When are you all going to realise that boxing actually exist

MMouse · Yellow Belt

I find it funny how alot of traditional martial artists get irritated when someone attacks their art, yet some are quick to attack another.
Boxing is what it is. It is far from a complete system, but boxing is a highly skilled art. Boxers use intricate footwork, head movements, slipping, bobbing and weaving, blocks, feints etc. Typically all of these area's are trained extensively because if they aren't, your gonna get punched, bottom line. Boxers train to box, full contact, and if you are lacking in an area, you will get hit. Any art can take this approach, but I don't think that many approach it in the same manner.
I am not dissing any art, nor method of training, simply trying to explain what makes boxing what it is. If you can use your hands and have all the tools I mentioned above to help utilise your hands, then you are going to do great. Any art can apply these ideas and increase it's effectiveness. In Bruce Lee's books he talked a great deal about these above skills. He was an example of what any art, or artist could achieve with the right accesories to use the tools with.

Guy_Mendiola · Blue Belt

your right MMouse.

Venezolano · Green Belt

Who says i can't you? LOL!

Of course i can, i talk because i have base in what i am talking about, i've trained Karate (shotokan) and i've not seen any school that do "hard sparring" (i'm not saying it doesn't exist, it could be, but is very extrange).

And MOST, MOST school are competition-oriented, you can say whatever you want, i know what i am talking about, and that's the truth.

SevenStar · Black Belt

kyokushinkai karate guys spar hard. When I was training karate, I was training under a japanese guy who was raised and trained in japan and he loved to spar hard. He also told me that his school wasn't like many others there though...

Venezolano · Green Belt

You're right Seven Star
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Justfulwardog · Yellow Belt

I used to box when I was 16. I am now in Ryu Kyu Kempo, and also compete as a kickboxer. I base all that I learn on the principles that boxing has taught me. I love the art of boxing.
Although you are confined to the techniques and rules of your form. As Bruce Lee once said(not in those exact words). I must admit that I did feel a little vulnerable, while I was an amateur boxer. Like my boxing coach once said, what you do on the heavy bag, is what you will do in the ring. I felt that what I did in the ring is what I would do on the street. I found I was right in my first exibition match. I went into the classic boxers stance and had my front leg blasted to the point that I could not maneuver. I now switch between a muay tai stance and my boxing stance, depending on range.
I think that boxing is the most practical method of delivering strikes, such as pressure points. The most powerful aspect of boxing, is not the punches(although I can't knock them). It is the maneuverability that it teaches, both offensively and defensively. But that is just one man's opinion.

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cross · Black Belt

Coudo · Yellow Belt

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