New Posts For Thread: Anyone ever tried combat sports?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30262573/anyone-ever-tried-combat-sportsDo you get to have a proper fight, how long does it take? Do they have leagues and stuff, can you test yourself against other people from other gyms. I am thinking specifically boxing here, but would consider other forms but Dont wanna spend six moI made contact with an old type leather football with my head. It hurt.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30262573/anyone-ever-tried-combat-sports?post_id=539346567#539346567I made contact with an old type leather football with my head. It hurt.Sun, 11 May 2014 07:45:45 -0500I don't think you'd even get to Spar before you'd done some box and bag work.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30262573/anyone-ever-tried-combat-sports?post_id=539346535#539346535I don't think you'd even get to Spar before you'd done some box and bag work.Sun, 11 May 2014 07:44:30 -0500Kenny - did you box for Fyffe's? I used to bag for Morrison'shttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30262573/anyone-ever-tried-combat-sports?post_id=539345977#539345977Kenny - did you box for Fyffe's? I used to bag for Morrison'sSun, 11 May 2014 07:09:51 -0500Brazilian ju-jitsu seems to be the popular combat sport at the moment. I'm not even sure what it is but I think it's a martial art similar to judohttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30262573/anyone-ever-tried-combat-sports?post_id=539345733#539345733Brazilian ju-jitsu seems to be the popular combat sport at the moment. I'm not even sure what it is but I think it's a martial art similar to judoSun, 11 May 2014 06:54:40 -0500There used to be a 'contact' Karate club in the mid-1970s somewhere near Crystal Palace in south London. I worked with two young blokes who joined it. One did okay but the other got busted up too often for his liking. The one who did okay went on tohttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30262573/anyone-ever-tried-combat-sports?post_id=539345585#539345585There used to be a 'contact' Karate club in the mid-1970s somewhere near Crystal Palace in south London. I worked with two young blokes who joined it. One did okay but the other got busted up too often for his liking. The one who did okay went on toSun, 11 May 2014 06:44:59 -0500i appreciate they might have to be a little careful with combat sports but couldnt you just get two beginners all padded up and protected and let them go at each other hammer and tongs and then afterwards tell them where they are going wrong, what thhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30262573/anyone-ever-tried-combat-sports?post_id=539345085#539345085i appreciate they might have to be a little careful with combat sports but couldnt you just get two beginners all padded up and protected and let them go at each other hammer and tongs and then afterwards tell them where they are going wrong, what thSun, 11 May 2014 06:00:18 -0500Did a bit of boxing in my teens.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30262573/anyone-ever-tried-combat-sports?post_id=539342139#539342139Did a bit of boxing in my teens.Sat, 10 May 2014 18:27:01 -0500I heard a very good interview on TalkSport this week on the Colin Murray programme when he was talking to heavyweight boxer David Price.He said he'd been on trial for Liverpool as a lad but didn't make the grade and because a mate of his was traininghttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30262573/anyone-ever-tried-combat-sports?post_id=539342125#539342125I heard a very good interview on TalkSport this week on the Colin Murray programme when he was talking to heavyweight boxer David Price.He said he'd been on trial for Liverpool as a lad but didn't make the grade and because a mate of his was trainingSat, 10 May 2014 18:26:17 -0500Do you get to have a proper fight, how long does it take? Do they have leagues and stuff, can you test yourself against other people from other gyms. I am thinking specifically boxing here, but would consider other forms but Dont wanna spend six mohttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30262573/anyone-ever-tried-combat-sports?post_id=539341641#539341641Do you get to have a proper fight, how long does it take? Do they have leagues and stuff, can you test yourself against other people from other gyms. I am thinking specifically boxing here, but would consider other forms but Dont wanna spend six moSat, 10 May 2014 17:58:44 -0500