Please help, Damn nose

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Originally Posted by BoxingNewbie

My problem is, that im very afraid about my nose

Im afraid of breaking it. This make my VERY uncomfortable during fights,

Im holding gloves close to my nose and all I can do is throw some soft jabs to my opponent with right hand still close to the face.
im starting bleeding like a pig.
Please tell me , is there a some way to avoid this or Im just a possy and boxing isn't for me( :( :()

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Afraid, what i am saying is if you have the competitive mentality to say "Ok if you hit me i am going to hit you back twice".
This can mean, yes it is a contact sport and i am going to get hurt, but i like this sport and i am going to fight fire with fire.
The best images to use in boxing or mma is "this is the art of hitting and not getting hit". But i use this one all the time in sparring
"Ok if you hit me i am going to hit you back twice".
As it takes the emphasis of evasion, and buts it on offense as the best defense is attack.
Dam the cliches

i did thai boxing as a kid and want to start boxing, but i don't intend to make a career out of it and therefore don't want my nose deformed.

what are the odds i will get my nose broke just from sparring

If your coach does his job right, and you have an okay sparring partner, it will be unlikely that your nose will get broken. Remember sparring is usually a like a hands on lesson, you're not in their to beat each other up. Besides that, don't be pussy, a good attitude will help you more than shelling up, flinching and those natural responces attributed to fear. You'll do good if you have that "It's better to give than recieve" mentality when you are fighting or all out sparring. If you learn the proper arm-guard positions, incorporate head movement (Bobbing, weaving) learn evasive movement (Ducking and slipping) then breaking your nose is even more unlikely. Don't be a chicken, just go in there and do it.

-Rocky

'Cept Dava doesn't want to break his nose. I see how bone breaking training works, but it only works if the bone heals correctly. Our bodies are amazing machines, they can acclimate to different envionments, adapt to different activities, become suited for whatever this curve ball world throws. As for bones, when the body experiences stress to that element, your body will adapt to elleviate the stress. You notice how weightlifting builds muscle, how people can get laborman-hands, and how martial artists can condition themselves to hit through a brick wall.

Say for instance you are punching the Heavybag, or breaking bricks with your fists, the calcium stuctures that are stressed will rearrange, becoming denser and stronger. Calcium deposites are due to the body compensating for the lacking in that activity.

Muscle memory, adaptive bodies, it seems like there's a whole realm of things we don't know about, to achieve attributes such as knockout power, we must explore this unfamiliarity, and harness it for our success...


-Rocky

Re: noses, nose breaking etc... In the course of living life, especially in my younger days, when I was a bit more energetic in my way of living, I managed to get hit in the nose with everything from fists to footballs, to headbutts and even a folding chair. Never broke my nose and, curiously, it neve bled any noticeable amount. But in the ring sparring? Especially if it was a situation where I hadn't sparred in a while, my nose began bleeding as I gloved up. :-\ But after a few days that goes away. I don't know if its a good thing a scary or an ironic thing but your face gets used to being punched ???