(Ffighters beat up all other athletes and marathon runners put the ‘flight’ in “fight or flight”)
In a REAL fight no one will be wearing big pillow gloves, if this doesn’t sound familiar, than you are not a fighter yet. If you are hit by a fist, you will know the difference right away, and your response will be secretion and utilization of adrenaline. This response is known commonly as “fight or flight” and it happens to everyone: no matter what. period.

At this point - if you’ve been sitting on the couch for the last three years - you’re screwed, no matter how much boxing, muay thai, wrestling, tae kwon do, jiu jitsu or whatever you learned back in the eighties or nineties. If you’re not physically active you should not fight, no matter how many black belts you’ve got. For this reason, I put money on capoeira over almost anything. Recreational capoeira training is more rigorous than any other traditional martial art (unless you’re training for a professional or amateur bout).

Kickboxing and boxing are sports, so beware. If someone has been training in one of these lately, they are very likely to kick some ass come fight time BECAUSE THEY ARE ATHLETES. Yes, the moves they learned will help them win, but it is the physical activity that gives the edge. Oscar de La Hoya would whoop my ass! Not because he knows how to box. I, too know how to box. The reason he’d beat me up is because he trains like A WORLD CLASS ATHLETE, he also fights with the heart of a tiger. If, however, ODLH was inactive for a few years sittin’ on the couch, watchin’ ricki lake; I’d frickin’ slaughter him in a boxing match - assuming that I stay active. And you know why.

The xyphoid process is an oeseous organ located at the centre of the diaphragm at the base of the sternum. It is fragile because of its shape and location, and can be dislodged easily from its home with an accurately placed blow of moderate force. This can be fatal. This is why you never see fighters do that to each other, it is illegal. Goes on the same list as fighting vs. girls and kicking dudes in the nuts, whatever you may call it. Some call it bread and butter, I call it cowardice.

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