How long would it take (to train at boxing) and be able to defend yourself?

I reckon if you want to be able to defend yourself in a short amount of time, find a decent trainer and book yourself in for some private lessons. The amount of time spent on individual students has always been minimal, no matter what martial art I've attended. This way is a lot more expensive, obviously.

 

I would bet my money for boxers in my gym, against average street bum everyday

 

Fight that straw man, son. Fight him good.

 

Go for it. From what you've said, it's the way you act that gets you into trouble. You want to get into more fights; act as gay as you possibly can.

Nobody here cares if you're gay or if you act extremely camp. Obviously the people in direct contact with you take issue with it. Maybe you should think about that. I'm not saying you shouldn't act how you want, but you know what the problem is, yet you refuse to do anything about it. You bring it upon yourself is basically what I'm saying, whether you like it or agree or not. You're just making yourself into a bigger target. Carry on, mate.

 

Darn, i thought somewhere on the interface i saw 'boxing forum' somewhere...
True story.

 

I've been known to rock out to some Gaga, Cyndi Lauper, and Adam Lambert at obnoxious volume levels while I'm cruising. It's basically "I'm so straight I can act as gay as I please. Come at me bro."

 

You didn't know ESB is the place for kid's to ask for advice then ***** when they're told the reality of their situation?

 

having a fight in the street is about confidence and composure. u could train in any self defense art an when it comes to the crunch still **** your self an get your ass kicked. u need to learn the basics at a club and start sparring even if its only real light sparing. you've just gotta get use to watchin and reading the person your fighting. unfortunately the only way to learn is to just do it. learn to take a punch(or slip) off a decent fighter and you will never let some **** can drunk get near you again. you'll be laughing at em.

 

i'd say about year. boxing definitely helped me with self defence. there's a lot of people out there who are just looking to start trouble for no reason, and if I hadn't been boxing i definitely would have come out of those confrontations with serious injuries. Obviously if the opponent has a weapon then it's completely different and you're fists probably aren't enough.

But boxing saved me quite a few times when I've had no other choice. It doesn't mean you're invincible when you've started boxing, but I think it's safe to say you can hold your own a lot better with boxing skills than without them.

 

It seems like there has been some good advice given, Such as going to krav maga etc. which would probably be quicker in learning how to street fight and like someone said, a boxing coach isn't gonna give a damn about you if you aren'y gonna even box. Most coaches expect a lot of dedication and only really start showing interest in you after you have gone for a few months. (at least in my experience)

Also avoiding fights is probably the smartest thing to do but like you said that isn't always possible, some guys are just looking for a fight.

I think telling someone to carry a weapon is ****ing terrible advice and can probably get you in more trouble, I don't know what country you are from but I would think it'd be illegal to carry knives and guns about and what are you gonna do if the guy doesn't back down? Stab him or shoot him? I hardly think so...

Also, If you are one of those gays that is quite camp you probably should tone it down a bit at least until you learn how to defend yourself. If like you say, that is who you are and you can't/won't change that then I really don't know.

Personally in my opinion the best thing to do(using the example you gave us) would have been to get the maner and/or ring the police if you do not want to fight.

I am only 15 so I don't know if that makes what I have said worthless but I'm just using common sense. :thumbsup

 

So your options are liberace gay or total douchebag? How manichean...

Also, I don't care what anyone says, Lady Gaga rocks.

 

If any homophobic tries to beat you up, just yell at him: "I HAVE AIDS!!!!!!"

No one will ever punch you again HAHA

 

What I said about acting less gay/camp was serious advice. Nowhere did I say act like a twat. Like I said, it's obvious the people around you don't like gays. If I did something that I knew was pissing people off I'd stop doing it (or at least attempt to bring it down a bit), not act even worse and whine about needing to defend myself when I get attacked for annoying people which I knew I was doing but wanted to **** them off even more. How stupid can you be? I really don't understand how you don't get it. We all know you're gay, and you should be able to act how you want, but it just doesn't happen in some places. Your area sounds like one of these places. Mocking us on an Internet forum will get you nowhere. You have a problem (people don't like you acting gay) and you know the solution (stop acting so damn gay and getting into fights) but you want to avoid the only real solution and apply a plaster to a gaping wound (learning boxing instead of fixing the problem).

I think I should go back to my earlier advice and tell you to get into even more fights to get some sense knocked into you.