Boxing or Kickboxing?

[Vuk]

The one time I boxed I detached my retna

Now I just carry knives or clubs, I have no use to prove my manhood in a fight, I'd much rather cause serious brain damage than do some antquated mating ritual in which the strongest survive

So are you saying then that boxing is impractical? Also, I hate to clue you, but a knife or a club may not do you a heck of a lot of good if you do not know how to use them (esp if someone gets you from behind).

[Strike For The South]

So are you saying then that boxing is impractical? Also, I hate to clue you, but a knife or a club may not do you a heck of a lot of good if you do not know how to use them (esp if someone gets you from behind).

No very practical I just don't do it

People usually don't screw with me becuase I usually don't screw with people. Walk with confidence and the muggers will find someone else. I entertain no back alley fantasies

[Vuk]

No very practical I just don't do it

People usually don't screw with me becuase I usually don't screw with people. Walk with confidence and the muggers will find someone else. I entertain no back alley fantasies

lol, but you don't think that it is important to have something for an emergency? Then why do you carry a knife? Actually Strike, I have been attacked twice, and right on Campus in the middle of day. I have also been attacked while at a State park. People are confrontational beings, and whether you wish it or not, there is a good statistical chance that some time in your life you are going to be forced into a physical confrontation. Some people of course are in positions where it is more likely than others.

[Strike For The South]

haha, Did you know your attackers? Were you being confrontational?

I've never been attacked nor do I ever think it'll happen. I also am at a point where I just prefer to do the most bodily harm the quickest. If someone attacks me they forefit rights. Once again, I entertain no illusions. Fights are nasty, short, and brutish won by those willing to escalate the level of violence

[Vuk]

haha, Did you know your attackers? Were you being confrontational?

I've never been attacked nor do I ever think it'll happen. I also am at a point where I just prefer to do the most bodily harm the quickest. If someone attacks me they forefit rights. Once again, I entertain no illusions. Fights are nasty, short, and brutish won by those willing to escalate the level of violence

To answer your question, yes, I did know my attackers (both of them), but I was not being confrontational.

Let me as you a question now, who said that you could not use a martial art (such as Kickboxing) to inflict bodily harm as quickly as possible. Who ever said that you had to go easy on someone or that a fight was not nasty?

[Centurion1]

boxing and kickboxing are sports not martial arts. and neither are good for self defense.

[Vuk]

boxing and kickboxing are sports not martial arts. and neither are good for self defense.

I would agree with modern sports boxing if not combined with other things, but not so with kickboxing. I think that you can easily put a self-defense spin on kickboxing and make it VERY effective. People tell me the same thing about TKD, and yet I can kick some @$$ with TKD. It just depends on how you train, and on realistic expectations. For instance, I believe that it is not practical to rely solely on something like TKD or kickboxing, but that does not mean that they cannot be used very effectively.