Do you want to be a good fighter and do not know how to do this, then just read this article to solve your problem.
1 Join a reputable dojo for your style of interest.
There is a big difference between Traditional styles of fighting which focus on Katas (Forms) and preserving the history of the art form with some
minor point system sparring, these are beautiful and artful styles rich in
benefits to your health and mental well-being which are to be respected, but
not used in a real fight, or to be a real fighter and any honest teacher will
tell you the same.
- Functional styles of
fighting which are meant to defend yourself in life or death situations,
or to take control of a given situation when necessary where you will
train rigorously and to the point of physical and mental exhaustion
against other people of various builds, with little to no rules other than
that you respect your partner and do not injure anyone.
- Don't let this scare you
away, the people that attend these dojos are 99.9% the nicest people you
will ever meet, people like you who want to be a good fighter. You will
get hurt, whoever hurt you will apologize profusely, you will recover and
you will be stronger for it.
- If your dojo is not like this, find another dojo. The best fighters do not talk, smack or disrespect one another.
2 Have honor and pride in your heart every
time you fight.
- If you defeat someone in the
street, you should have respect for them. Make sure they are OK and do not
be sarcastic or offensive. Offer to buy them a drink or get some food,
tell them about your dojo and the positive effect it has on you, suggest
that they join so you can have more matches together (even if they were a
pushover).
- As a fighter, it is
important to spread respect and a positive attitude to people around you,
especially your enemies and especially if you just knocked them out.
- Winning a fight on the
street and then being a jerk about winning, will only bring you and the
people you love misfortune. If you succumb to their antics, you have lost
as the person you strive to be.
- Make them play your game,
you are the stronger individual. Who knows you may save a life, or make a
best friend. A fighter does not know someone until he has fought with
them. So that jerk you just knocked out at the bar, might turn out to be
your best friend, having a bad night.
- Traditional styles, if
taught by a proper instructor, are very useful and can be deadly to an
untrained opponent.
- Whatever you do, DO NOT take
the fight to the ground. Styles such as Jiu Jitsu are only useful against
one opponent in a secure area. In the street, his friends will beat down
on you if you are doing some fancy choke hold.
- Striking arts such as Karate, Mauy Thai and krav maga (along with many others) are the most useful against multiple opponents or against someone with a knife. These are styles focused around conditioning your body to receive and deliver blows. This is why an average person simply cannot fight someone who trains to fight.
3 An excellent example of this is the Shaolin
monks.
- Shaolin
monks who showcase their amazing features of
superhuman strength. The fact is, as any of them will tell you
it is very simplistic rigorous conditioning done over a period of years on
a schedule. Leading to things like, breaking a baseball bat with your shin
kick. Breaking cement blocks with your head. Punching through a lot of
wood.
- Any of these features will
normally shatter bones, cause horrible compound fractures and trips to the
hospital. Worked up to very slowly and diligently over the course of years
and it is an eventuality. Keep in mind that unless you train 10-14 hours a
day, you will never be as good as hardened as a Shaolin monk, who lives to
preserve their teachings. DO NOT shin kick a baseball bat.
- Your average person on the
street is on one end of the spectrum, and a Shaolin monk who spends his
entire life conditioning his body to be as hard as iron is on the other
end. You at your best as a fighter will fall somewhere in the middle.
4 Eat right!
- If you are training to fight
on top of your everyday responsibilities, you will need to consume 2 to 3
times your normal values of calories. Professional fighters consume around
6000 calories a day!
- If you cannot afford to eat good solid meals with lots of protein and vegetables, be very careful about the intensity of your training. Do not over-exert yourself! Try eating 4 or 5 small meals a day, instead of 3 big meals. Buy wholesale (bulk) protein/vitamin bars and drink lots of water.
5 Train at home.
- Run over in your head
throughout the day things to improve on, where you made mistakes in your
sparring or in fights you have lost outright. Think of ways to improve
each angle and scenario.
- Shadowboxing
is essential to any style and is not boxing it can
be whatever your style, work on perfecting your moves. Do not be
embarrassed, good shadowboxing translates to good form and style in a
fight. Try to use a wall or bag you can tap (lightly) to keep an idea of
your range relative to the position of your stance.
- Train for every possible encounter in and out of the ring. While walking around outside, consider what could be used as a weapon, what materials are around you that could aid/hinder your ability to defend yourself. Never get backed into a corner. Do not form habits of walking near ledges, curbs, or anything that could send you off balance should you be surprised.
6 Do some sparring(kumite)
- Have you been training for a
few months, are you now in great shape and have a good understanding of
how to fight properly. It may be time to test your skills against other
fighters.
- Test your skills and learn to improve where it counts. When you lose, do not be disappointed, be happy that you found some things to work on. A good fighter would be bored if he won every match easily.
7 Never give up.
- You will experience hard
times and nasty injuries in your training. Through it all though you will
wake up one day to find that you are a great fighter.
- Never use the power you gain
to control people, it is a demon you will have to fight as you become
stronger than most people. You will want to be in charge and you will fail
to understand why people of authority, have authority over you.
- Do not let people push you
around, but do not go around looking for a fight either. If you succumb to
this, you have failed yourself and everyone who has trained you. Be strong
mentally as well as physically.
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