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[quote="wsmac"][quote="EvilKimEvil"][quote="CockneyRebel"]I'd like to get into women's boxing. [/quote] Me too. It looks like a fun way to get in shape.[/quote] You mean having your brain smacking the inside of your skull when someone else's glove plows into your head... or just the training part (skipping rope, bag work, running...) :P I like the cardio workout that boxers go through, as well as the bag work (heavy bag and speed bag). Once when I was in the Army, I knew a guy who trained as a boxer first in his life then went on to Karate. He said it took him a while to get used to watching the FEET as well as the hands (interpret that to mean he got his butt kicked a few times before he got out of the boxer's mindset :P ). Wing Tsun is one that I would like to try. We had an instructor locally for a short time, but lack of students made him close up. I tried Karate when my daughter wanted to go. I lost my enthusiasm for it because it wasn't any better than doing tai chi (which I prefer but haven't done in years) as far as a martial arts goes.[/quote]
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<table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" width="100%" class="forumline"> <tr> <th class="thCornerL" width="22%" height="26">Author</th> <th class="thCornerR">Message</th> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>aries</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://wrongplanet.cachefly.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 8:47 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody"></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Dantac wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">I took Judo for a couple of years. <br /> <br />But that is only for sport and last resort self defense. A gun is the best defense you can have.</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />Not in the UK. My brain and my legs are my best defence.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Dantac</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://wrongplanet.cachefly.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 12:34 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">I took Judo for a couple of years. <br /> <br />But that is only for sport and last resort self defense. A gun is the best defense you can have.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>JerryHatake</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://wrongplanet.cachefly.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 10:04 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">Well I do Kumdo and its funny. Better than Fencing because of the discipline and other things. <br /><a href="http://www.kumdo.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.kumdo.com</a></span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Tim_Tex</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://wrongplanet.cachefly.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 7:34 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">No, but it does sound like fun.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>ghostpawn</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://wrongplanet.cachefly.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 3:53 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">I've done some judo (about 300 hours) but that was a long time ago <br /> <br />I should train again when I have more spare time. I need the exercise. :p <br /> <br />Plus I might try other stuff, like I hear boxing combines well with judo (similar stance?)</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>gekitsu</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://wrongplanet.cachefly.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 10:45 am<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">yeah, the air part seems to be pretty big, too. i accidentially stumbled upon this as i youldnt leave my gloves in the sports stuff bag until next session, because i wanted to do sessions on my home heavy bag, so they always lay out in the open. <br />and always, always, always use bandages. not only does it prevent your gloves from drowning in your sweat, it also offers some stability to your wrist. <br /> <br />with cleaning, i sure didnt mean washing machine O_O wiping stuff off, and every few months (like, twice or thrice a year or so), carefully hand-cleaning and you should be topmost notch.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>englishwolf</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://wrongplanet.cachefly.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 7:21 am<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">With regards to cleaning pads. <br />My gloves are normally fine after just a basic wipedown as I wrap my hands for every session. Shin guards and boots I wipe down with a mild disenfectant after every use and then air dry. It keeps them from smelling bad and doesn't take long to do. Obviously you can't put almost any pads in the washing machine as they'll get torn to pieces pretty quickly but a wipedown with disenfectant is a pretty good substitute in my opinion.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Whisperer</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://wrongplanet.cachefly.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 10:15 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">If it's normal not to clean them then that's kind of ok with me too: I already went for a while without doing so (never really did other than spraying in some deodorant. . . sometimes). <br /> <br /> I was just suspecting mine stank more than everybody else's and that I would eventually get funny looks. I guess it's just me overthinking things. <br />Thanks.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>gekitsu</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://wrongplanet.cachefly.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 10:03 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">whisperer: i guess youll do this anyway, but i never had problems with smelly gloves because i wear bandages in them. <br /> <br />as for protectors... i dont really know, sorry. but proper ones should stand up to being washed every once in a while. a mate got himself a pair of twins shin pads made of leather. besides being the greatest shin pads ive ever seen, they sure are well cleanable.