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No offense, but that statement is really dumb. Learning martial arts, for example, can have many benefits, such as a greater sense of wellbeing, self discipline, not to mention being able to protect yourself.lookingforanswers said:No offense, but boxing and any other fighting sports are really dumb. These sports are very violent and have no place in society. And your basically signing up for brain damage.
Sheik said:No offense, but that statement is really dumb. Learning martial arts, for example, can have many benefits, such as a greater sense of wellbeing, self discipline, not to mention being able to protect yourself.lookingforanswers said:No offense, but boxing and any other fighting sports are really dumb. These sports are very violent and have no place in society. And your basically signing up for brain damage.
Violence has a place in nature. Don't expect that to change. Don't deny the reality. I don't like pushed around, but no amount of complaining or judgement is going to make the world change for me. All I can do is be stronger.
lookingforanswers said:Sheik said:No offense, but that statement is really dumb. Learning martial arts, for example, can have many benefits, such as a greater sense of wellbeing, self discipline, not to mention being able to protect yourself.lookingforanswers said:No offense, but boxing and any other fighting sports are really dumb. These sports are very violent and have no place in society. And your basically signing up for brain damage.
Violence has a place in nature. Don't expect that to change. Don't deny the reality. I don't like pushed around, but no amount of complaining or judgement is going to make the world change for me. All I can do is be stronger.
Well Martial arts are for defense purposes for use in dangerous situations. That is completely different than engaging in fights for no reason.
you said:Oh come on. For fun is just as valid reason as self-defense, if both participants are voluntarily doing so .
burtlancast said:you said:Oh come on. For fun is just as valid reason as self-defense, if both participants are voluntarily doing so .
https://youtu.be/waJTKs_Uv-8?t=16m8s
Pete Bruno and his family grew up around the sport. His son, Tony Bruno, was an amateur boxer and college scholar who made the unfortunate decision to fight in a “smoker” style of brawl. After a series of blows, his only son ended up in the hospital with no happy ending. Outside the screening room, I met the father-son duo. Tony has made a partial recovery only after enduring 25 years of intense rehab. His father Pete is now obviously and deservedly critical of boxing and has even penned a book about his son’s tragedy. But he offered, “You see the good, the bad and the ugly of boxing. Let the viewers–you–decide for yourself!”
Sheik said:No offense, but that statement is really dumb. Learning martial arts, for example, can have many benefits, such as a greater sense of wellbeing, self discipline, not to mention being able to protect yourself.lookingforanswers said:No offense, but boxing and any other fighting sports are really dumb. These sports are very violent and have no place in society. And your basically signing up for brain damage.
Violence has a place in nature. Don't expect that to change. Don't deny the reality. I don't like pushed around, but no amount of complaining or judgement is going to make the world change for me. All I can do is be stronger.
lookingforanswers said:No offense, but boxing and any other fighting sports are really dumb. These sports are very violent and have no place in society. And your basically signing up for brain damage.
burtlancast said:Dying to Fight: The Tony Bruno Story
http://www.amazon.com/Dying-Fight-Tony- ... 1432725017
Pete Bruno and his family grew up around the sport. His son, Tony Bruno, was an amateur boxer and college scholar who made the unfortunate decision to fight in a “smoker” style of brawl. After a series of blows, his only son ended up in the hospital with no happy ending. Outside the screening room, I met the father-son duo. Tony has made a partial recovery only after enduring 25 years of intense rehab. His father Pete is now obviously and deservedly critical of boxing and has even penned a book about his son’s tragedy. But he offered, “You see the good, the bad and the ugly of boxing. Let the viewers–you–decide for yourself!”
jaa said:But don't pretend that those kind of injuries aren't extremely unlikely.
burtlancast said:jaa said:But don't pretend that those kind of injuries aren't extremely unlikely.
The most successful heavyweights champions of the seventies were Ali, Frazier, Norton, Foreman, Holmes, Spinks.
Out of the six, 3 died while afflicted with a degenerative brain disease, and the remaining one, Ali, has been a legume for the past 10 years and will join them imminently.
That's a 67% ratio.
jaa said:burtlancast said:jaa said:But don't pretend that those kind of injuries aren't extremely unlikely.
The most successful heavyweights champions of the seventies were Ali, Frazier, Norton, Foreman, Holmes, Spinks.
Out of the six, 3 died while afflicted with a degenerative brain disease, and the remaining one, Ali, has been a legume for the past 10 years and will join them imminently.
That's a 67% ratio.
Those guys are life long boxers at the top of the sport getting hit by the hardest hitters on the planet. That's not representative of the average person who takes up boxing.
People are also much more aware of brain injuries now and steps can be taken to mitigate the damage and training methods reflect this.
Anthony said:I am an aspiring boxer and I find a lot of Ray Peats research very fascinating I was hoping for people more knowledgeable than I to help me apply some of his ideas to my sport.
Such_Saturation said:Don't you wanna be at the top?