good age to start fighting

[ajstuds93]

and how long after starting training

[karlsw1]

should have your first fight at 37 its a good age, and also you should train for like a week. it should be sufficient

[Romeoblood]

lol @ karlsw1

on a serious note, there is no answer to the above questions

you could start young, and train for decades, but still be a rubbish fighter by the end of it

at the same time you could be older, and pick up things very quickly, and be a good fighter in a short space of time

[thaison]

There's age restriction, if and when you fight depends on the both the individual and the coaches around the individual.

Some one comes to train with me and they express an intrest to fight, i and the other coaches at our gym will let him know when he/she is ready

Ive seen loads of guys fight this year who shouldnt have been near a cage/ring.

[Mike Persil]

You can start at any age (over 16 I would advise) its the training that counts.
I started training at 52 years old and still fight now and again but trained the other week with a guy who is over 100 kgs and immense, while I am 70 kgs. Fighting then seems alot easier.

[Romeoblood]

Ive seen loads of guys fight this year who shouldnt have been near a cage/ring.

you and me both mate

[Ross9]

Surely a question with no set answer, good coaches as was mentioned above will know the answer and let you know. While my opinion doesn't stand for much as someone who has never fought I've seen a few amateur and 1st time semi pro fights where I was surprised the guys were having a fight. Remember seeing an Amateur fight on a scottish show after I'd been training about a year and thinking I was probably better than the 2 guys in there(perhaps an arrogant opinion) but at the same time also being sure I had no business being in there, so surely they didn't either and their coaches should have said so. Guess everyone is different in starting fitness/skill and will have a different attitude and aptitude for learning. There are guys at my gym who had their first fight after a fairly short time, and those who took a lot longer. Hear and see guys with less training than me starting to fight etc, I've been training almost 2 years and tbh am nowhere near even thinking I'd be ok in a fight due to starting fitness, maybe not learnign quick enough and generally sporadic attendance etc for various reasons, not all good ones lol, all culminating in the fact I'm still not fit enough, strong enough, or know enough lol.

[Sherlock]

I think the idea of Junior fighters is a good thing as long as they do it safely with backing of good coaches as mentioned above and it is their choice (ie. not like some of the really young kids pushed in Baby Fight Club TV docu.) It should however, definately comply with the same regs as boxing ie. no headshots whatsoever in u16s, still in larger sized gloves, which is another good call for my new Amateur C rules.

The youngest I have had fight on Fight Ikon have been 15yo to the no headshots rules and we have seen some cracking fights. One of my lads Sam started at 15, he's now 16 and 4/0/0. It suits him for now and we'll seek an Am title for him soon, until his standup improves. We are working on that but he wants to get in and fight as often as he can and will also be doing Thai fights with headshots whilst he gains this experience before stepping up to Am B.

[Romeoblood]

I've already commented on this but would like to add to what I was saying

I agree that a good coach should be able to tell when your ready, our coaches constantly test us using shark tank (5 rounds, full contact, with a new opponent each round) these are a good measure of how ready you are

I've been training almost a year now and dont think I'm ready yet, but there are guys in our gym who have fought after 6 months of training (these guys picked up things very quickly though, and normally had a base in another martial art, eg boxing, thai etc)

my advice to the original poster would be start training when ever you like (we have students as young as 13)

start fighting when your coaches say your ready

[andyh2468]

as said before a good coach will know when you are ready, depending on age slowly and surely is the best way, maybe enter grappling comps/thai interclubs to gain experience in both standing and grappling at a competetive level rather than diving in at amateur, it is still my opinion that some people jump too early into the cage, unless your are muhammed "im 'ard" bruce lee of course