Teen lookin to lose lbs... Fight Club?

Ok so im thinking about joining west coast fight club. I wanna lose some Lbs and learn jiu jitzu so im thinking about it for sure now. i also wanna get in shape for football next year. and so basically its a triple win for me because my mom agreed to pay for my classes. 2 hours a day 3 days a week for 80 bucks a month. heres the website.

http://www.wcfightclub.com/

comments?

 

I started brazilian jiu jitsu to lose weight too...it grew into much more for me because I ended up loving it and it serves as a great stress reducer for me. I say go for it, I have fun choking and tossing people

...I will add that it is way more work than what it looks like.

 

thanks for that comment. i have always loved UFC since i first got into on the first ultimate fighter show. and now im thinking it will be a good way to learn the sport and to lose weight at the same time

 

i'm not sure how active you are or how much you weigh. but if you're pretty overweight and out of shape, a fight club might be like stepping off into the deep end. not slapping you in the face, but speaking realistically. if you've never done anything like an organized sport or anything, you might be biting off more than you can chew. heck, even people that have done sports all their lives would find one of those classes difficult. i know you probably think it's your dad or something talking, but "it's harder than it looks." you might wanna just sign up for a gym and start lifting and running some. then work up to that, cause it's gonna kick your ass no matter who you are. seeing that you mentioned football, you may have an active/athletic past and this may not be too huge of a deal. but like i said, it's gonna kick your ass no matter who you are.

 

haha yeah, i am overweight but i do workout everyday on cardio. i played football year before last. and then had a bad ankle injury and gained lots of weight and this year didnt wanna play because i hadnt gotten back into shape and our team went 0-11 last year. so now i wanna lose that weight and get into a more athletic tone for football. basically i want it to kick my ass. because thats the only thing thats going to help me haha. btw im not a quitter

 

^ ah yes, I remember my first day....gassed and breathing after just 3 minutes of rolling....top it off with vomiting lol.

And that's that I had an athletic background. Football, wresting, and baseball and it STILL didn't help.

This is a whole different beast.

 

i've sparred before a lot. i've also done power yoga( haha dont laugh. shits hard)

 

well that's a good mentality then, after hearing that i say go for it man

 

same here! rolling around on that mat for one round has made me more tired than most football games i played and waaaay more than any baseball game

 

what position? im thinking about trying d tackle next year. i wonder if the footwork in mma will help me

 

The teacher in me:
I have been into martial arts (19yrs) for most of my life, I teach Aikido, Judo and karate. I think it is a great form of exercise, as well as teaches confidence. I don't reccomend a fight club type. I find that teaches more violence than the art, it also doesn't allow you to experience everything it has to offer. I'm not saying it isn't good just that there is so much more to it than just the violence. The best martial artist I have ever met weren't in the ring. This is a lifestyle for me not just a sport/hobby.

Now for the regular me. If you don't try it you'll never know. Why not try it? Worse case scenario, you lose a months worth of money $80, the training wears you out and you get your butt kicked. The bright side you know what your made of. On the flip side you may find something you love doing. I vote go for it.

 

i was an LB all my life growing up until jr. yr of high school. there, i moved down to DE and played that through high school and now in college. and idk, most of the stuff you learn in these classes will get you 15 yards and an ejection in a football game, lol.

 

haha well i wont use my learnings for evil. i've never been in a fight outside of sparring or boxing. punched a kid once but he provoked it. so i dont feel like im a violent person at heart haha

 

X2 about fight clubs. Most of the young guys around here think they are hot shit because they are in a "fight" club.

I learn brazilian jiu jitsu from a branch of Marcelo Cavalcanti...MCBJJ. I train with him once or twice a month since we are a satellite location of his school and travel south to meet him.

Either way, if you go traditional or not, you'll still improve your physical limits.

 

i did muai thai and am now looking into bjj... anyone know of a good place in az?

 

i say go for it man i have tried it before but never had to cash to keep doin it.

i will tell you this its gonna be ALOT of work it is gonna kick your ass, the most intense sport i have ever done was wrestling. that shit was ridiculous every year we would start out with like 30-50 new people by the end of the week we would have maybe 3 or 4 new people haha.

so my buddy and i went to "Jacksons" im sure you guys have heard of it if you watch UFC. well they offer (idk if they do now but 4 years ago they did) like 3 or 4 "free" classes to decide if you want to join.

well my buddy and i went that shit was even more ridiculous than wrestling haha. i effin loved it but i just didnt have the cash to continue and i wish i did but what can you do. anyway just try it man might as well got nothin to lose except 80 bucks but fuck it. but once again and like everyone else said its alot of work but alot of fun too haha