Beating someone up and getting beat up.. healthy?

[uss]

Me and a few of my friends have a fetish of fighting with someone. It all started when one night, me and my best friend started fighting with eachother. We loved it! It was so fun [img]smile.gif[/img] ! We sometimes did hit eachother with full force(enough to cause bruises) but we made up a few certain rules - No hitting in the crotch, head or the nerve spot in the stomach(that nerve spot is named 'the triangle' in Estonia but i don`t know about you guys). I was inspired by "Fight Club" and "Jackass". Yep, teenagers have gone comepletely mad .
Now, the question sounds like this - is it physically healthy? Does it improve or decrease pain resistance(If my friend beats the s**t out of me every day for an year, my blunt weapon resistance must be atleast 80% !)? I belive it does help me mentally. Think about it - if i would have never been in a fight in my whole life and suddenly a big bully would attack me, i would be in panic!

[Horatio]

hm, my friend was in something like this in London...he got SERIOUSLY hurt doing it. But then, he was 18, and it was London.
I really can't speak for anyone else, but fighting sometimes helps me. It used to, anyway. Now I run. It's a lot safer, and there are a LOT more girls who join

[Jorath Calar]

Well... actually just as long as you know when to stop and no one goes too far, I don't see anything wrong with it, especially if you enjoy it. On the other hand I don't know how much it helps mentally... maybe you should read a book instead... might I suggest your local library (shameless plug for a dying thread... [img]smile.gif[/img] ).

actually i did do full contact in much martial arts training to improve the pain threshold. However, Qi Gung is more effective as blows have no effect

i once made a few people wincee by explaining being hoofed in the nuts repeatedly until i was used to it. Now, if anybody tries that, it just pisses me off

[Horatio]

cool, LS.
*'hoofs' ( ) him in the nuts*
But Uss, you really have to know when to stop. Don't go out on the streets picking fights either. [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img]

[Ronn_Bman]

It might help your fighting ability, but I can' imagine it's healthy.

Does it increase resistance to pain? Maybe. It's probably more to do with knowing what to expect. The "known" is always less intimidating than the "unknown".

I have heard nearly every repeat gunshot victim I've had contact with say, "this is nothing compared to the first time." This excludes those shot in a delicate area. Face, fingers, crotch, etc.

I'm going to sign up with the "running away" club.

[uss]

Originally posted by Horatio: cool, LS. *'hoofs' ( ) him in the nuts* But Uss, you really have to know when to stop. Don't go out on the streets picking fights either. [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img]

Hmm, that reminds me - Today, when i was coming home with a bus, me and Junn(lets pretend thats my friends name ) started hitting eachother again. Everybody started watching us . I repeatedly hit him enuff painfully to piss him off a bit. He then said:"When we get off this bus, im gonna kick your ass." he was only 1/4 serious but when we did get off the bus, he hit me enough hard to make me fall on the ground and then he gave me 3 good swings on the nerve spot on by back and then some on my shoulder(ouch..). but i did manage to get up in about 10 secs and i delivered him one big swing on his shoulder. And thats when the bus full of the confused people drove away . But no emotional harm done. He bought a big bag of chips as we happily went into our homes together. The moral of the story? Emotional pain is much worse than physical .

[Horatio]

Originally posted by uss: Emotional pain is much worse than physical

If you say so, mate

Originally posted by Lord Shield: i once made a few people wincee by explaining being hoofed in the nuts repeatedly until i was used to it. Now, if anybody tries that, it just pisses me off

Im still interested in hearing if you ever manage to have a normal child [img]smile.gif[/img]

[Larry_OHF]

I am more into the wrestling fight than the throwing punches...I gotta friend who s big into Martial arts, but I can take him with great effort on my part if he plays my game of wrestling. I am faster and more agile than he is in that aspect. It is fun, and the only serious hurt I have ever gotten was skinned up on the carpet.