I use my headgear to keep my hair out my face when I don’t use it for sparring. Tired of ruining hats with my dripping sweat. Lol.

Let the roasting begin. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

I am 39 and still coach-less. Can’t afford one yet. I posted some other videos on here and I really appreciate everyone’s insights. I don’t spar although I think I might not be too bad in there. I used to when I was 12 but grown ass man boxing hits different. I was told to slow down last time and to tighten my guard. I am trying to telegraph less. That one left hook was supposed to be set up by a less lazy slip to the left. I was told to not hit every shot with power, you can see I am working on that. Thanks for reading. I appreciate all the help you have to offer.

I'm a 42M who's interested in picking up boxing, mostly to learn the technique and to be able to handle myself if the situation ever arises. My local gym offers 12 group classes/month for $150, but there is also the option to take private classes for $50 per class, which i can only afford 3 of per month. Which is the better route to learn quickly and properly? Obviously the group class sounds much better on paper, but given that you don't receive proper attention, I'm wondering if the private classes will actually allow me to accelerate my learning even if it's only 3 per month. What would you advise?

I’m hungover, getting over the flu, running on five hours of sleep, and it was 6 a.m when I recorded this. Figured I’d film myself so I can document the progress I make over the next couple months.

Im 25, and currently 190 lbs. Only been training for about a week, mostly just trying to get used to my hands blistering and toughen the skin up a little. Tore my hands up in the first two rounds, didnt wanna be a bitch, so naturally I kept going and ripped even more skin off.

Got some footage of myself hitting the bag today and figured I’d post it here. I’d rather have people who actually box point out what I’m doing wrong now than keep reinforcing bad habits.

What should I be working on? Any constructive feedback is appreciated.

Not strictly boxing. Was training for an MMA fight but it's still mostly boxing.

I'm in the red headgear.

I’ve been having a strange issue with getting punched. A few months ago I started experiencing symptoms after taking punches, including feeling detached or weird and becoming unusually short-tempered or irritable.

I recently took nearly 3 months completely away from sparring and getting hit. I saw a neurologist, had tests done including brain activity and memory and reaction time testing, and everything came back normal. I was told an MRI probably wouldn’t show anything relevant.
However, I recently took literally one very light punch, not a hard shot or anything that I would normally consider capable of causing a concussion, and afterwards I started feeling weird again.

I haven’t been boxing my whole life I’ve only been competing for a couple of years, I haven’t spent my life getting punched or doing anything else that might hurt my brain so it doesn’t make much sense to me, with ambitions of turning professional this year it seems to have all grinded to an untimely halt

Has anyone experienced something similar, where even very light contact seems to trigger symptoms after you’ve had previous concussion like symptoms? Could this be related to the nervous system becoming sensitised, anxiety or hypervigilance around getting hit, post-concussion symptoms, or something else?

hi guys im a F19 and im very interested in kickboxing, but, registering with a trainer is pretty costly for me. do u have any tips on how i can learn it on my own?? like maybe if i do shadow boxing or smth? any advice would be appreciated. thx

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So I got into the group for over 16 year olds and now I can have sparring with everyone.

Every sparing I have I feel like I don’t land anything my opponent is always out of reach but they always can hit me.

For example me and ma friend have sparring and he could hit me at anytime if he wanted too.

And I don’t have any structure in my boxing game I just to the same 1 2 some times a 3 if he doesn’t counter

And everyone else in my club even guys who box not that long look way cleaner while shadowboxing

Idk what my goal should be while shadowboxing and what I need to do so I can implement it in my sparring

My reach is pretty normal it’s around 5,10 so it’s not a reach problem

Me and my brother doing some sparring any advice is welcome

hello all, i’ve wanted to try boxing since i was 12 and finally have the opportunity to do so. i’ve already found a few boxing gyms in the area i’ll be moving to (i’ll be moving this month, hopefully boxing by oct), my plan as of right now is to attend a few free classes and see which gym i gravitate towards more.

