boxing vs kickboxing for defending yourself??

[ChapstickSal]

say if you have to defend your self against like 3-4 people, what is the best?

[Hornyguyluv]

Sal, just turn around and run. It's for your own good

[BootneckBrah]

You can't beat 3-4 guys who want to hurt you.

1 on 1 you have a chance, but anymore than that, unless they're complete pussies, you're going to get battered.


Muay Thai and boxing are the best self defence disciplines imo


Inb4 Krav Maga

[Benchcurls]

Either, just be good at it. If you really need an answer I'd lean towards pure boxing though.

[AboodH]

Boxing crew checking in, i believe its boxing.

[EvolutionSic]

You can't beat 3-4 guys who want to hurt you.

1 on 1 you have a chance, but anymore than that, unless they're complete pussies, you're going to get battered.


Muay Thai and boxing are the best self defence disciplines imo


Inb4 Krav Maga

Don't run from anyone crew...

[ChapstickSal]

You can't beat 3-4 guys who want to hurt you.

1 on 1 you have a chance, but anymore than that, unless they're complete pussies, you're going to get battered.


Muay Thai and boxing are the best self defence disciplines imo


Inb4 Krav Maga

but who was?

[hight0wer1]

lol at taking on 3-4 guys

if you have to fight against 3-4 sober guys you are really brain dead unless you can hit like mike tyson
in my opinion both are really good, with kickboxing you obviously learn how to do useful kicks to the leg/groin area but you will always lack the power and technique to throw punches.

[JrJack]

whatever bruce lee practiced

[VU6]

obviously muay thai. brb boxing limits you to punching. MT uses all your damn limbs

[BootneckBrah]

but who was?

If you noticed I said 'unless they're total pussies'....


Think my 2 year old daughter could've folded up half those guys.

Brb old men, half your size, chasing you with windmill arms

[YIAMSOMEBODY]

but who was?

I don't give a fukc how old this video is, as long as there's an Internet, I'll always watch it. This mufukca was sticking and moving. He never let himself become idle to where they could have a clean shot.

Boss mode.

[ChapstickSal]

If you noticed I said 'unless they're total pussies'....


Think my 2 year old daughter could've folded up half those guys.

Brb old men, half your size, chasing you with windmill arms

lol dude took on like 15 people

[BootneckBrah]

lol dude took on like 15 people

Jeremy Yablonski and Jon Mirasty (minor league hockey goon legends) took on about 10 drunk Russians.

Handing out naps with ease.


But those are guys who have taken literally thousands of bare fists to the head and know how to roll with a punch, just tuck their chins in and start throwing bombs.


I'm talking mere mortals, not beasts.

9/10 with odds of more than 1 guy? You're gonna have a bad time

[sharepass11]

muaythai

[adamrandall2]

I used to train at a kick boxing gym & the guys were all training for some upcoming fights. The same night there was a few boxing matches on so a boxing club rang up and asked if one of the their guys who would be fighting the same night could come down and do some sparring with the best guy we had.

From memory (20 years ago now) I am pretty sure they only boxed & the boxer cut through our best guy like a knife through butter. He was obviously extremely skilled though.
They both won their respective fights on the night.

Ultimately it comes down to the skill of the person, someone who is 10% better than another can make them look like they do not know what they are doing.

One thing I will say about boxing is you only have to worry about being really good with your hands, it simplifies things & in some ways makes it easier.
I know when I used to do sparring doing boxing only I was always way less stressed out than when grappling/knees/kicks were allowed.


These days the closest I get to fighting is a body combat class & it always amazes me when these tough looking dudes come into the class & they try and throw a punch or kick & it just looks so pathetic.

[cire96]

Kickboxing, because it teaches you to use your legs as well, therefore giving you a greater advantage over someone who is more than likely an inexperienced street brawler.

[HarryFlashman]

I've trained with a guy who used to be a competitive kickboxer as well as people that are good with their hands. To be honest I'd be more worried about going up against a boxer than a kickboxer. Someone with good boxing skills can catch you without you even seeing it. A kickboxer can be overwhelmed much easier.

Obviously anyone that is really good at either discipline is going to be able to defend themselves though.

Just my experience/opinion.

[Thec0ry]

if you want to learn how to defend yourself as fast as possible then i'd pick boxing hands down.

[Staberella]

Boxing ftw.

[r32gojirra]

if you want to learn how to defend yourself as fast as possible then i'd pick boxing hands down.

nah mang the trick is to keep your hands up.

[jonteman]

a gun is the best for self defense, even a knife will do the trick


its the only thing that will help you if you are faced with more than 1 opponent

[bigasianboi]

I'm disappointed no one mentioned jujitsu.
and not the bullchit Brazillian version either.

That plus and standup martial art or kickboxing = very effective combo

[CJ93UK]

I was boxing for 8 years...

...in and out of a couple others, but you're only asking about boxing and kickboxing, KB I've never trained for...

...I gotta say though, KB is likely to win (no BS about experience/skill of you or the opp, we're talking general here).

The way I see it, the closer you can mimic the situation in training, in terms of offence, defence and mental, the more familiar you'll be with it, the better your skills will be in that scenario, and the easier you'll be able to show them off.

Do you really think you'll ever get into a street fight where guys are gonna do nothing but throw clean punches? No. They will grab you, they will kick you, probably in the sack, or in the legs, try to take you down, cos if you don't train to build and defend against these, you're probably gonna get hit hard. On top of this, you limit your own capacity to attack by taking out powerful kicks and other methods, by training mainly to throw punches, and no matter how good you are with these, you don't need to be a world class boxer to throw a good punch, you'd likely be better off being an above average puncher, kicker, grappler, than an amazing puncher, in a street fight.

We could punch the **** outta untrained people, and boxing would without a doubt be sufficient to defend against a lot of street fight scenarios, and compared to KB, it's still a very decent choice, but KB is basically closer to the situation you'll be in, you'll be able to defend at least adequately against the attacks your opponent is likely to use (whereas boxers won't pay nearly as much attention to these), and you'll be able to attack in more various ways moderately effectively (in a street fight scenario, this is a huge benefit).

The negatives that come from not training to attack or defend against a wide variety of styles (as in boxing) cannot be compensated for simply by being great in 1 aspect, when a street fight presents multiple opportunities of offence and defence.

[DeathDefying]

Krav Maga

[IDefineMyself]

Boxing 100% of the time, unless it's Dutch Kickboxing then yeah but american kickboxing typically isn't good(there is good schools but most are cardio type classes). If you want a full video

[TylerA120]

.45 ACP JHP

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[crazyguy111]

say if you have to defend your self against like 3-4 people, what is the best?

Just carry a concealed hand gun. Its almost impossible to fight 3-4 people with just your hands.

[mmafighter1294]

muay thai > boxing

the addition of kicks and clinching is a huge advantage

to be specific, dutch muay thai would be best since they use more combinations and more punches whereas the thai tend to stand in front of eachother and trade kicks. they will sometimes literally kick, get kicked, kick, get kicked, kick, get kicked, and then maybe punch and move.