head . After your strength is good then rest weight on top of head . After that use forehead .

[Goju_boi]

thanx,by the way will this risk causing any injury?

[cheeks]

any exercise has the potential to cause injury....

as this is using your neck, you should take things slowly.