http://www.martialwhat.com/quality-of-preparation-and-personal-safety-in-boxing/ What, how and about martial arts Wed, 07 Jul 2010 11:22:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.martialwhat.com/quality-of-preparation-and-personal-safety-in-boxing/comment-page-1/#comment-402 james Mon, 29 Mar 2010 01:34:03 +0000 http://www.martialwhat.com/?p=277#comment-402 Nice post there. I agree with what you've said, Fighting is not about being tough and fighting like a man: it’s about reaching the right level of preparation and quality of technique and having enough experience to avoid being slaughtered. Nice post there. I agree with what you’ve said, Fighting is not about being tough and fighting like a man: it’s about reaching the right level of preparation and quality of technique and having enough experience to avoid being slaughtered.

]]> http://www.martialwhat.com/quality-of-preparation-and-personal-safety-in-boxing/comment-page-1/#comment-393 Matt Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:23:53 +0000 http://www.martialwhat.com/?p=277#comment-393 Unfortunately, like you said in the post, some of these competitors are in too much of a rush to prove their toughness. They get it in their head that they are ready, and if the coach doesn't control that instinct, they can be in a lot of trouble. Unfortunately, like you said in the post, some of these competitors are in too much of a rush to prove their toughness. They get it in their head that they are ready, and if the coach doesn’t control that instinct, they can be in a lot of trouble.

]]> http://www.martialwhat.com/quality-of-preparation-and-personal-safety-in-boxing/comment-page-1/#comment-378 massimo Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:22:48 +0000 http://www.martialwhat.com/?p=277#comment-378 @james you make an interesting point here James: it si obvious that Health and Safety has moved at a completely different pace in the workplace and in other places open to the public compared to sport contexts where serious injuries do happen regularly. In fact a funny experience is when, in the gym where we are training, we are not supposed to stand on a chair when hanging up the punching bag but it's ok to hit it at full power with the risk or fracturing our wrists. It is also OK to kick and punch each other in the head :-) Perhaps one day contact sports will be abolished all together, but let's hope it will never happen. Going back to the fights it has to be said that the referee stopped the fights very often and in one case even the coach <em>threw in the towel</em> to indicate defeat and stop the fight: I am still convinced that most of those fighters should have not been in the ring in the first place. @james you make an interesting point here James: it si obvious that Health and Safety has moved at a completely different pace in the workplace and in other places open to the public compared to sport contexts where serious injuries do happen regularly. In fact a funny experience is when, in the gym where we are training, we are not supposed to stand on a chair when hanging up the punching bag but it’s ok to hit it at full power with the risk or fracturing our wrists. It is also OK to kick and punch each other in the head Perhaps one day contact sports will be abolished all together, but let’s hope it will never happen. Going back to the fights it has to be said that the referee stopped the fights very often and in one case even the coach threw in the towel to indicate defeat and stop the fight: I am still convinced that most of those fighters should have not been in the ring in the first place.

]]> http://www.martialwhat.com/quality-of-preparation-and-personal-safety-in-boxing/comment-page-1/#comment-377 James Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:17:58 +0000 http://www.martialwhat.com/?p=277#comment-377 Interesting - The law about health and safety in this country is very strict. If you wanted to send someone into a noisy room to work for an hour you would have to give them protective ear defenders. Apparently it is OK to send someone into a boxing ring without the ability to protect themselves to a sensible level??? The coaches should be ashamed of putting their guys at risk like that. Full contact is bl**dy dangerous, one punch or kick in the wrong place and you're dead! Boxers die from head injuries in the ring! It happens a lot! Interesting – The law about health and safety in this country is very strict. If you wanted to send someone into a noisy room to work for an hour you would have to give them protective ear defenders. Apparently it is OK to send someone into a boxing ring without the ability to protect themselves to a sensible level??? The coaches should be ashamed of putting their guys at risk like that. Full contact is bl**dy dangerous, one punch or kick in the wrong place and you’re dead! Boxers die from head injuries in the ring! It happens a lot!

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