Nricci53

i am the definition of a beginner i havnt trained or started to yet but i have a few ?'s

im 17 years old with no experience do you think im to old to try and start up?? dumb ? but i see ppl have been doing this since they were alot younger

im 5'11 215lbs but losing weight to drop to a good 185.
i am pretty strong i used to play football for my highschool number 6 in the nation but i had a nasty injury and wont be able to go back to that. i have tons of experience in the wieght room as well as getting into fights but i know nothin about MMA or any type of martial arts or boxing. so what do you guys think would it be smart to give it a shot?

linkster01

Your never to old to to start training! But if you had an injury that keeps you from playing football it will surely hurt you in MMA.

GSP94

im 16 and i just started... i also played football, but got into wrestling(i would recommend it if u can) but its a great thing to get into my advice is to just have fun, ask questions and train hard

Nricci53

thanks bro im very interested in startin up but i actually want to spar people and gets really hands on with it obviously after the basics but i was jw if you do that yet and how much training do you have to go threw really to get to that stage

GSP94

well i dont spar much.. i have 2 or 3 times but ive only been goin for like 2 months and i train every day i can at HB Ultimate in jui-juitsu and i do kick boxing(im doing it until i can start doin some Muay Thai) but if i were u i would look for a mma training center to get into first and then move on from there but if ur ready i guess u could start sparring whenever u wanted just dont get too messed up lol

btw wat injury is keepin from football

Nricci53

yeah theres a MMA training facility a town away from me cant wait to check it out and lol sounds really weird but i broke my hip

GSP94

ouch.. well if ur school has wrestling i would also try to get into that(if u can) and just make sure u dont hurt urself again

Nricci53

i would but its pretty pointless i go to a insane school for sports and the only weight classes i could make have d1 kids there lol

GSP94

o... well it wouldnt hurt just to go there to learn some ground game and takedown stuff... where do u go to school