Unpopular take perhaps but fuck combat sports and football. It's people just constantly bashing their brains out and not being able to think or articulate themselves clearly as CTE eventually encompasses their brains.
Don't even get me started with the fanbase of both sports. I don't think I've met an UFC fan that wasn't heavily insecure about themselves. It's the same energy I get from kids who become cops or soldiers because they were always afraid of being seen as frail, or even bullied.
Have you watched the documentary Felix worked on, Fighting in the Age of Loneliness? Kind of made me view fighting differently. They don't let any of the people like you described off the hook, but they offer a unique perspective on them and the societal conditions that create them. Or at least that attract people to fighting.
I still don't watch much UFC. It's a little too violent for me. But I do respect it slightly more after watching the doc.
Yeah I love doing martial arts and combat sports but I don't watch mma. I have to watch each specialized discipline seperately because they don't have chud culture surrounding it (with the exception of boxing).
It's an effective way not to get lasting head trauma however.
Btw there are plenty of styles and specific classes that keep brain bashing at a minimum. For example brazilian jiu jitsu. A little bit of bashing is ok if you wear protective gear.
brazilian jiu jitsu is great. i train in a direct lineage from DLR.
Muay Thai is also great. there are things that can be done to train responsibly and minimize the chances of CTE. tell your doctor you train and what it consists of. get your scans and bloodwork as regularly as you can afford to. headgear doesn't do much, but it does help.
there are ways to do this responsibly. becoming able to effectively defend yourself becomes more important every day.
Well, even for martial arts that do involve a fair bit of getting punched in the head, usually more easy going classes will at most include light sparring which won't be very dangerous for your head.
small impacts over time make a bigger difference than the occasional hard impact when it comes to CTE. by all means, train what is effective, but get your scans and get your bloodwork. regiment your training accordingly.
I'm a combat sports fan, lol. I've loved martial arts since I was a kid. There's a lot of leftist fans and fighters, don't let this cunt or some tapout losers online skew your view of us too too much lol.
That's the part that gets me. I'm just not willing to permanently sacrifice fractional pieces of my ability to think in order to learn a specific fighting style. I just can wrap my head around it (lol)
I've taken martial arts where you don't do head trauma twice a week and it was fun. I'm just not willing to concuss my poor brain, it's damaged enough as is haha
Unpopular take perhaps but fuck combat sports and football. It's people just constantly bashing their brains out and not being able to think or articulate themselves clearly as CTE eventually encompasses their brains.
Don't even get me started with the fanbase of both sports. I don't think I've met an UFC fan that wasn't heavily insecure about themselves. It's the same energy I get from kids who become cops or soldiers because they were always afraid of being seen as frail, or even bullied.
Have you watched the documentary Felix worked on, Fighting in the Age of Loneliness? Kind of made me view fighting differently. They don't let any of the people like you described off the hook, but they offer a unique perspective on them and the societal conditions that create them. Or at least that attract people to fighting.
I still don't watch much UFC. It's a little too violent for me. But I do respect it slightly more after watching the doc.
I learn combat sports to defend myself and my queer comrades. I watch ONE FC as fight study, and have learned to enjoy MMA.
That said, if every UFC fan vanished from the earth it would be a net win. It's not as toxic as boxing, but it comes damn close.
word, I have 0 issues for people learning MMA and the likes for useful purposes.
Yeah I love doing martial arts and combat sports but I don't watch mma. I have to watch each specialized discipline seperately because they don't have chud culture surrounding it (with the exception of boxing).
Right but also no head stuff or at least keep the head stuff at a bair minimum. Don't bash your brains people.
this is not an effective way to learn how to fight
It's an effective way not to get lasting head trauma however. Btw there are plenty of styles and specific classes that keep brain bashing at a minimum. For example brazilian jiu jitsu. A little bit of bashing is ok if you wear protective gear.
brazilian jiu jitsu is great. i train in a direct lineage from DLR.
Muay Thai is also great. there are things that can be done to train responsibly and minimize the chances of CTE. tell your doctor you train and what it consists of. get your scans and bloodwork as regularly as you can afford to. headgear doesn't do much, but it does help.
there are ways to do this responsibly. becoming able to effectively defend yourself becomes more important every day.
Judo is very similar and much, much cheaper than BJJ.
Well, even for martial arts that do involve a fair bit of getting punched in the head, usually more easy going classes will at most include light sparring which won't be very dangerous for your head.
small impacts over time make a bigger difference than the occasional hard impact when it comes to CTE. by all means, train what is effective, but get your scans and get your bloodwork. regiment your training accordingly.
What most good gyms do is light contact "technical" sparring 95% of the time with "hard" (near full power) sparring in preperation for a fight.
Yes, and if you just want to learn some self defense, you don't even really have to do the hard sparring thing, or fight competitively.
I'd say you do. Getting punched full force is something you've got to practice being okay with.
Well I guess you could also practice being okay with getting stabbed but it's not a great idea.
Correct, getting stabbed is much more likely to kill you.
Even better reason to practice being stabbed.
I'm a combat sports fan, lol. I've loved martial arts since I was a kid. There's a lot of leftist fans and fighters, don't let this cunt or some tapout losers online skew your view of us too too much lol.
That's the part that gets me. I'm just not willing to permanently sacrifice fractional pieces of my ability to think in order to learn a specific fighting style. I just can wrap my head around it (lol)
I've taken martial arts where you don't do head trauma twice a week and it was fun. I'm just not willing to concuss my poor brain, it's damaged enough as is haha