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Anonymous03/27/25, 22:39No.226966
What's the lowest bar to entry combat sport I can hop in and spar as a complete beginner? I want to have a taste for it without having to go through months of work.
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Anon03/27/25, 22:51No.226968
some bjj gyms will let you spar at the end of your first lesson.
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Anon03/28/25, 04:19No.226989
Sounds like you want boxing, Muay Thai, or Dutch Kickboxing
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Anon03/29/25, 17:06No.227166
have you never been out at night for drinks? You can get into a fight in any bar, the lower class the better.
Just wear a Tesla t-shirt and maga hat and walk around any place that serves alcohol
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Anon03/30/25, 09:26No.227258
I'd guess boxing. It has probably the shortest timeline between "completely clueless" and "decently competent", so it follows that you'd be able to start sparring pretty soon
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Anon04/09/25, 00:01No.228103
Battle games and full-contact LARPs will often have you sparring on the first day.Games like Dagorhir, Darkon, and Belegarth have grappling (no submissions, no throws--think high school wrestling) and use padded weapons with no armor so you can just show up, borrow a sword, get a quick rundown of the rules, and go out and try it. Amtgard doesn't have grappling and they tend to hit each other with a slightly lighter hit calibration (but still not comically light taps like in games like NERO) but the skill level at some parks can be very high.SCA has no grappling and you have to wear armor (different localities will have different loaner gear situations so you may need to make arrangements before showing up to spar) but you get to smash 1.25" diameter sticks into people's heads hard enough to dent their steel helmets.Any of the buhurt type games tend to require more and more expensive equipment since the armor has to protect against relatively heavy steel weapons, but if you can get the gear (bought or borrowed) you can start sparring right away there, too.
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Anon04/13/25, 23:53No.228453
Just kickboxing would be perfect or you could try boxing
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Anon07/02/25, 20:33No.236408
>owest bar to entry combat sport
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDHj0Mo8Epg
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Anon09/28/25, 03:59No.243363
Go to your local boxing gym and immediately start mouthing guys off about how you have like 100 street fights and will shitpump any of the losers in there - they will immediately let you spar with them it's like a respect thing
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Anon09/28/25, 18:49No.243465
Unironically sumo.
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Anon10/05/25, 17:30No.244181
BJJ let's you spar on day 1.
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Anon10/13/25, 19:42No.244833
If you don't seem to squirrely, most places will let you or encourage you to spar and roll asap, as long as u are wearing whatever gear they require (groin cup, mouthguard, shin guards, wraps, 16 oz gloves, etc)