I suppose a stupid question, but is it possible to train "boxing" at home?

As in, training with videos from Title Boxing or something along those lines? I'm not interested in becoming a professional, nor am I interested in being a local star, all I want is to be able to defend myself against most people on the street, in other words to hold my own. The biggest disadvantage I see with this is the inability to spar, those 'first few fights' with your acquired skills will not be as technical as punching a bag at home (no shit? right). Nonetheless, do you think that 'things may click it' during an actual fight, with your psyche and mindset in an obvious whirl? At least with sparring you could train your mind to quickly resort back to techniques, I wonder if there's an equivalent you could do at home?

Comments (14)

PittyPat

Get a friend and do mittwork together, if you're not in the position to get a bag or spar with protective gear. It's fun, makes you 'feel' like you're doing something physically boxing-related, and is obviously a great workout. My mate and I have been doing this (with a pair of 10oz gloves each) for 6 months and we absolutely love it. Granted, we want to smack each other around for real sometimes, but mainly it's cool to just stand behind the mitts and bark commands.

16y ago

stolt

Training at home is good for fitness but you will need to get some proper training to get good technique i always like watching fighters like James Toney, Bhop, Walcott, Charles even Ola Afolabi i like to watch there upper body movement and take tips off them for some reason i love doing the defensive stuff more than punching lol, but street fighting is something different its always good to know how to block and slip a punch but you don’t know what’s going to happen just avoid it and if any one attacks you try and get out as soon as you can remember its easy to break your hands unless you can ask your attacker to wait a min while you put your gloves and wraps on lol. admittedly a good point lol

16y ago

Dynamite_Kid

16y ago

Davros

16y ago

djsygo

Ive been in fights before. Not since I started training. I guarantee I would have an advantage over someone with no training. previous post was supposed to be quoting this, sorry

16y ago

djsygo

thats why i said ...unless... anyway, fighting is so unpredictable, ive seen fights where both were scared and basically all that was there was hugs and pushes...others where some guy while talking took an ashtray and stamped it into the other guy's mouth out of nowhere, or security guy get slashed by his drunk friend with a fukkin knife in the face. when the situation gets hot, you must be well aware of it and know your distance.

16y ago

Dynamite_Kid

Well imo the only way to learn timing and distance is by sparring/fighting. You can learn a degree of that on the bag but the bag is not counter punching back so its hard to gauge when your distance is sufficient or not.

16y ago

John_Hue

You can practice technique at home but you need coaching to know what you should be practicing. You see lots of guys at the gym practicing and ingraining garbage at the gym that would be better off practicing correct form.

16y ago

Bad_Boy_Dazza

Training at home can get you fit, but to be able to learn to fight (with boxing techniques) you will need a trainer.

16y ago

djsygo

Ive not been in an actual boxing match, but I think if I were to fight someone, I would have a significant advantage over someone who has no training. maybe in stamina...but believe unless you have THAT mentality, against someone whos mad and wants to take your head off and is not afraid of nothing, maybe bigger than you... your advantage goes away BIG!

16y ago

FIGHTING_FLIP

i did it for 2 years..you can do it, but you wont actually learn anything..after 2 years i finally manned up and decided to join the nearest gym, all i did throughout the years was pick up bad habits and was trying to be like my fav fighter..seriously if you wanna learn how to fight, go to a gym..ive been in your shoes. seriously. join a boxing gym. foreal.

16y ago

Dambala

If you don't want to make a career in boxing you're fine, you're going to be in shape. But to fight you'll need a trainer, do the mits. You could spar with friends but won't be that helpful if they're not trained or have boxing experience. What you can do is hit the bag and develop your punching technique, get in shape, and it's better if you have a speed bag.

16y ago

SmokinJ

You need a experienced teacher

16y ago

djsygo

no. also, sparring is not the same as fighting in the streets. sparring is a training routine and when someones hurt, he can say stop. In the streets the guy wants to kill you and unless you are very trained to that kind of stress or your naturally calm and aggressive you gonna freeze. also fighting in the streets can involve kicks, 2 vs one, kicking while down, knives, guns....not worty unless you HAVE to.

16y ago