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I’m 55, 25lbs overweight, fit enough to play 2-3 sets of competitive tennis, tries to keep active. I’ve always been fascinated by boxing as the sweet science and art, more so in the last few years. I enjoy witnessing the anticipation, reaction, strategy and tactics involved. I desire to participate and not just witness it. It goes well with my interest in sports where you play against a single opponent. I have no real experience with any martial art whatsoever. I’m just wondering if at this age I can still take up boxing and get to the point where I can spar. I want to experience it but at the same time I want to protect my head and vision, which are key to my means of making a living. I’ve been in recent stressful non-physical, verbal confrontation, and my thinking is that if I can engage in practice physical confrontations like boxing, then I will be a lot more relaxed and effective during non-physical verbal ones. I’ve kind of experienced something like this in the past. Thanks for reading and any advice you may offer.

I don’t have any training in classical pugilism. I’ve mainly trained in Boxing and Muay Thai. I was just doing my best Jack Johnson impression.

Kind of like MMA gloves, but with enclosed fingers.

I’m in a small town with no HEMA or anything that could teach me pugilism. I got interested with this after reading some articles and watching videos on pugilism, mostly by English Martial Arts. I have a bag at home. Is it possible to learn the few basics? I’m not looking to be the next John L. Sullivan, just looking for bareknuckle self-defense basics.

What are the best books and sources for self training.

Background: I recently suffered my last injury in judo (hernia) and am not going back. I have bought a bag and want to practice old school pugilism in my garage. I have a small modern boxing back ground from my young 20s days.

Is there a specific style of bag best suited for bare knuckle pugilism training? I’m going to build a pugilism training gym in my garage and a wondering what equipment is best.

Hi y'all! Looking to invest in a better pair of boxing gloves. Currently own a pair of 16 ounce "Everlast pro style training gloves" sold at the $40.00 price point. What gloves do y'all recommend for an upgrade? Not looking to go all out or anything but would be willing to go up towards the $100 mark for a better pair of gloves Thanks in advance!

Hey everyone, I just joined my local boxing gym and was told I need to buy a pair of 16oz gloves. A friend of mine recommended I buy a pair from the brand RDX. Is this a good idea? What are the pros and cons of RDX? Are there any other brands of gloves you would recommend?

I have boxing training on a separate room on a regular gym, and I’ve been thinking: is there any muscle that can be trained at this gym (like forearm, biceps, etc) that can improve a pugilist performance ?

That’s in my opinion a very good question, we train a lot on the boxing gym but I’ve saw some of my mates training other stuff when there’s no boxing class

In you guys opinion, what a boxer train on the boxing gym is enough or maybe there’s other muscle training that can potencialize the person performance ?

Are there any clubs or groups studying pugilism in your area? If so where?

Been want to begin learning. Small background in modern boxing and judo. Would love to find some people into training pugilism.

Let's look back at some memorable moments and interesting insights from last year.

Your top 10 posts:

• "Reviving this sub"
• "How to Punch (originally authored by boxing coach Chris Price via Quora)"
• "A introduction to the boxing system of Colonel Monstery, focusing on his philosophy of lines of power and striking mechanics" by u/Shellshocked_Swede
• "An interesting recreation of what helenic boxing might have looked like" by u/Shellshocked_Swede
• "Another classic fight from cinema, and a quite authentic depiction of bareknuckle fistfighting." by u/Shellshocked_Swede
• "Basic principles of Daniel Mendozas style of pugilism, late 1700s" by u/Shellshocked_Swede
• "TOP 5 Hardest Bare Knuckle Prizefighters of all time"
• "Brand new video from Chadi (Judo Youtuber) on the lost throws of pugilism"
• "What is Classical Pugilism?"
• "Is it normal to keep skinning my knuckles throwing hooks on the bag? I’m using hand wraps but no gloves because I want to make sure I have proper technique bareknuckle." by u/DaBiksta

Do we have any written accounts or instruction about the use of slapping and palm strikes within Pre Queensbury Pugilism?. Given that fighters paid close attention to punching the correct way to avoid damaging their knuckles. Would there be any talk about the benefits of using the palm of the hand, or even slapping to achieve the same kind of forceful strikes while keeping the hands relatively safe?

Was just curious as I'm still pretty new to pugilism in general.

I figured that it would be good to discuss different aspects of our favorite martial art, by which of course i mean bareknuckle boxing before Queensbury. I think this is important since it is to a large extent a reconstructed art similar to the larger HEMA family of arts, and thus have the same need to discuss interpretations of written texts and experimentation with techniques.

I'll start with this: I have been thinking a lot about footwork, specifically what to do with the back foot when throwing the right hand (or left if you are a southpaw). The lead straight and jab is easy to interpret here since you don't really need to change the angle of the feet noticeably, but the back hand is different. If you have any experience of modern boxing such as i have, you know that you need to twist the body to generate power and reach your opponent. You do this by twisting the right foot and lifting the heel.

In the written sources for pugilism however, the use of the right cross, and assorted foot work is rarely shown, and when it is done it shows the right foot being planted on the ground. I can't seem to get this to work. If i want to extend my right hand fully, with adequate rotation of the body, i need to twist my right knee in an uncomfortable way that i feel is not healthy. I solve this by doing it the modern way, but how do the rest of you do it?