“Fighting is always the last answer to a problem.”
Boxing is a spiritual discipline. A means of self-mastery. A final resort, never the first. The best fighters train so they never need to fight. The art is restraint backed by overwhelming force.
Practice
The only martial art I have ever trained. Pure striking. Requires speed, timing, accuracy, conditioning, and control.
- Conditioning: Skip rope, Run, and Lift
- Practice: Heavy bag, Shadowbox, Padwork, Sparring
- Focus: Breathing, footwork, head movement, combinations
Mixed martial arts
MMA has proved that no single discipline is enough – not even boxing! All serious fighters combine the 3 big styles:
- Striking - attacks when standing.
- Boxing - fists
- Muay Thai / Kickboxing - fists, elbows, knees, kicks, clinch
- Wrestling - controls transitions from ground->standing and vice versa
- Offense - takedowns, slams
- Defense - sprawls, clinch breaks
- Grappling - controls dominance/submission on the ground.
- Brazilian Jiu Jitsu - submissions, escapes, dominance
Armed combat
Different context, requires weapons and specific training with weapons.
- Rifle - Modern ranged weapon.
- Semi-auto, gas-operated, large mag capacity
- e.g. AR-series, AK-series, sniper rifles, DMRs, LMGs, shotguns
- Pistol - Modern melee weapon.
- Semi-auto, short recoil, polymer frame
- e.g. Glock, Sig, etc.
- Bow - Primitive ranged weapon.
- Recurve, longbow, compound
- Silent, skill-intensive, slow rate of fire
- Alternatives: sling.
- Spear - Primitive melee weapon.
- A sharp stick. Effective in formations or solo.
- Alternatives: club, tomahawk, sword.