Should I do boxing or should I do MMA at University?

[HandsofIron]

How should I structure the sessions? I.e. how many days, hours, etc

Whatever works for u mane.

[SlyB33r]

It's a shame your university doesn't offer a Wrestling program. Depending on your class workload, health, fitness level -- cross-training Boxing and Wrestling would have made you into a killer.

I love boxing, but I would pick MMA here. Learn some takedowns & submissions. How often you should train all depends like I said on how much you have going on with classes and if you're not dealing with injuries. The more mat time the better. Only you know the answer to this.

On the bright side, the power of the internet lets you watch different Wrestling/Jiu-Jitsu/MMA videos that you can add to your game. Obviously, listen to your coach and ask questions. But when you're out of the gym, keep your brain active with watching and researching to improve your style. It's funny because students would do techniques that the Coach didn't teach and he would be like "Looks like some of you ****ers have been watching a lot of Youtube."

Have fun and don't overwork yourself.

[TheDempseyKid]

I'm quite sure that just going through your classes will increase your strength. Not sure you want to increase size too much anyways if you want to compete. You want to have the strength to perform at the lightest weight you can, generally, and you're going to get that naturally.

The stronger MMA fighter doesn't always win. Usually comes down to who makes a mistake and who can capitalize on that, not strength. Technique matters WAY more than strength. That's why women BJJ practitioners can submit or choke out bodybuilders who outmass them by dozens of pounds. Your time for right now will basically always be better spent on technique and skill building, IMO. This will all make way more sense once you actually start.

Do you have a heavy bag? Try doing 100 jabs, focusing on getting your speed and power right. Move your head after or as you punch. Then do 100 crosses. Same deal. No telegraph, and getting the power and speed right, and getting your entrance and exit right. Guard up the whole time. Then tell me if your muscles aren't feeling a little fatigued. And that's just 200 punches on a bag. Ditto kicks. Add some sprawls in every 5-10 strikes. If you're a beginner, just something that basic will likely get you tired.

Thank you . Also what goals should set for myself whilst training MMA at University?

[ScottPowers]

It's a shame your university doesn't offer a Wrestling program. Depending on your class workload, health, fitness level -- cross-training Boxing and Wrestling would have made you into a killer.

I love boxing, but I would pick MMA here. Learn some takedowns & submissions. How often you should train all depends like I said on how much you have going on with classes and if you're not dealing with injuries. The more mat time the better. Only you know the answer to this.
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On the bright side, the power of the internet lets you watch different Wrestling/Jiu-Jitsu/MMA videos that you can add to your game. Obviously, listen to your coach and ask questions. But when you're out of the gym, keep your brain active with watching and researching to improve your style. It's funny because students would do techniques that the Coach didn't teach and he would be like "Looks like some of you ****ers have been watching a lot of Youtube."

Have fun and don't overwork yourself.

agree with you

[ELPacman]

For self defense, I think MMA makes more sense in that it resembles more of a street fight if **** goes down.

This is why I watch boxing. It's 1 art being mastered and the higher levels separate themselves quickly from the rest. MMA gives you more lucky chances with all the madness going on. Though again, because you're all over the place, it can help you in a general fight outside of sports. Unless you're that good of a boxer that you can stay up and lay out your opponents like I saw on one old Youtube fight, you have less chance in an anything type goes fight when you're just throwing punches.

Granted MMA doesn't allow you to use chairs, knives, swords and bats, so again, it's not full proof success on a street fight, but again, it's closer to simulating one. This coming from a dude who watches 1% MMA matches a year.

[El_Mero]

Train both if u can. Boxing for striking, mma for ground work

Been boxing since I was a kid,but also did martial arts (karate/taekwondo), wrestled in hs and jc. Started grappling in my 20s and wing chun in my 30s. Still train in boxing and wing chun till this day