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Maybe today you don't trust yourself. Everyone has already felt this feeling of lack of confidence.
Lack of self-confidence is a very unpleasant feeling that you can control.
Everyone agrees that self-confidence is fundamental to success. But not everyone realizes that boxing can be a great way to gain self-confidence.
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What is self-confidence?
Having self-confidence is above all knowing yourself, it is loving yourself, it is believing in your potential and in your abilities.
This is a work done on oneself. Today, many people are rebuilding themselves with sport. Maybe you too want to rebuild yourself with sport or maybe you already have a warrior mind and want to forge yourself even more.
Whatever your goal, there is no question that sport improves self-confidence. But boxing is the best sport to develop self-confidence.
Why boxing?
Because boxing and self-confidence are very closely linked, like brother and sister : in both, we find the idea of believing in yourself and surpassing yourself.
Let's see together why boxing allows you to develop your self-confidence .
Boxing allows you to have self-confidence by going beyond your limits
Combat sports generally require you to push your limits, which nurtures your endurance, not only physical but also mental. When you box, you literally forget about the world around you. The sensations that this sport can give you are indescribable.
After work, school or college, nothing better than a good boxing session to release endorphins, the pleasure hormone.
Boxing is arguably the best sport for building self-confidence.
This sport is complete physically, technically and mentally. By surpassing yourself, you will have confidence in yourself: day after day, workout after workout.
Boxing is a complete sport
A boxer is forced to excel mentally , just the fact of no longer being afraid of blows is a progression in self-confidence. He will also have to learn to look the opponent in the eye and not to turn his back.
A boxer must be aware of his abilities and his limits in order to be able to overcome them. You will learn to fend for yourself.
But above all, you will learn to learn.
After several regular workouts, progressing more and more, you will be confident because you will be what you are capable of.
An intensive combat sport like Thai boxing will push you to surpass yourself.
From a purely mental point of view, boxing allows you to confront the unknown. You have in front of you a person whom you know nothing about except the fact that you are going to have to beat him.
Obviously, it depends on your level. For some it will be in a boxing ring and for some it will be training in light sparring.
Either way, you're going to have to face someone and learn over and over again.
Boxing is a sport that requires the desire to learn. You are always going to have to learn new things and nothing will be taken for granted. Which makes it a great sport.
Boxing and sport in general, allows you to have a positive state of mind but also to overcome shyness. By finding yourself in a club where you will be in physical contact with others, you will be more sociable.
Overall, combat sports will allow you to discharge negative energy. It is also a great sport for children to help them progress in their learning, while regaining confidence in themselves and in their ability to learn.
The purpose of boxing and other combat sports is to achieve victories. It is therefore your competitive spirit that will also develop.
Boxing helps develop self-control
Self-control is a very important quality in combat sports. A good boxer never gets easily carried away by his anger.
Managing your emotions and stress is fundamental in the ring. You have to know how to manage your stress , especially if you want to compete. Stressing is normal, it's natural. Even the greatest champions are stressed.
However, it's the way you manage your stress that will make the difference. A boxer can be very good, if he does not manage his stress and does not manage to control himself, he will not win.
It is by going beyond your limits that you will gain self-confidence.
Beyond self-control in the ring, it is also self-control in life that is taught when you play a combat sport.
Unlike what we hear very often, the practice of such a sport involves great rigor with oneself and righteousness.
Boxing has long been tagged, but it is not a "thug" sport, quite the contrary.
Boxing channels aggression
Fist-foot boxing channels aggression and allows you to develop self-control , because indeed the practice of this sport requires discipline, diligence, punctuality, humility, a taste for effort.
Fist-foot boxing also develops the spirit of tolerance, tolerance towards others. When you box, you have to learn to accept the differences: whether a boy can train with a girl or with another boy of bigger build. It is also to agree to train with people from different social backgrounds.
Boxing also teaches you not to react violently when you get hit.
Boxing is respect
Fist-foot boxing is also about learning respect: respecting others, because it is about following the rules laid down by the federation, accepting what the trainer says and, during a combat, to have esteem for his opponent. Boxing is also about respect for the flag or the national anthem, when entering international competition.
Finally, boxing is about self-respect because it is a sport that requires a healthy lifestyle, not to eat anything, to have balanced meals, not alcohol and moderate outings.
Boxing, in general, is a good school of life, because there are rights and duties.
Combat sports offer very complete training: mental, psychological, physical, muscular.
Watching you progress will undoubtedly make you feel more confident!
Boxing transmits values
Boxing is a world full of values such as respect for the opponent. When you face an opponent in the ring, at the beginning and at the end of the fight, you will have to greet them.
This is even more true in Muay Thai, where a ritual dance is performed before the fight: Ram Muay
In Muay Thai Ram Muay is a ritual which symbolizes the brotherhood of fighters and it is a greeting to the master.
For all these reasons, boxing helps build self-confidence.
Better self-confidence with boxing thanks to reflexes
Beyond the physical and mental benefits that boxing can bring you, you will also develop your instinctive reactions. These are your reflexes as a fighter. Your reflexes will allow you to quickly analyze a confrontational situation and face it by making the right decision.
This means that if you get mugged in the street, you will know what you are capable of!
Knowing what you are capable of, thanks to the multiple trainings you have followed, will give you an absolutely incredible gain in confidence.
Learning to defend yourself will increase your confidence level .
In conclusion, we can say that boxing is more than a sport, it is a state of mind. With regular practice you will feel the difference in your perception of yourself enormously.
Boxing will allow you to improve your physical condition in parallel with your personal development.
Boxing is therapy!
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In the same theme, find our article “ Why boxing? ”.
Have a good training!
