Learning a formalized combat style is an extremely humbling experience. I think that showing up day after day and mixing it up with people who really know what they’re doing takes the wind out of many overconfident sails – and being built back up by those same people sets a great example for behavior.

Agreed. When fighting becomes unemotional, a skill, you do it less outside the ring. Every guy should take up boxing or some combat sport, even simply to get rid of that fear.

That’s very interesting. Didn’t know they asked that sorta thing.

a. Agreed. Get in a ring and get in a fight. Gloves and mouthguard in the backyard, same thing.

b. There are definitely examples of good reasons to get in a fight. Many of them. Especially when you’re defending someone who needs defending. Today people pull out their phones and film, they don’t step in and aid.

But yea, get in a ring don’t just go out looking for someone to scrap. Thought I made that clear in the article.