Can Martial arts hurt you like it can a boxer after a few years of full contact?

Question

I just started doing full contact and I am told that you can suffer injuries like boxers and get brain damage or worst if not careful. Is this true?

Answer 1

Yes very much so.

I did full contact and light contact for years.

I know use a cane to walk and have many muscles damaged.

I do not have any head injuries or brain swelling or such. but yes you can very much get hurt in the sport form of Martial Arts.

Make sure this is what you really want to do because once you do it, you cannot turn the clock back to change it.

just do your best to protect yourself. I have broken nearly everv bone in my body except my head and nose. Most others have been broken, cracked or fractured. Then when you get older it starts to feel even more than before in my opinion.

so do it if you want but try and use preventive measures where you can to prevent permanent injuries/ Good luck!

Answer 2

Yes-definitely. My wife who does research in the area of Neuro injuries and vascular strokes and we always have interesting conversations with some of her doctor friends at social gatherings. Many are very much against boxing, kick boxing, football and other sports that have violent head contact on any basis for this reason.

Many fighters wear head gear when sparring to minimize the overall affect of this when training and minimize the potential danger. The AMA, or one of the other big medical consortium of doctors wrote an article in regards to this a while back. Among their recommendations were that it was especially damaging for younger people for head contact to occur and that just one blow to the head had negative affects on a child's development. For adults since their skull is thicker and their brain more fully developed, (hopefully), the damage was not as severe.

I currently have one friend that is now on seizure medication and will be probably for the rest of his life due to the damage that he received when fighting full contact. I have another that was very bad also that I just recently saw again that seemed much better but I don't know if this was a result of medication. Four years ago after he just retired from fighting full contact he had speech and concentration problems that were very evident to many of us that knew him and all of us had been encouraging him to quit fighting for a while.

Answer 3

Any sport where the body is struck violently especially the head can cause lasting damage some of which might not show effect for years.

I have had ribs cracked dislocated fingers and broken toes.As for head gear the jury is still out on that one .If you don't combine strengthening of the neck muscles with head gear it can cause injury as it increases the radius of head movement when struck causing anything from mild whiplash to severe upper spinal cord damage.

I dont know where WOLF was training but it sounds like they sparred with baseball bats.Or he suffers from a syndrome called
chicken bone syndrome by doctors.Maybe just bullshititis.

Answer 4

Yes this is true because every human have their weakness. It don't matter how many hits they can take. If you hurt there vital part of their body no human can stand that. Like say you blind their eye I can't think of anybody that will be about to take it. If you break their nose or neck that might kill them. Like most people say boxers can take a hit. What if that person hurt there vital part can they take that? I don't think so. That is why most Martial Art better than boxing. If they don't have any protection. If you just hit someone in the chest they can take it.

Answer 5

Yes.

The martial arts are very tough. Some die during bouts.

I started martial arts in 1968 and today in 2007 I have Osteo-Athritis thoughout my neck and shoulders, bunions from my broken toes, and I never did get over that concussion at the Chicago Judo nationals.

So unless you're afraid of getting that 'old football injury' coming back to haunt you when you're in your 40s and 50s, then you should refrain from the martial arts and take up tennis or hand-ball.

Answer 6

It is true but to tell you the truth you can stop my master has been doing full contact for twenty seven years and he is as healthy as can be just with a gut. You have to be really tough and not let any body get hits on you in other words you have to the best of the best if you don't wan't any of the injuries listed in other answers.

Answer 7

Its possible. That doesn't mean it will happen though. Not all boxers suffer ill effects due to boxing. The number of martial artists is even fewer.

Answer 8

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