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>englishwolf</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://wrongplanet.cachefly.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 6:50 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">Aspie Kickboxer and former marathon runner here. <br />Kickboxing is the best thing I ever decided to do, has gotten me back into awesome shape after a few years not doing anything (though I always had a decent diet so never ended up with a belly or love handles really). Going to the gym after a hard kickboxing session is difficult but I feel so great afterwards for pushing myself so much and for not giving up that I go to the gym after every kickboxing session. <br /> <br />I still need a lot of training before i'll be ready but I want to get in the ring one day. I spar full contact regularly with a decent degree of power, and once a week go to a session of full contact where people go pretty close to full out on eachother. <br /> <br />I'm just getting back into my long distance running as I type this, can't believe it's been so long as I miss the rush of it so much. <br /> <br />Anyway, combat sports are great. Muay Thai isn't really my cup of tea but damn do I have so much respect for the art and it's practitioners! <br />Oh, and I recently started BJJ which is completely different to anything i'm used to and tires you out very quickly when you spar/grapple but it's also awesome.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Whisperer</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://wrongplanet.cachefly.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 8:47 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody"><span style="font-weight: bold">Question:</span> <br /> <br />I'm gonna pick up muay thai again soon. <br />Is there a really good way to clean gloves and protectors . . . like so as to make them not stink so much?</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Space</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://wrongplanet.cachefly.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 2:01 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody"></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>aries wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">Thought I'd post it here as I thought it more likely that someone might have seen UFC 80. I thought it was pretty cool that Jorge Rivera wore a T-shirt to the ring with Autism Speaks on the front and held it up to the camera. He seems like a real nice guy and he won in good style. War El Conquistador!</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br />Wow I didn't know that! He sure beat the crap out of kendal grove too, that was awesome. I hope we see him winning more in UFC!</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>aries</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://wrongplanet.cachefly.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 7:01 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">Thought I'd post it here as I thought it more likely that someone might have seen UFC 80. I thought it was pretty cool that Jorge Rivera wore a T-shirt to the ring with Autism Speaks on the front and held it up to the camera. He seems like a real nice guy and he won in good style. War El Conquistador!</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>regularguy</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://wrongplanet.cachefly.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 2:04 am<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: Any fighters here ?</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody"></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Quote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">yer but then again a marathon runner is copeating against the limits of his own body, a boxer on the other hand is competing against the limits of his own body and how hard his opponent is hitting him</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br />Good point. I have seen a few guys who were marathoners come into a boxing gym. They were disappointed because they were very tired after the first workout or two. I told them that training, endurance, and strength have a sport-specific element to them. I tried to encourage them to keep at it, assuring them that they would build up their boxing stamina, but the guys were very disappointed in how they did, and most of them did not return more than 2 or 3 times. <img src="modules/Forums/images/smiles/icon_sad.gif" alt="Sad" border="0" /> <br /> <br />It's a shame because I think they would have really enjoyed the training if they had stayed with it. It seemed like they felt a lot of pressure was on them, i.e., they worried that people would say, "That guy is a marathon runner. Why is he getting so tired?" <br /> <br />I've gotten similar comments from some of my friends who have attended my competitive bouts. There's a lot of enthusiasm and they say they'd really like to try the sport. On the other hand, they also say, "No way could I ever do that. I would get too tired." Or, "I'm not athletic enough." Well, I am no natural born athlete either. I have to work hard to build up my skill, and boxing is really the only sport that I am good at. Individual sports have always been more appealing to me than team sports; I have tended to do better at the individual sports.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>ADoyle</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://wrongplanet.cachefly.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 5:58 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">I do a re-creation of medieval sword fighting, except that I use rattan instead of steel weapons. My metal helmet protects me, but I still get bruises if I get hit where I don't have armor. I might take up another martial art such as karate because the movements are similar to what I do.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> </table>
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