Its been about 2 years since I left the TA due to a knee injury and I've been looking at doing something to keep fit other than simply going to the gym.
Knee is a better now though I'm not sure I'd want to risk put too much strain on it yet so am thinking about taking up boxing initially though eventually if I'm still not getting any knee issues through running etc.. I'd quite like to pursue judo and maybe also try some muay thai or similar.
Basically I'd like to take up something that will not only keep me fit but also would be realistic for self defence - less of the jacki chan nonsense more physical fitness and competing against people who are actually fighting back.
I was wondering - if anyone here has done any boxing before, how often you'd train, amount of fitness training in-between sessions and how long it took until you were able to spar and/or compete in fights? Ditto to Judo or kick boxing etc...
I previously did karate (wado-ryu style) up to blue belt - but tbh... although some of it is useful a lot of it involved unrealistic pair work (essentially defeating attacks against zombies, people punching once etc...), going up and down a room punching and kicking the air in a rather traditional and unrealistic fashion - essentially the few times where we did do light sparing (points based) all the traditional technique went out of the window anyway - wide stances and punching from the hip was pretty much useless against a live opponent.
I also had a go at some supposed 'ju jitsu' at uni - which turned out to be a mix of judo and some slightly dubious self defence - again against zombie opponents who only strike once.... sometimes with or without a plastic bottle, knife.
Knee is a better now though I'm not sure I'd want to risk put too much strain on it yet so am thinking about taking up boxing initially though eventually if I'm still not getting any knee issues through running etc.. I'd quite like to pursue judo and maybe also try some muay thai or similar.
Basically I'd like to take up something that will not only keep me fit but also would be realistic for self defence - less of the jacki chan nonsense more physical fitness and competing against people who are actually fighting back.
I was wondering - if anyone here has done any boxing before, how often you'd train, amount of fitness training in-between sessions and how long it took until you were able to spar and/or compete in fights? Ditto to Judo or kick boxing etc...
I previously did karate (wado-ryu style) up to blue belt - but tbh... although some of it is useful a lot of it involved unrealistic pair work (essentially defeating attacks against zombies, people punching once etc...), going up and down a room punching and kicking the air in a rather traditional and unrealistic fashion - essentially the few times where we did do light sparing (points based) all the traditional technique went out of the window anyway - wide stances and punching from the hip was pretty much useless against a live opponent.
I also had a go at some supposed 'ju jitsu' at uni - which turned out to be a mix of judo and some slightly dubious self defence - again against zombie opponents who only strike once.... sometimes with or without a plastic bottle, knife.