Quote Originally Posted by Pure View Post
ok guyz,im wanting to join a boxing club and spar and train.since im still at adolecense im still going through mental & physical changes and my parents dont think that boxing will be anygood now,they say im juss gonna get the Cr*p knocked out of me and want me to join karate instead,i wanna box~!. i tell them that but they think im gonna get brain trama or something and get memory loss from concusion and get full of bruises they are trying to crush my dreams.what can i do? is this true about concusions and stuff?
Unless you are ready to devote years to Karate, enter tournaments, and seek training until real Karate masters, you are throwing your money away. Go to a local Do-J0 and see just how many times there is real physical contact. As far as brain damage, studies are now showing you can get that in football, or soccer. Boxing has some basic rules to protect someone who has suffered a concussion, but I wont get into that. The best advice I can give you is that in the real world, you will have a better chance to defend yourself in a fight with boxing skills. You want to go MMA? Then boxing skills are certainly needed. The physical training alone prepares you for any martial sport or military. Enough said.