cmanns

Me and a few of my friends started fighting with gloves at night - I've never been in a single real fight before, we're able to go to the ground and such. What should I do to be better? I totally suck so usually I dont expect it and go to the ground fast

Chris Mortimer

Don't use 100% of strength, at first, this rule should go to you and whom ever your 'sparring' with its a fast way to end your training regime. Use about 70%- 80% of what you could use.

Judging by your thread and return thread, you ended up getting a bloody nose, which could indicate it may off been a ego driven exercise, which seldom achieves anything. As you get better you can up your strength to higher percentage. But what you did is very like an actual fight, from what it sounds, which is not that conducive for a beginer wanting to train to become a better fighter, more a test of whom wanted it more on the day.

If you want to use 100%, then your gunna have to wear protective gear.
Or you could learn to fight a little like shootfighting, everything but direct punches to the face, I pratice this, when a friend come down, its pretty good stuff, oh yer and no headbutts.

Tips on ground fighting for a beginer, don't stress, just enjoy the experience, the more time you end up on the ground the less claustrophobic you will feel, and the more ground intelligence you will develope.

Watch some dvds, and develope how to evade been taken down, this really annoys lazy bjj guys, who stick to the same old premise of getting you on the floor, and leaves them open for attack.

If your in a mount position and someone is shooting punches from the bottom to your face, this is the perfect situation to set up and arm bar, then its game over.

Hope some of this helps, just develope some rules when your 'sparing' you should be quite proficient at ground work within 6-9 months.

Good luck and keep it up!!

Crashsti

i would tell you to seek out a real MMA gym. some place that has instructors who have been part of the sport for awhile. yes, it is possible to learn everything on your own, but i think you'll find it more fun to be around other people who also like fighting and have experience that you can learn from. you'll get better alot more quickly and not get hurt as often from poorly executed techniques.

PrettyBoy

this sounds really stupid and fake IMO.

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DrumzCT

I second Crashti. I say this all the time but I've done what you're doing and I now go to a real gym. What you're doing is going to wind up getting you hurt and getting parents pissed off (I'm assuming you're younger). If you really want to fight you have to dedicate the time and money into real training.

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PrettyBoy

Yeah, this is deffinitly very dangerous and would piss your parents off when they have to pay for your medical bills.

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lwbfl

And the other kids bills, lawyer, etc. I've been there already.

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PrettyBoy

haha i wouldnt but i could imagen.

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the_nothing

If you're just fighting with your friends, couldn't you just write up a contract or something similar to a waiver explaining that each fighter is not responsible for any injurys that might occur?

MTKrav911

Actually doing what you're doing is more dangerous than getting training.

In a gym, there are usually more experienced instructors and fellow students who know how to train and help you avoid getting injured. NObody in training is out to truly hurt the other one in to the hospital. They're there to train.

Although in the old school Karate days, my coach said his instructor turned the dojo lights off and told all the students to start swinging and kicking each other or grappling in the dark to simulate being surprise attacked on the street.

And it worked too, because everyone that came out of that dojo was and still is a mean SOB. In a good way though!

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