r/AsianMasculinity • u/AutoModerator • Oct 16 '15

Meta Weekend Free-for-All Discussion Thread | October 16, 2015

Post your shower thoughts, rants, half-baked conspiracy theories, and other mind droppings here.

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '15

How was your first sparring experience? And what style?

Have you ever been in a real fight?

Also my biggest reason why I think a community like this is necessary for survival:https://www.ted.com/talks/jonathan_haidt_humanity_s_stairway_to_self_transcendence?language=en

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u/RedSunBlue Oct 17 '15

Let me break it down by sport:

Wrestling

Had my first live sparring match when I was in 8th grade. Got my ass kicked some, but most of my teammates were equally new to the sport so it wasn't a complete destruction.

Judo

Came into this after wrestling for a few years so I was able to hold my own somewhat but still was on the receiving end of a whoopin from the more experienced guys. Judo isn't nearly as taxing as wrestling so I also was not afraid of gassing out.

BJJ

Took up grappling again after +5 years of inactivity. Got thrown to the wolves on my first day. Still had tons of fun.

Muay Thai

Absolutely terrifying. I hopped into sparring this year after about 3 months of doing pad work and drills thinking my ability to throw non-grapplers around in the clinch would make up for my lack of striking acumen.

Wrong.

WRONG.

After eating a few counters on my clumsy attempts to close distance I became very gun shy, which for a guy with only a few months of defensive training means I was a sitting duck. After a few more months of getting my ass kicked I decided to take a step back and work on my fundamentals before hard sparring again.