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Go ahead, throw out the obvious ones, throw out the not so obvious ones, but most importantly...
Well, I just joined a boxing gym and they don't let you spar unless you are registered with usa boxing or something like that. So needless to say I will at least have 2 or 3 ammy boxing matches. On the point of gentle sparring any good school should teach that every now and then a hard spar is good.Improved motor skills and power asquired by countless repetitions using only your hands.
I still don't think it will make any ground breaking differences to your game if you don't compete in the sport. People who train recreationally tend spar soft against each other and not really test once limits. Kind of like an average traditional martial arts school.
Well, I just joined a boxing gym and they don't let you spar unless you are registered with usa boxing or something like that. So needless to say I will at least have 2 or 3 ammy boxing matches. On the point of gentle sparring any good school should teach that every now and then a hard spar is good.
well the way I look at it, when you spar technically you can do some science and experiment with things you aren't very good at, and when you spar hard, you can pressure test the things you've discovered.I am just speaking from my own experience, maybe yours is different. It didn't make a better fighter at all from just the technical training, and the sparring was too soft against intermediate guys to have any impact. He won't let you spar full contact unless you are in the competitiors group.
I am just speaking from my own experience, maybe yours is different. It didn't make a better fighter at all from just the technical training, and the sparring was too soft against intermediate guys to have any impact. He won't let you spar full contact unless you are in the competitiors group.
You need a damn avatar picture.You do not learn a lot of a heavy sparring if you are not advanced enough for it either. Sure you can go and bang and feel good when it lands, but in reality it is a fight between two wills in this case if you do not have the skill set to work with. I train with a guy who has been fighting for 15 years and has some medals in boxing and kickboxing and he does not love hard sparring at all. He says nothing to be learned in a hard sparring, just how hard is your jaw and your liver.
You need a damn avatar picture.
now where is your avatar?when boxing with good guys youll never see hands that good and fast in mma fights so thats a huge edge for me is i know nobodys gonna match my hand speed
now where is your avatar?
you're naked.
The punching mechanics is pretty different esp. if your striking is predominantly from a kickboxer. One of the better fighters at the gym used to box before going into MMA, and how he sat down in his punches was completely different. Once I got the hang of it somewhat, my crosses became nasty. Funny thing is it felt like I didn't put anything in, and wondered at times why it felt "weak" when in fact is was the best I've thrown. Hook mechanics are different as well, hooks in KB for the most part are just a transition to set up the kick at the end. Whereas in boxing its meant to dish out damage.
Their sense of distance and range is pretty good as well. It will feel weird if you're normally a "walk down" fighter, because the boxers I've sparred have no concern about backstepping for some reason, they're fine fighting off the ropes sometimes.
They tend to be okay with not having every single punch your main kill. Long combinations is quite common, whereas in your typical MMA or MT gym, you rarely go past 4 strikes. Its not uncommon to be worked 8-10 strikes + movement in boxing. Oh that too, lots of focus on movement.
I'm not a boxer, but this is just my exp. training with those that have a background in it.
Oh forgot also, the most important one is you get the ability to post and lecture others on Sherdog about your expertise even though you've only been at it for a 2 days.
You do not learn a lot of a heavy sparring if you are not advanced enough for it either. Sure you can go and bang and feel good when it lands, but in reality it is a fight between two wills in this case if you do not have the skill set to work with. I train with a guy who has been fighting for 15 years and has some medals in boxing and kickboxing and he does not love hard sparring at all. He says nothing to be learned in a hard sparring, just how hard is your jaw and your liver.