It can help but you're better off learning basic punch/kick technique then just boxing then swapping since the styles are so different you'll develop bad habits. Boxing head movement gets you absolutely clapped in muay thai and the angles and even punches are different. You're better off learning thai boxing first and taking some things from boxing when you can.

Will do. Thank you sir

Oh bro Im fairly certain 15 year old Mexican kids who been boxing since they were 5 will beat the f*** out of me. Boxing is high speed chess it isn't anything like street fighting. I don't think I'm the greatest fighter but I'm fairly certain anyone in my weight class I'm gonna get a couple licks in and yeah s*** happens. I could see someone accidentally knocking me out if I walk into some stupid s*** and that's fine I would accept it but if you come at me with malicious intent I'm gonna reciprocate that energy.

And sure there might be better ways to work out but I don't happen to like much but I do like boxinh. So why not pick up skills whilst getting in shape and doing something I like.

It's time to try some gyms and report back brother

firstly, it’s likely you won’t spar for months / until your coach allows you. meaning you’d have to get in shape, get the basics down, and show enough commitment to do so.

secondly, you literally can make the decision to spar or not…and when you do spar, you’ll be with individuals of a similar skill level.

third, when you are sparring you’re doing so w your peers/ teammates why would you have malicious intent for one another? yes things can get dicey, but that is the nature of the fighting.

fourth, it’s likely as you begin that you’re the most dangerous piece of a given sparring match. you’re new, you don’t know what you’re doing, you likely lack bodily control, and as you’ve proved thru your posts you’re a hot head. if you go in thinking you’re tough s***, or the fact that you’ve won a few fights in the past means anything, you will be humbled. also, just don’t be that guy

fifth, in the case that someone is going too fast, or you want to slow down, communicate that.

do some research on the gyms in your area. visit them, take a few classes, observe the coaches and the people. do those people align with who you are/ want to be/ values? how far is it from home? how much does it cost? do they offer the things you’re looking for? what’s the schedule like?

also, the gyms you mention certainly do exist. it’s up to you to suss em out. sometimes taking ur partners head off is the culture. compare the dutch and thai forms of sparring. whatever the case, a new guy will never start there

this is a quote from ur previous comment: I plan to work hard and listen to the coaches and put in work with other guys but that is my boundary

go in w that intent and you’ll be str8. also, when you begin, do what you can to leave your ego @ the door. i have to constantly remind myself that when i go to class.

Shout out to you for addressing my concerns this is a well thought out post and I appreciate you. However I disagree with you on me being a hot head sure I'm capable of f***ing s*** up and I have in the past but only when needed too, I'm not looking to instigate or get into fights (in the street) and honestly I think that plays a role in why I have won most my fights call it divine intervention or something because I feel like I was always in the right some what I've beat up kids trying to rob or tax me, multiple people trying to bully me, because I definitely don't look intimidating, I beat up a kid on once for trying to pick on a special Ed kid,a few people for trying to hoe me out I beat up two kids once for trying jump me I ddtd one of them into a school lunch table and split his head open the other kid caught the hands but I stg mofuckers be trying me sometime... Most of this happened when I was younger I don't live in the hood anymore and don't walk in gang infested territory like I use to. I actually haven't been in a fight in a long time and I'd probably avoid it completely now cause everyone carries guns and uses them. I'm p chill bro I just don't like being f***ed with cause I keep it cool with most so when someone does try to f*** with me I'm like wtf I would never do that to you what makes you think its cool to do that your gonna learn today why you should be respectful to others. Someone beats me up and gets the best of me. Good! You don't learn anything by practicing against people who aren't better than you but keep it professional with me if try to violate me, I can turn from a friendly guy to a gangster real quick. But at this point I avoid all confrontation when I was younger I had a chip on my shoulder if someone disrespected me I felt like I had to prove to them why I'm the s***. But now I know I'm the s*** and I don't feel the need to prove anything to anyone. I'll tell you what tho my banter is a1 I talk a lot of s*** some people get it and they can keep up and interactions with them are hilarious as f***. I don't think that makes me a hot head tho.

You make it sound real cool too like a club aspect to if and ofc they would carry themselves differently and I would vibe with some more than others thats only natural can't believe I didn't think of that. There like gangs themselves theres probably crews that will beat your ass for violating the new guy. My life is kind of a blur at the moment I just work work work. But hopefully one day I can join a boxing club I think it would be fun as f***.

That’s what I’m talking about tho, this idea of “if they come at me i gotta come at them with the same energy” type s*** is never good in sparring, i had it for a while too and it got my ass kicked or got me in hard spars. I wasn’t at a point like you where you said you’d go at then with a bat and s*** tho it was just an internal ego. If you have that you’re almost guaranteed to get in a war at some point since it’s gonna escalate. You gotta straight up ask people to go lighter and in the moment it’s harder to do than people think and even then a lot of guys don’t listen, if you take that personal and want to go at them, even outside the gym type s*** they not gonna like that and secretly green light you.
You can always join and just hit a bag, make friends and spar occasionally until you find a few people you like going with but look for a gym with a good culture

Getting tired of training man. Going once a week now, sometimes I just skip to lift weights and be alone

Let’s promise eachother we’ll both go tomorrow

Just train on your own when the gym empty or try different martial arts or different styles of the same thing.
If that don’t work think about competing and it’ll have you in the gym way more
Burnout is real tho, take some time off and you’ll find the desire to do it again eventually

i went a few hours ago and got it out the way :)

will be restarting bjj soon. Going to add some boxing/muay thai as well.

lets gooooooooooo

grapplers L

strikers W

Had to put a pause on my grappling membership, s*** was eating up my bank account lol and all my closest friends kinda stopped going too

Hopefully I can find a cheap Muay Thai place

Muay Thai mogs

My gym has this thing for the Thai program that you need to pass to take a fight where they grade you on everything. It’s 10 rounds on the bag, 10 holding pads, 10 hitting pads, 10 partner drills then 10 rounds of sparring.
I went home and legit collapsed lmao. My entire body almost cramped the last few rounds and i definitely f***ed up a bunch of s*** on me.

Boxing

Update: everywhere is like 50 dollars (AUD) a week. Wtf.

There is a university 40 minutes away that's MUCH cheaper though..

How long do you guys travel? I'm used to 15 minutes for BJJ

God damn that type of exhaustion is like ecstasy after you complete though. I remember some of my MMA classes making me feel that way

Been meaning to go to an mma gym and maybe get a couple fights in. Has anyone done this before? I know imma get f***ed up but i just wanna say i’ve done it before

Do it, it’s fun but just know it’s a genuine grind and sacrifice even at the amateur level.

Yeah i legit laid down for 2 days after lmao. S*** was fun tho