Any fighters here ?

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Boxing, thai-boxing, MMA?

I love training thai-boxing, and watch fights and follow it all the time, but I don't know if I will ever compete. I wonder if there are any fighters with AS in these sports?

I was gonna start boxing. It's pretty much the only sport I really care for. I went for one lesson, but it just never really panned out. Mostly due to scheduling conflicts. I might give it another go when I start college.

I do Wing Chun Kung Fu. I have level two of seven, the equivalent of 2.5 years of training. I have sparred on occasion, but I'm really more interested in the techniques that are forbidden in the ring I.E. the ones that wins fights when it matters, so to speak. This is not to say that sparring isn't great fun

Before that, I did two years of boxing, but it got boring due to lack of sparring(I had braces at the time).

I'd like to get into women's boxing. I need to get in shape, first.

Me too. It looks like a fun way to get in shape.

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...)

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 ).

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.

any of you who posted that they consider boxing:
yeah, it IS a lot of fun, both the whole conditioning part and technique. and damn, does it get you in shape. ya. but its not fun in an easygoing flimsy way at all. if you are used to standard aerobic classes, the constant anaerobic force output will teach you whole new levels of being wrecked. but then, its also very rewarding...

i do muay thai (well, on a break now as my instructor gets a new hip joint) and it really shaped me up in several areas: power, cardio, flexibility, proprioception... pretty much any sport martial art is a great way to get fit. boxing, kickboxing, muay thai, this kind of stuff. as long as it is clearly aimed at application in the ring, the art will also be focussed on making you fit enough to fight a few rounds in the ring. with pure self-defense courses, that could or could not be the case. even if there is going to be some conditioning, it wont play the role it plays for a sport.
also, sports oriented martial arts have the benefit of being rather training safe. not much that can get damaged when you are boxing with +10oz. gloves, mouthguard, headgear and groin protection (plus breastplate for the girls) i sparred with 10oz gloves all the time and while getting the occasional bruise, nothing serious happened. i managed to injure worse all by myself.

Personally, I am not into getting my head smacked around with or without gloves, mouthpiece, and headgear.

But for those who are, they should understand the risks of a contact sport involving blows to the head.

I'm not an alarmist by any means, I just want people to think about what they are doing before entering the ring.
Even a 10 oz glove, smashing into a padded headpiece, is going to move your head in such a manner that you brain will smack into the inside wall not once... but possibly more times, depending on the strike and if your head contacts another surface after the initial blow.

Of course, it seems as thought the majority of folks who engage in contact sport do quite well in their lives without noticeable impairment, you should take your family medical history into account and your own health before playing woodpecker with your head.

btw: I agree about the workouts... boxers and wrestlers always seemed to have the most intense workouts I have ever seen in sports.

I do Tae Kwon Do and Chen Style Tai Chi Chuan. I love the meditation aspects of Tai Chi.

I started muay thai last year. Before that I've been working out and trying different combat sports/martial arts. Never reached black belt in anything due to quitting and changing so much but I think I did end up learning stuff anyway and it helped me pick the basics very fast.

I still suck badly at mainstream non-combat sports.

I do MMA. I'm a tall dude, so I capitalize on that with jabs in sparring . I enjoy it very much and it happens to me one of my obsessions.

I do TKD, in fact, I'm posting from class right now!

Hi. Amateur boxer and brand new member here. I have competed; it's a blast. Now, I'm doing it mostly at a recreational level, but might do some limited competitive events just for the fun of it.

Cheers,

Steve

Used to do Wing Tsun Kung Fu, I was never really flexible or dextrous enough. Having since found out I am dyspraxic possibly explains. The other factor is astronomical cost.

Nice. Boxers and muay thai/kickboxers >>>> all other athletes in my opinion. I give the edge to boxers though because they fight 12 rounds and take so many shots to the head. Toughest sport in the world I think.

Hi. It's difficult, that's for sure; on the other hand, I don't see myself running any marathons either. That seems mighty grueling, too.

I don't know how the elite pro boxers can go 12 three-minute rounds. I've been boxing since I was a boy (11 years old) and I'm 43 now. My bouts have been 3 rounds of 2 minutes each. The other guy is going all out to win, too, so we're spent after just 3 rounds.

It's still great fun, though.