Message from @Sigma
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I tend to go in there and brawl a bit
@Unknowncrash that's the thing if you swing your hips into your punch and use your whole weight you can throw a punch harder than someone much stronger than you who uses only arm strength
I'm heavier than I want to be, so I'm not that agile anymroe
@Reaper of course I know that shit, I do that to others ever since I was a child
I'm heavy on my feet
But strength traing helps
A fucking lot
@Unknowncrash yaya
yea i want to drop down to 155 again
I'm about 170-175 atm
i'm still pretty light on my feet and graceful but i can't fight for shit. Mostly just inexperienced.
I don't take punches too well
If someone is throw a ton of punches and hitting me I tend to panic
The voice chats been a bit quiet lately hasn't it
takes me a while to warm up
@GingerSnaps it's a good idea to learn the basics
@4sakenm3ssiah i haven't been paying attention but i know i haven't been in there in a short.
@Reaper yeah, all this talk of boxing is making me think i should start there.
Boxing is a great place to start
@GingerSnaps I am a huge advocate at starting with boxing cause you will learn practical knowledge day 1
I want to do boxing again
There's a really friendly and tolerant aikido academy in my area though so i was going to go with them. But i could liekly find the same thing in a boxing gym.
Boxing is quite common in the states, no?
I don't think aikido is that practical
it's common
we also have a lot of mcdojos too
@GingerSnaps if you want to do aikido do it, most boxing gyms are monthly, go to one for a month or two then switch
Martial arts in the 70s-80s used to be good, now it's about business and making money
student retention
easy black belts
when I did kempo there were some black belts I had no problem with when sparring I was a blue belt at the time
I've been knocked out by a roundhouse kick going too intensely with my instuctor once
I dropped my hand and he snuck in a roundhouse kick to my head
@Sigma @Reaper thanks for the pointers guys. Yeah i think that's a big reason why this aikido dojo is so tolerant of people, they realize being open to one and all is a great business model. I've heard a lot of smaller and private dojos are draconian even and expect 100% seriousness and dedication. I have a shitty attitude when pushed too hard much to the detriment of my personal development.
mcdojos
just do grappling, honestly
most fights end up on the ground anyway
Grapping is good, I recommend that too
Wrestlers are hard to take down, so bonus points if you do wrestling and grapping