Context I been training MMA for 2 ish years now, mostly at some subpar gyms that cater to hobbyist because those were the only ones available in my area, moved back down to south fl for better training and got invited to join a good fight team, I’ve never worked this hard in my life before and with this level I genuinely believe in the next 3-5 years of my consistency( 6 days a week, 2-3 hours a day) I can be the best in the world too, why can’t I be? What makes me different than the top guys in my division, although I lost my debut by dec the training I receive now compared to back then is a world of difference, I’m a better fighter than I was yesterday and I can feel it, does anybody else feel like this?

Everyone jst says that boxing is useless against a kickboxer and is really limited. So idk if i should do kickboxing or boxing.

Boxing jst seems too limited to me so im jst wondering why there so much hype abt it when u can jst do kickboxing or mma to defend urself better

Im 22 years old and trained muay thai for 6 months e and now I train sanda 2 months and my sensei want that I participate of graduation, but I don't feel ready because my kick with left foot is horrible, but my bro of train said for me that the sensei knows what do,

This same bro(he is black belt) said one time that I have potential and also that sensei commented that I improved well.

What are your experiences with these martial arts? Do you recommend?

I've been boxing for about 3-4 months, so I'm not very experienced. I saw that most people use 16oz gloves and helmets for sparring, but this is not the standard or even required in my gym. Would be okay if it was light sparring but the guys fight like they're trying to end the other. Some of them go easier on me cause I'm a girl but some absolutely don't and this makes me feel like shit afterwards. I don't even know if I want to keep going because of it. My eyes are still bloodshot and I'm still not feeling well from the last session.

I recently got married and took a few weeks off post-wedding to relax and enjoy the honeymoon, but now keen to get back to the gym. What do people normally do with their wedding rings during training? I obviously don’t want it to get damaged or chipped or bent out of shape, but it feels weird to be taking it off every time I work out. I mostly train kickboxing / TKD, and a bit of boxing, and then lift weights on off-days. So, married martial artists - what do you do with your wedding rings?

I’ve been wondering this for awhile now but are you supposed to wrap your hands when training all the time (bag work , pads, sparring etc.) I’ve heard of some people saying you shouldn’t have to when hitting pads or sparring because your not supposed to hit that hard but I always look at the pros and most of them always wrap their hands ,people talk about fighters that never wrap their hands for mma or boxing but I feel like their an exception not everyone has hands made of steel also I feel the “hand conditioning” like hitting the bag bare knuckle or “iron hands” is bs that would give you arthritis at my mma gym we have people that fight as amateurs and some wrap their hands some don’t, me personally I haven’t suffered a serious injury but I think I will switch over to wrapping my hands at all times as I don’t want arthritis or carpal tunnel later on in life . also for people that do mma sparing is there a specific way to wrap your hands so the mma sparring glove fits ?

Been training for a couple years now, joined a new fight team and have never worked this hard in my life, some days it’s like 3 sessions a day 4 hours, I be doing the cold plunges at the beach and a local pool but I still feel like I been in a car wreck, especially after the grueling wresting practice, I felt mangled, I just need sum to bounce back, so I can keep training.

I have been thinking about getting back into martial arts, but I ak not sure in which way to go.

I am trying to decide between kickboxing or MMA. As of now, I have 3 year experience in Judo(green belt), but it has been 6 years since I have done any training of it.

I have been ocasionaly doing some boxing sparring, but I want to improve my punching and kicking technique.

What would you suggest me to start training?

I am 26y old and I do not want to pursue carreer in martial arts or to go on the tournaments

Should I just start or should I workout a bunch in advance?

I feel pretty bad about how I look and feel, but again, I’m really driven to learn how to start boxing.

My friend and I have just started working out together, and we’ve decided to add in some friendly sparring as a warm up. He has been doing muay Thai for ~2 years, I have been doing shotokan for ~1 year, currently green belt. Any tips on how to approach a must Thai fighter with shotokan? I found it quite difficult the first time we sparred (only sparred once so far) as he is about 6’4ft and I’m 6ft. I found his combos hard to deal with and getting hits in was difficult with his superior reach. Any help appreciated:)

It's called Martial arts for a reason, it's not just fighting it's also used for Discipline,

You learned martial arts to defend yourself, You we're disciplined by your Instructor. Or Either You learned martial arts for sport. It never was about Hurting another person, Have some shame on yourself for Hating on another martial art for Being useless in a fight, because Some Marital arts Aren't For Fighting. Like Forms from Karate TKD and Wushu, they are "Ritualistic" they're meant to be learned and memorized for you to learn Focus and Discipline, So why would you Even Go Comment on someone's post just to say "Why are you Learning that martial arts it's literally useless go train muaythai" or something like that, It's literally Called Art for a reason.

When I spar and when my abdomen is hit, I feel like I'm about to pass out. This also happens during body conditioning. Any tips or workouts on how to lessen this effect?

I do Wushu, Yawyan, and Boxing.

Hey, one year MMA experience here. I've always loved the idea of sparring, I find it to be really fun and probably the best way to get better quickly in combat sports. However, I have never tried to do sparring with mixed rules and head contact since I do not want to actually compete. I frequently roll and wrestle in no gi grappling days and I've found myself doing body-shots and lowkicks only striking before, but I'd really like to start doing some light and controlled head contact since I want to get used to defend from boxing combinations and high kicks. If I do that, let's say, one time a week, how bad would the CTE situation be? I'm 20 y.o and my main interest is writing, so I'm pretty worried about the whole brain damage thing and its implications in a creative career

When I had this dream I had a fight the next day. I was watching my dream in third person. In the dream I was in the ring and the bell went to start the round and I fell over, but then all my muscles started expanding and growing in size, that was the end. When I woke up I felt stronger.

I’m interested on what peoples opinions are on this dream