When i was about 13 i went to a boxing club.I was a little worried about going. I thought i'd be beaten up. I remember walking in with my mate Carl and feeling afraid of what might happen. Nothing bad happened though. I wasn't knocked out, i didn't get laughed at, no one made fun of me. I fell in love with boxing that day. I was in awe. I wanted to be like the fighters. I trained for a few years. I had a few fights- i won some, i lost some.And that was it.
I stopped boxing and got on with life. I still felt a tingle down my spine when i saw a fight on tv but i wasn't motivated to start training again. In my early 20 s i was out of shape and needed to get fit. I joined a gym and went through the motions. i hated it. it was boring. The weights were too heavy and i hated the idea of running on a treadmill for hours and going nowhere. I was ready to pack it all in when i saw a poster for a thai boxing class. I was interested. i knew nothing about thai boxing but i went anyway. For the first 6 months i was a punch bag. I was kicked, elbowed, punched and generally thrown about. I used to get lumps on my shin about the size of a table tennis ball. They hurt. My trainer told me to press on them hard so the skin became flat. It bruised badly but it wasn't sore anymore and i could still kick the bag.
Over the years i kept training. I stunk of deep heat and sweat. My nose got broke, i lost count of the black eyes, I got hit so hard in the stomach that i thought i was going to die. I was on the canvas, my leg shaking , gasping for breath and no one helped me. But i still went to training. I didn't give up.
I though professionally. In my first fight i broke my rib and ended up with a scar above my left eye. I lost. After the fight i had to change in the club's toilet because the changing rooms were being used by the other fighters. It wasn't glamourous.
I stopped training about 1 year ago. You don't get paid and it takes up all your time. I did other things. Thai boxing is a lot like chess. I can't talk about anyone else but i play because i love it and want to win. It's noble. Like thai boxing it gets in your blood and all you want to do is play.
I made a decision this week. I resigned all my games. The reason being i want one last fight. I want to stink of deep heat and sweat again and break a few more bones.Why? Because i think in life you have to give it all you have. I'm 32, soon i'll be too old. I'll miss playing chess.
Anyway, merry xmas all.
R
Originally posted by rockymcgeeGood Luck and Merry Christmas.
When i was about 13 i went to a boxing club.I was a little worried about going. I thought i'd be beaten up. I remember walking in with my mate Carl and feeling afraid of what might happen. Nothing bad happened though. I wasn't knocked out, i didn't get laughed at, no one made fun of me. I fell in love with boxing that day. I was in awe. I wanted to b ...[text shortened]... you have. I'm 32, soon i'll be too old. I'll miss playing chess.
Anyway, merry xmas all.
R
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great post. i took love boxing. there are 1000s of journeyman who toil in obscurity because they love the sport, they love to train, the effort it takes, the way that, like chess, you can't hide in a boxing ring, they chase the possibility of someday landing that perfect left hook. it's a beautiful human activity. i'm a boxing addict myself, although never fought competitively.
one of my hobbies is ultrarunning, or running distances longer than marathon, often on trails. this too gets in your blood and becomes a way of life, a mode of being. you get no tangible or monetary reward, the rewards are all personal and internal, much like the fight game. not a bad way to taste life. regards...
Originally posted by rockymcgeeI don't see why you can't continue to train in Thai boxing though, even once you've stopped having fights. Other MA's do, if you think about it the fighting is only one small part of it all. Train for the sake of training & because you enjoy doing it.
When i was about 13 i went to a boxing club.I was a little worried about going. I thought i'd be beaten up. I remember walking in with my mate Carl and feeling afraid of what might happen. Nothing bad happened though. I wasn't knocked out, i didn't get laughed at, no one made fun of me. I fell in love with boxing that day. I was in awe. I wanted to b ...[text shortened]... you have. I'm 32, soon i'll be too old. I'll miss playing chess.
Anyway, merry xmas all.
R
Originally posted by rockymcgeeI'm planning on getting into the ring next year as well for my first Muay Thai bout.
When i was about 13 i went to a boxing club.I was a little worried about going. I thought i'd be beaten up. I remember walking in with my mate Carl and feeling afraid of what might happen. Nothing bad happened though. I wasn't knocked out, i didn't get laughed at, no one made fun of me. I fell in love with boxing that day. I was in awe. I wanted to b ...[text shortened]... you have. I'm 32, soon i'll be too old. I'll miss playing chess.
Anyway, merry xmas all.
R
There's no way I'd give up chess for it though, as i think I have plenty time to do both.
Best of luck anyway.
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Originally posted by Ragnorakok just wondering if there was some difference, how long have you been training ? Never done any Thai stuff myself mostly Aikido, with a bit of Karate & Tai chi thrown in. Are there two sets of techniques, as in one for competitions & one of self defense ? Also any throws/locks ?
Same same.
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