Insane violence?

Question

Hey everybody, whats up?

umm.. okay i LOVE to fight. There is no other thing like it.

Im in love with fighting.

SOOOO... my dad respects it, but he dosn't want me to get hurt. But thats the whole thing. Im not afraid to get hurt, I LOVE it. Im not signed up for anything, but im going to this summer. So my dad is suggesting teakwondo or Kung Fu but i really wanna do kickboxing. My dad dosn't really want me getting into insane violence, So how old do you have to be to start kickboxing?

Answer 1

Martial arts is a positive thing, 3 of my daughters and my son all had martial arts training at an early age.  (started the girls between the ages of 8 to 10, and my boy from about the age of 3).   The confidence level and self assurance that comes from martial arts is always a positive for children.   But martial arts is not "fighting" as you describe.  My son is now 20 and was considering MMA as a hobby until a recent illness sidelined him.  The girls have shifted focus in their lives and no longer train regularly although they remain active in sports.

I understand you dad's concerns, I share them with my son and still have reservations about his decisions.  All parents worry and fret over their children's decision's in life, but they almost always hope for the best.  If you are over the age of 18 the decision is yours, not your parents although I strongly suggest you take their advice, usually it's for the best.  Violence is a part of life, and if you choose a path that envolves boxing or any other contact sport, that will be part ot the risk you take.  I wish you the best of luck, age is no real barrier, I saw Ernie Reyes Jr. doing a demonstration in a martial arts tournament at the age of 4.

Answer 2

5 or 10

Answer 3

None of the sports you mentioned are connected with insane violence. But there are two rthings that worry me:

1. I strongly hope that your love for fighting only is linked with fighting in a ring and not on a street. Learning a martial art goes hand in hand with the responsibility not to use it in your all day life. It is like a weapon and one shouldn't arm a person that lacks this responsibility.

2. If you love to get hurt, you shouldn't learn any of these sports. It is vital to fear getting hurt to be a good fighter. You should not fear the fight, but if you don't fear getting hurt you will get hurt and lose the fight.

But if I got you the right way, you are just exagerating your will to fight. If this is all I wish you best of luck for your start. I know the point of fearful parents. Even after five years of boxing my mother calls me after every sparring session or fight and asks me wether my nose is allright or not. One good way to reduce it is to take your parents to training with you and show them, that they don't have to worry.

If you are at an age, where your parents can tell you what to do, you are not too old to start.

Once again best of luck.

Please excuse any grammar errors, but english is not my first language.

Answer 4

Some of the best kickboxers ever started late. I'll give you some examples with links below.

Remy Bonjasky. Started at 18

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWtRNdsJe...

Rob Kaman. Started at 16.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vCm7Hh1I...

Peter Aerts. Started at 13

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2unULXIig...

This is in K1, the main kickboxing organization in the world you should watch it on Youtube and learn from the videos. And remember, it doesn't matter how late you start, it just matter how much you work for your goal. Good luck to you!

Answer 5

wow you sound pretty awesome. lol

there are plenty of MMA gyms around, you just have to look for them. i am 16 and i do MMA. (muay thai, brazillian jiu jitsu, boxing, wrestling)

Answer 6

kickboxing or boxing or muay thai start at any age, just depends what the coach allows, and as long as he has other people that age so you can spar them.

Don't do TKD or kungfu if you love fighting or your want to learn to defend yourself.You will miss out since they are semi contact and generally get wiped out on the street too.

Having bounced for 8 years and been in the army 13, if your dad has any interest in your ability to protect yourself the best bet is more realistic sports like boxing, kickboxing, MMA, mauy thai, wrestling and jujitsu etc.

I think you realise that by the sound of it.:) Feel free to read this to your dad if you want. I'm happy to answer further questions

Tell your dad kickboxing, boxing and the realistic sports don't have any 'insane violence'.

They want people to come back after all, not go to hospital every second week. Most of those guys have school or jobs like you and me and can't afford time off to nurse busted heads. Also no one spars or fights unless they are

A. ready.

B. want to anyway. In other words there is no obliigation to spar or fight at all.

The coaches get their training fees for amateurs whether you train or fight, so they have no interest into pushing people into doing something uncomfortable.

In fact it usually the karate, TKD and kung fu clubs you hear about in the media putting their kids through weird or abusive treatment, and strange ordeals(like kicking them 200 times or making them squat in position for an hour as 'punishment' etc.) or pushing them into tournaments.

No one punishes anyone in kickboxing, boxing, MMA or mauy thai. you train seriously or you get asked to leave.

And  also because some of the karate and TKD or rare martial arts clubs may be small in number or poorly regulated kids end up fighting in tournaments against anyone, bigger or older, if no one else has turned up in their division.  

Lastly kickboxers, MMA and boxers are less likely to get into trouble in real life. For the simple reason it is boring as h**l to fight the average guy, after you have trained with real pros.

That is half the problem with the semi-contact styles they all end up with a chip on their shoulder, waiting to test themselves out 'in real life', or 'on the street' Its all you ever here from them on yahoo answers. "Will my stuff really work etc?" since they never test it in the safety of the club they end up getting into trouble wanting to test it elsewhere.

Either that or they get the 'scared rat' look when there is trouble brewing wondering "is this it, is this really it, can I handle it???" and the scared rat look is like a red rag to a bull for social predators.

Someone who does kickboxing or boxing's best defence is they already know what they can do, and are a lot cooler under pressure for all the above reasons, and find ways out of trouble before it even starts.

Hope this helps

Answer 7

First of all - im not a kickboxer, or do TKD or any of that, so i cant answer in relation to them. I am however, a boxer. So, ill answer in relation to boxing and im guessing itll be pretty similar for kickboxing. At my gym, there are girls as young as 12ish, they dont fight but just train their. So any age is good. A word of wisdom.. you might not be afraid because you havent been there, boxing (and kickboxing too id imagine) will show you fear like youve never known!

Answer 8

a lot of professional boxers today started learning to box around the age of 10. Whatever age you are at is a good age to start. I don't know much about kung fu or tkd but kick-boxing or boxing are great martial arts to get involved in. her ar some questions to ask your potential trainer in either boxing or kick-boxing...

1.Have you ever fought in competition (tournaments or individual fights)

2.Have anybody you have trained fought in competition and how well did they do?

you don't want to learn from anybody who has no practical experience and hasn't had any good fighters

as for insane violence I... I haven't ever seen any insane violence in boxing. It is a fight and there is always a risk of getting hurt you take when you step into the ring but I don't think it is insane