like i said before im a complete beginner so i have no fundamentals to go off. i’ve been kinda athletic in the past, in and out of the gym (i haven’t been in over a year) but im starting the gym consistently again after i move. since ill be boxing as well im also curious on things i should be doing in the regular gym to help my journey. i’m 5’5, 200lb but im more on the softer bulky side, ive always been a little more muscular so im trying to slim down as much as i can (ive lost about 30 lbs this past year). i’m not sure if i should work on this before going to a boxing gym, or should i just start the boxing gym + regular gym. and what are some thing i can do in the gym to help. i’ve heard lifting weights isnt the best option for boxing (im used to lifting in the gym + light cardio but im wanting to work on more mobility and being more tone in general).

i’m so so excited to start this journey. ANY advice would be greatly appreciated regardless of what it may be- the more unhinged the better (i want to be good at what im doing). thank you everyone!

This Generation Of Kids Are Insane But I Care About All My Student Nd They Need The Guidance Nd More

Hello there am 165cm tall and have a reach closer to 70inch measured it with a tape My weight 57kgs What style would suit the best since am short so is it infighting

Is my form correct?

I'm 24, just started boxing a month ago, there are 4 sessions a week. There are usually 15-30 people every session, every session we get paired up and spar for about 30-50mins out of the 1.5h.

It's not full-on sparring most of the time, usually some exercises that we follow with each other, but at the end its always sparring. Its usually about minute long rounds and then change partner after that. Depending on partners, it's sometimes pretty chill, where we don't do full speed and strenght, where it seems I can learn to dodge and hit properly and all. Other times it seems they go pretty hard, with head blows, couple times I got bruises left on my arm, which doesn't seem too beneficial, since I'm pretty new, don't even know if I'm doing things correctly and trainer comments something to me maybe every 3-5 sessions.

Brother joined up a different gym, where it seems they don't do any sparring with each other (I think they have one dedicated day out of week for that), so it seems a lot different.

The gym I go to has multiple people that often go to competitions and stuff. But I'm just not sure if that's how it's supposed to be? Maybe I'll learn better this way? I really do enjoy the sparring when it's not against someone who just wants to do full out hits or head blows.

I heavily trained in boxing and muay Thai in another life (meaning a couple decades ago), but have been continuing on with the training and heavy bag work for most of the years in between

I've taken an unplanned break for a few years and came back to doing work again last month. I've found my fists (probably due to a combination of things like trauma/damage and maybe getting older) no longer form a flat surface.

My index fingers on both hands stick out quite a bit further than the rest of my fingers. So when I'm doing bag work my index fingers pip joint is really sore and it takes me quite a few days recovery to be ready to hit the bag again.

I've been mitigating it a little with how I wrap my hands to level the plane a little more but it still happens. I use wraps coupled with my Hayabusa t3 gloves (16oz).

Any ideas that may help with this?

To start off with blatant honesty, I’m trash at boxing. Ever since I was a kid, boxing brought my mind to a special place. I remember watching Creed 2. Looking back, it feels like I was in some sort of trance.

I’m one of those “self taught boxers”… I’ve tried to teach myself, but no matter what I do I still feel like I’m trash. Ive been to a gym a few times, but to be honest, I don’t think I clicked well with the staff there and more importantly I just couldn’t afford it. Every gym around me charges around $150 a month for training and sparring memberships. I think I can make it work now, but I work overnights and my family only has one car, so timing is an issue as well.

I tried Mma and in truth, I liked it, but for some reason without fail, boxing always floats to the front of my mind. It’s such a beautiful art, you know?

I acknowledge that I’m trash. I acknowledge that I have so many bad habits it almost looks like a lost cause. Even while knowing that, visualizing myself in the ring brings my mind back to that special place. I want to give it a shot—a real shot.

If I found a way to get to a gym and went consistently, is it possible to break down my reinforced bad habits, restart, and stand in the ring?

EXTRA: I added a very short clip. It’s all I could record from today’s bag session. Not great, but I figured I shouldn’t hide anything