On Thursdays I do an hour of intense circuit training followed by an hour and half of MMA fighting. 2nd lesson tonight.

I got the shit kicked out of me at sparring. I thought I was quite hard, but tonight gave me a real reality check!

Scary before-hand, painful during, de-moralising after! However, this shit makes you a man and I would recommend it for that reason.

Any other MMA/martial arts buds on here?

yo Snake, how much does a MMA lesson cost?

a while back I looked into the boxing side more, locations, costs, etc, but just settled with the freely available punch bags at my gym's fitness studio.

I got 10 lessons for £20 from Groupon. Really good deal!

MMA at my place is usually £10/class without membership and £6 with (membership £40). Is at Hither Green.

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Would recommend Groupon too, I got 8 Salsa lessons for £20 also.

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Snake eyes, you should get in touch with Wake. He loves his MMA.

Yep, big fan here. You were hard sparring after only your 2nd lesson? Sounds counter-productive to me but I guess everywhere is different! lol.

I have found combat sports really good not just physically but mentally too. It is challenging, humbling and often at times daunting, which you have to get over and get stuck in. Incredibly rewarding to challenge yourself and get through it. Similar aspects to pickup in that way.

yeahh i just started a couple of week ago at predators in manchester. circuit training and then an hour and a half mma would kill me btw.

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Am also into mma and did it for 6 months last year before going back to muay Thai full time for logistical reasons. It's one of the toughest sports no doubt,but ite great for self confidence,fitness and physique. Is recommend it to anyone.

With respect to sparring,some clubs do it regularly and others will separate it out into a later session for the experienced guys. Be wary of a club that rarely does it because its the best way to learn,in my opinion,particularly for mma.


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For exactly the same reasons im thinking of taking boxing. Going to gym you can pump some musles but it does`nt give you same confidence.

i am so ahead of the game its unreal

Yeh, sparring should definitely be available, but for beginners I don't think getting stuck into hard sparring early on is productive.

The way that I've had most success both learning and teaching, from the grappling side mainly though:

a) Learn a technique broken down slowly
b) Drill a bit with no resistance
c) Drill with 50% resistance
d) Drill with full resistance

Going full on with a beginner just causes them to spazz out in most cases cos they don't know what they're supposed to be doing and they're under pressure so don't have time to think about the technique they've been taught.