earlier today i did a class with muay thai and bjj for the first time. moved from tae kwon doe to this gym. at the end of my muay thai they told me i was really good as if i had done it for at least a month. so i am pretty happy with that part. i just need to get better at the thing where you like collide your knees and elbows i forget what its called tho. then when i started the bjj it was so hard. like we jumped right into the drills and i didnt understand anything. but then we got into the wrestling thing hwere one starts on the ground and you fight to get back controll. it was very difficult. but i got it after a minute. i almost beat someone who was like twitce my size. SHE WAS SCARY BRO. she was like a year younger than me and still like twice my size. i twelve and i weigh 120-130 5,6 but im not exactly sure but she was elevena dn like five nine and almost TWO HUNDRED POUNDS. it was very painfull bro.

Trained Wing Chun for a while then left in pursuit of boxing and wrestling. Over the years I always found myself going back to It. Wing Chun is simply fascinating. It's ingenious, I have this intimate relationship with it. The concepts and principles are ahead of its time. It does have limitations most notably within its defence, counter-blocking measures, distance control but it's actually really practical and ideal for self-defence. Wing Chun is at its best when it's used in conjunction with other arts and styles. A tool, supplement, a means to an end if you will. The one thing it's severely lacking is conditioning. Students are as soft as butter. If you train Wing Chun make sure you condition your body. My second instructor was a former Muay Thai expert and he would incorporate the drills in our training to toughen us up. This helped and improved our overall skills immensely. My instructor said and I quote. "If a Wing Chun man adopts the mindset of a Thai boxer, you have a dangerous Wing Chun man."

I'm from Brazil, the birthplace of capoeira, and I did it when I was a kid.

Nowadays, after having got into combat sports and training for years, I'm thinking about coming back to Capoeira as a 34 years old. I still have good enough flexibility, preserved back/spine, good knees and all.

I'd like to learn the acrobatics stuff they have, not necessarily for combat sports, but I also wonder if there's valuable stuff for actual combat sports application there.

Ive been running about twice a week trying to get my stamina up. Do yall get most of your cardio from sparring? Or is there certain workouts yall do to supplement your martial arts?

Left Eye injury sparring

I keep getting caught on my left eye when I spar. Got checked up today and doctor said I have an eye abrasion/scar it will take 1 week to heal with eye drops. I dont use headgear.(mma gym almost no one uses it also we go quiet light 50% or less). I spar guys that are way more experienced than me and they always time me and catch me with their jabs. I am working on my defense every day but wanted to hear from anyone else what they did if they ever experienced this. Will headgear reduce this problem tremendously?

Im planning to hang up my slip bag, pretty small little one that maybe weighs a couple pounds at most. Do I need to find a ceiling joist or could I just screw an eye bolt into the drywall and call it a day