Going to do One month of MMA

**itwasntme** · Posted On: 8/13/2012 7:45pm

Originally Posted by RurikGreenwulf

Keeping you people updated on this I went to the academy
and now I'm going to try one Month of Muay Thai before trying a month of MMA I spoke to the instructor of MT he also has a Kyokushin background.

This is where I got lost earlier. Is "MMA" the takedown and grappling classes?

I think you're going to enjoy this **** man. Good luck to you.

**doofaloofa** · Posted On: 8/14/2012 12:37pm

Originally Posted by RurikGreenwulf

Keeping you people updated on this I went to the academy
and now I'm going to try one Month of Muay Thai before trying a month of MMA I spoke to the instructor of MT he also has a Kyokushin background.

thats great

Now you have a month to practice breakfalls before you need them

**RurikGreenwulf** · Posted On: 8/14/2012 1:08pm

Some videos of the place if you are interested

and the MMA instructor
http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Sebastian-Latorre-4176

What do you think?

**RurikGreenwulf** · Posted On: 8/14/2012 1:35pm

Originally Posted by itwasntme

This is where I got lost earlier. Is "MMA" the takedown and grappling classes?

I think you're going to enjoy this **** man. Good luck to you.

I remember the trial class was:

Thai Clinch and working standing subs fron the clinch
Circuit of Boxing combos, Striking againts several mittens, Wrestling and then ground and pound on one of those long bags for striking

***WhiteShark*** · Posted On: 8/14/2012 3:56pm

Do more than a month.

**sashalex** · Posted On: 8/14/2012 3:57pm

worth it, very rewarding

**Moldy** · Posted On: 8/15/2012 7:20pm

Originally Posted by itwasntme

You're not a true addict, you only came to two classes last week.

who are you??? And I went to 4 classes.

**RurikGreenwulf** · Posted On: 8/15/2012 7:23pm

Just came from my first MT class
I can still do something!
I'm worried about Brain damage really I got tapped in the ear several times during boxing combos practice

**Moldy** · Posted On: 8/15/2012 7:50pm

Originally Posted by RurikGreenwulf

Just came from my first MT class
I can still do something!
I'm worried about Brain damage really I got tapped in the ear several times during boxing combos practice

You'll be fine. Ear shots just make you dizzy and hurt like hell, no brain damage there. I wouldn't worry about brain damage until you start saying dain bramage. Which will happen in about 3 months.

***Tranquil Suit*** · Posted On: 8/15/2012 7:59pm

Originally Posted by RurikGreenwulf

Just came from my first MT class
I can still do something!
I'm worried about Brain damage really I got tapped in the ear several times during boxing combos practice

A valid concern. Put this in perspective, how much hits do professional boxers take, it is magnitudes higher than recreational or ammy players.

A pro boxer trains 2 sessions a day, 6 days a week, imagine how much hard rounds of sparring that is. And how little time he has to recover in between sessions.

Give yourself time to recover from injury, your brain does have SOME capacity to recover from trauma.

Data shows that most of the sustained brain damage (especially long term effects) by pro boxers comes from their training sessions and lack of recovery. 40% of pro boxers sustain some type of brain damage, 20% of pro kickboxers (more damage overall, but less to the head). And ammy or recreational who literally takes 20 times less hits and with much longer recovery times has (I'm estimating) maybe 0.5% chance of some long term brain injury. And even then, not every brain injury is the same.

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