thats not very nice daniel, everyones welcome.
right my man, you need to decide what kind of fighting or martial arts you want to do, there are many many different styles, do you want to be a stand up fighter? boxer, kickboxer muay thai boxer, karate etc... i went for muay thai, hits hard, fast and fluent, relies heavily on conditioning, the training i typiclaly go through would involve skipping, press ups, sit ups, stretches, starjumps, focus pads, kicks combinations and punch combinations, including knees and elbows and some sparring, i have found muay thai a fun and non intimidating exeperience.
other fighting styles can include ground fighting, such as BJJ, Ju Jitsu and wrestling, i again study Ju jitsu, i would recommend it if you can take pain, my preference would have been to learn BJJ but when ur from a small county you take what you can get. JJ masters throws, submissions and grappling. you build up a filing cabinet in your brain of submissions and positions. its a very technical art which requires concentration and preperation.
starting off you very little equipment in most martial arts, you may be required to buy a gi, or karate suit to some, but these generally will be bought a few classes into the art you choose. if your studying kickboxing for example, alll you basically need is a pair of shorts and t shirt, once you have decidied to continue with whicheevr sport or art you choose you wil buy other equipment. your average lightweight beginers gu will cost you around $40, kick boxing shorts about $40, a cheap pair or sparrign mitts might set you back around $25 and a set of skipping ropes $15.
its essential to give each one a fair go as you wont be peter aerts or royce gracie at your first lesson, martial arts takes months and years of dedication, you need to haul your ass out of bed even when u dont to, howver the best thing is to just enjoy it,
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