Fight clubs

[White Warlock]

A waiver would not 100% protect you from a civil suit, nor would it 100% protect your from criminal prosecution. If someone was injured, especially severely, they may claim that 'excessive force' was used, which would invalidate the waiver if proven to be true. Indeed, in a civil case, they don't even have to prove it to be true.

When people get together to cause physical harm to each other, what is needed are waivers, judges with some sort of bonded certification, insurance, and a clear list of rules. All of this, of course, should be examined by a 'competent' attorney that 'specializes' in such things (good luck on that one).

But, people getting together for so-called fight clubs rarely do anything like that. They rent a place, or borrow a basement, or meet at an abandoned building. In the rent, the renter will have to take responsibility if all goes bad (a raid). In a basement, the owner would take responsibility, and at an abandoned building, everyone would be trespassing.

If you don't have medical coverage, involving yourself in something like this is just plain dumb. If you do have medical coverage, the legal and civil issues alone should dissuade you.

[fallen_milkman]

It is amazing to me that fight clubs have spread like wildfire. They weren't even the point of that book/movie. Even Chuck Palaniuk (the writer) says they weren't the main focus and "could have been about a golf club" and still got his point across.

[ovine king]

...and the same can be said of the 'fight clubs'.

for as long as people have been training in martial arts, they have getting together with other people of different styles to test, judge, refine and learn.

the film just gave a pop-culture name to what people were already doing.

[ivette_green]

I went to class last night and there were three young guys and myself. It seemed like a fight club for a little while. Two of the young guys were fighting, pretty hard, while the my sempai (who was running the class) and I watched. Our Sensei dropped by so I didn't have a chance to fight one of the guys... It would have been fun.

[Muaythaiboxer]

yea i actually think fight clubs are a good idea if done within a close circle of friends.

[Menjo]

speaking of that two of my friends were sparing(both untrainined) and it ended up one of them got three ribs broken becuase he fell on some object

[Anbu Alex]

Me and a group of friends annualy Setup a like underground tournament just to test our sklls out on each other its fun

[ClA]

I am part of a "fight club" or whatever you call it. Actually I organized it.

It began as a car club where a group of people hangs out and talk about cars. We later realize there were MAs in the group, as well as boxers.

We decided to host annual friendly boxing meets. The only protection we had were 9 ounces boxing gloves.

We usually laugh about it and most of our fights are friendly. Its not controlled like Karate spars.........becaused it boxing.

No, we don't kick.

We are 19 to 29 of age. We did it in an open parking lot, a block from the police station.

[Shu2jack]

I suppose that any martial art school (especially a kickboxing or boxing club) that spars could be considered a "fight club".

If you want to have a "fight club" I suggest,

-Get a private room.

-Make sure you have insurance

-Sign some kind of wavier

-No exchange of money for the sparring matches

-Proper protection equipment. (Cup, mouth piece, gloves, and some type of amature head gear)

-Invite only people who are not "hot heads"

Or you could join a martial art school that spars the way you want OR have your instructor have sparring nights where guys can do this type of things.

[Muaythaiboxer]

yea there used to be what my teacher called fight nights where we would all get together and spar