How can you prevent your training from jeopardizing your job?

[crosstrainedwar]

Mma training is good for self-defense, mainly because it has you spar full-contact, which is as close to a real self-defense situation as you can possibly get. However, it also has a high rate of injuries as a result. If you get injured often enough, your employer will become fed up with you and fire you. So how can you resolve the need to train realistically with the need to earn a living? If you have a physical job, I think it would be very difficult, as you have to be in pretty good condition to be able to perform well. In a job that requires you to work with your head, I guess it can work, provided your injuies do not consistently affect your ability to do your job. However, I tend to think that most employers would not think very highly of you if you came to work with a black eye. In the striking arts like boxing, muay thai, and savate, isn't getting a black eye every now and then pretty much a given? So what is the secret to being able to do mma without risking the loss of your means to earn a living? Thanks in advance.

[MrPoopy]

I understand your situation. I do a regular factory job that can be very physical. Makes it pretty hard to go to class sometimes because you know if you wear yourself out in class you're going to pay for it the next day at work.

I've never been so bad off that I couldn't do my job, but theres been many times that I wished I had went a little easier in class.

I can't recommend anything except maybe taking it easy in class. And that's not going to happen if you're training full contact and full speed.

[Szczepankiewicz]

Mma training is good for self-defense, mainly because it has you spar full-contact, which is as close to a real self-defense situation as you can possibly get.

I'm sorry.... WHAT?

Ever been so scared you pissed your pants during MMA training?

[MrPoopy]

What are you trying to say Spanky? He should practice pissing his pants?

His perspective on self defense is a little different

[jubaji]

Originally Posted by Szczepankiewicz

I'm sorry.... WHAT?

Ever been so scared you pissed your pants during MMA training?

C'mon. Have you ever really done so? (after age 3 or so)

[HuSanYan]

to answer the original thread question properly (y'all a bunch of Trolls).......Wear a mask to work...hope this helps

[mjohnson]

Originally Posted by HuSanYan

to answer the original thread question properly (y'all a bunch of Trolls).......Wear a mask to work...hope this helps

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAhahahahahaha... Where have you been all my life?

[Tom Yum]

Originally Posted by crosstrainedwar

Mma training is good for self-defense, mainly because it has you spar full-contact, which is as close to a real self-defense situation as you can possibly get. However, it also has a high rate of injuries as a result. If you get injured often enough, your employer will become fed up with you and fire you. So how can you resolve the need to train realistically with the need to earn a living? If you have a physical job, I think it would be very difficult, as you have to be in pretty good condition to be able to perform well. In a job that requires you to work with your head, I guess it can work, provided your injuies do not consistently affect your ability to do your job. However, I tend to think that most employers would not think very highly of you if you came to work with a black eye. In the striking arts like boxing, muay thai, and savate, isn't getting a black eye every now and then pretty much a given? So what is the secret to being able to do mma without risking the loss of your means to earn a living? Thanks in advance.

You can still train as long as your job functional skill is not hampered. If you're going to spar, wear head gear and a mouth guard. You can put a little vaseline around your eyelids and nose; that'll make it a little more difficult to get cut/scraped if you bump up the intensity.

There are competitive MMA guys out there who still keep 9-5 professional jobs, some who are pretty highly ranked in amateur leagues and a few who are even professional.

In the boxing world, the Klitschko bros both have PhDs in sports medicine and still keep in the top 10 ranks of pro-boxing. We all know how world renowned the Russian sports methods and research have become in the last 30 yrs.