Am I too old to start kickboxing???

[z-s]

Hey guys,

Im 22 yo and Im thinking to start kickboxing but everytime i say this to ppl,first thing they say is "ohh all kickboxers started learning since they were little"

Well I did tae kwon do for 3 yrs when i was 9 but havent done anything else since then so i assume it doesnt help

What do u think guys?

[crazyjoe380]

why i outta !!!

wtf? 22?

lol

what do u think??

i was expecting to read something like.. i'm 40 years old wanna do muay thai ...

he said 22


lololololol

[Sean J]

I was 23 when I started out. I am over 40 now and have no problem regularly sparringwith the kickboxers.

[z-s]

Hmm ok I gotcha that makes me feel better

Now for the next problem...tuition fees! bah

[crazyjoe380]

GET A JOB!
LOL

[z-s]

Hehe

I do have a job actually,even though its not the best job around...

I still have to pay loan plus gym and thats bad enough already.

So appropriate reply would be "GET A BETTER JOB"

[crazyjoe380]

GET A REAL JOB!!! LOL

[jmd161]

Damn you are a fool ha ha ha halol

Originally posted by crazyjoe380
why i outta !!!

wtf? 22?

lol

what do u think??

i was expecting to read something like.. i'm 40 years old wanna do muay thai ...

he said 22


lololololol

Joe,

You are a real fool. HA Ha Ha lol

But i thought the samething.I thought this guy was around 40 or 50 yrs old.

Joe you really make me laugh somtimes.

jmd161

[crazyjoe380]

thanks.. i try.. ^^^

[dave_UK_MT]

I'm 25 and started from scratch 2 months ago and I'm loving it.

Obviously there's a strong chance that you or I are never gonna be top bill at the Lumpini stadium but don't worry about it, I don't.

[BlackSnow]

Not too old 8)

according to my understanding you are not too old to start thai-boxing but after the 30th birthday of your life you are not allowed to fight any fights anymore. But for the rest you may enjoy thai-boxing . I started at the age of 21 and i am practicing for it for 6 months now.

[dave_UK_MT]

Re: Not too old 8)

Originally posted by BlackSnow
but after the 30th birthday of your life you are not allowed to fight any fights anymore.

No disrespect m8 but that can't be true....can it?

Anyone on here either over 30 and still fighting or started MT post 30 and has had a fight??

[spike]

In sweden its 39 I think, and yes I fought past 30.
Started bjj age 36

[chalambok]

Crazyjoe you are DEFINITELY the funniest

Anyway, just some bio that you might find interesting. I didn't meet Master Chai until I was 32! I already told how I puked both days for the first 11 seminars of his I attended. And I was 40 when I was taken to train at the Buddhai Sawan, and 44 when I last was there, and believe me, in my opinion Krabi-Krabong is much more aerobic demandive than muay Thai, which I think is more of an anaerobic workout. As far as fighting goes, there are countries which have age limitations, and there are fighting organizations which require you to be a certain age to compete, sort of masters divisions or older fighter divisions. The main drawback of that might be say, were I to fight at my advanced age of 52, I might draw some old ex-champ instead of another neophyte. Can you imagine if Master Chai joined a Senior's Fighting League? LOL through the pain
Jack Lalanne must be well into his 80s now and look at the shape he is in. Judge yourself by how you feel and how you perform. No street punk is gonna care about your age either, so what the hell, go for it...
An interesting thing was once said by Cary Grant and although I am quoting out of context it is still relevant. When talking once about women he said :"They are protected by the law until they are 16 and by nature after 65. Anywhere inbetween and they are fair game."

[holte2]

Chalm---you got to start every thread telling us how you met somebody, or you know this famous instructor?